Eileen Cikamatana

Eileen Cikamatana

Personal information
Birth name	Eileen Floanna Maria Cikamatana
Nationality	Fijian
Born	(1999-09-18) 18 September 1999 (age 25) Levuka, Fiji
Sport
Country	Australia
Sport	Weightlifting
Club	Oceania Weightlifting Institute Gym
Coached by	Paul Coffa
Medal record Women's weightlifting Representing   Australia World Championships 2022 Bogotá 87 kg 2024 Manama 87 kg 2023 Riyadh 81 kg Commonwealth Games 2022 Birmingham 87 kg Oceania Championships 2021 87 kg Representing   Fiji Commonwealth Games 2018 Gold Coast 90 kg Commonwealth Championships 2017 Gold Coast 90 kg 2016 Penang 69 kg Oceania Championships 2017 Gold Coast 90 kg 2016 Suva 69 kg Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games 2017 Ashgabat 90 kg World Championships (Junior) 2017 Tokyo 90 kg World Championships (Youth) 2016 Penang 69 kg

Eileen Floanna Maria Cikamatana (born 18 September 1999) is an Australian ^[1] weightlifter who previously represented Fiji. ^[2]

Career

She competed in the women's 90 kg event at the 2018 Commonwealth Games, winning the gold medal. ^{[3] [4]} Cikamatana was named 2017 Fiji's sportswoman of the year, ^[5] but was controversially omitted from consideration for the 2018 Fiji sports awards following her gold medal winning performance at the 2018 Commonwealth Games. ^[6]

She also won the gold medal in the women's 87 kg event at the 2022 Commonwealth Games held in Birmingham, England, ^[7] which made her the first woman to win a gold medal at the Commonwealth Games for two different countries. ^[8]

In the wake of a dispute between Weightlifting Fiji and breakaway group Fiji Weightlifters Association, ^[9] she committed to representing Australia under coach Paul Coffa in February 2019 and was able to return to international competition later that year. However, the circumstances over her transfer of allegiance made Cikamatana ineligible to qualify for the delayed 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo. ^[10]

In 2024, she competed in the women's 81 kg event at the Summer Olympics held in Paris, France. ^[11] She lifted 262 kg in total and finished fourth missing out 5 kg on bronze medal.

Major results

Year	Venue	Weight	Snatch (kg)				Clean & Jerk (kg)				Total	Rank
			1	2	3	Rank	1	2	3	Rank
Representing   Australia
Olympic Games
2024	Paris, France	81 kg	113	117	120	—	145	149	149	—	262	4
World Weightlifting Championships
2022	Bogotá, Colombia	87 kg	109	111	111		140	148	148		249
2023	Riyadh, Saudi Arabia	81 kg	110	110	115	5	143	146	150		256
IWF World Cup
2019	Tianjin, China	81 kg	110	110	119		146	150	150 JWR		260 JWR
2020	Rome, Italy	81 kg	110	115	120		140	150	159		255
2024	Phuket, Thailand	81 kg	110	114	114	4	145	149	153		263
Commonwealth Games
2022	Birmingham, United Kingdom	87 kg	105	110 GR	113		129	137	145 GR		255 GR
Oceania Championships
2021	Various, Oceania	87 kg	102	110	117		130	140	150		250
2022	Saipan, Northern Mariana Islands	87 kg	104	110	113		130	140	145		250
2023	Honiara, Solomon Islands	81 kg	110	115	119		140	145	151		260
2024	Auckland, New Zealand	81 kg	113	113	113	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
IWF Grand Prix
2019	Lima, Peru	87 kg	110	115	115		143	148	151 JWR		266
Representing   Fiji
Commonwealth Games
2018	Gold Coast, Australia	90 kg	103	107	107	2	130	140	144	1	233
Oceania Championships
2015	Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea	63 kg	75	75	81	6	95	102	104	4	170	5
2016	Suva, Fiji	69 kg	90	90	93		110	110	112		205
2017	Gold Coast, Australia	90 kg	102	102	111		130	136	141		243
Junior World Championships
2017	Tokyo, Japan	90 kg	97	101	103		124	129	132		229
Youth World Championships
2016	Penang, Malaysia	69 kg	93	93	96	4	116	117	122		215

References

1. "Fijian weightlifter Eileen Cikamatana commits to Australia". Radio New Zealand. 27 February 2019. Retrieved 18 May 2019.
2. "Eileen Cikamatana". Gold Coast 2018. Retrieved 11 April 2018.
3. "Sport: Gold medal enough for Fiji weightlifting star". Radio New Zealand . 10 April 2018. Retrieved 11 April 2018.
4. "Event Schedule - Women's 90kg". Gold Coast 2018. Archived from the original on 6 November 2018. Retrieved 11 April 2018.
5. Reece, Lena (4 April 2018). "Nakarawa, Cikamatana named Fiji Sportsman and Sportswoman of 2017". Fiji Village .
6. "Cikamatana not nominated in Fiji Sports Awards". The Fiji Times . 21 April 2019. Retrieved 18 May 2019.
7. Houston, Michael (2 August 2022). "Opeloge family claim another weightlifting title as Don strikes gold at Birmingham 2022". InsideTheGames.biz. Retrieved 2 August 2022.
8. "Australian Eileen Cikamatana becomes first woman to win Commonwealth gold for two countries". ABC News. 3 August 2022 – via www.abc.net.au.
9. "Sport: Fiji weightlifting divide widens with formation of new group". Radio New Zealand. 25 October 2018. Archived from the original on 26 January 2021. Retrieved 31 December 2021.
10. Oliver, Brian (10 November 2019). "Australia's new weightlifting sensation can break world records - but she cannot go to Tokyo 2020". insidethegames. Dunsar Media Company. Archived from the original on 12 November 2019. Retrieved 31 December 2021.
11. "Weightlifting Results Book" (PDF). 2024 Summer Olympics. Archived from the original (PDF) on 11 August 2024. Retrieved 12 August 2024.

External links

• Eileen Cikamatana at the International Weightlifting Federation
• Eileen Cikamatana at the International Weightlifting Federation
• Eileen Cikamatana at the International Weightlifting Federation
• Eileen Cikamatana at IAT Database Weightlifting (in German)
• Eileen Cikamatana at Olympics.com
• Eileen Cikamatana at the Australian Olympic Committee