Medal record | ||
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Representing New Zealand | ||
Men's Weightlifting | ||
Commonwealth Games | ||
1998 Kuala Lumpur | 105+ kg clean and jerk | |
1998 Kuala Lumpur | 105+ kg snatch | |
1998 Kuala Lumpur | 105+ kg total |
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At the 1998 Commonwealth Games in Kuala Lumpur he won three gold medals, one in each of the men's 105+ kg clean and jerk, snatch and combined total. He also competed at the 1994 Commonwealth Games in Victoria where he placed 5th in the men's 108+ kg. [1]
Of his return to Te Atatū from Kuala Lumpur Liddel said: "Little did I know three weeks ago that I would be returning home to this kind of welcome. I’m speechless". [2] The contest worsened a wrist injury, and within two years he had stopped weightlifting.[ citation needed ]
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