Mary Opeloge

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Mary Opeloge
Personal information
Nationality Samoan
Born (1992-01-24) 24 January 1992 (age 33)
Motoʻotua, Samoa
Height1.52 m (5 ft 0 in)
Weight75 kg (165 lb)
Sport
Sport Weightlifting
Event75 kg
Medal record
Representing Flag of Samoa.svg  Samoa
Women's weightlifting
Commonwealth Games
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2014 Glasgow 75 kg
Pacific Games
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2011 Nouméa 75 kg
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2015 Port Moresby 75 kg
Commonwealth Championships
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2012 Apia 75 kg
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2013 Penang 75 kg
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2015 Pune 75 kg
Oceania Championships
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg2008 Auckland75 kg
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg2009 Darwin75 kg
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg2010 Suva75 kg
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2011 Darwin 75 kg
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2012 Apia 75 kg
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2013 Brisbane 75 kg
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2014 Le Mont-Dore 75 kg
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg2015 Port Moresby75 kg
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2016 Suva 75 kg
Arafura Games
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg2009 Darwin75 kg
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2011 Darwin 75 kg
Updated on 30 January 2022

Mary Opeloge (born 24 January 1992) is a Samoan weightlifter. [1] She competed in the women's 75 kg event at the 2014 Commonwealth Games where she won a silver medal. [2] [3] She won Gold at the 2016 Oceania Weightlifting Championships. [4]

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She competed at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro. She finished in 11th place in the women's 75 kg event. [5] She was the flagbearer for Samoa during the opening ceremony. [6]

Personal life

Mary is the younger sister of Ele & Niusila Opeloge who are Commonwealth Gold medalists. [7] She also has two other brothers who are also weightlifters. [8]

References

  1. ↑ "Glasgow 2014 profile". Archived from the original on October 11, 2014. Retrieved 11 October 2014.
  2. ↑ "Sport: Silver and bronze for Pacific lifters". Radio New Zealand . 30 July 2014.
  3. ↑ "Silver Effort". Samoa Observer. 31 July 2014.
  4. ↑ Narain, Pravin (28 May 2016). "Mary disappointed with win" . Retrieved 28 May 2016.
  5. ↑ "Rio 2016". Rio 2016. Archived from the original on 2016-08-26. Retrieved 2016-08-27.
  6. ↑ "The Flagbearers for the Rio 2016 Opening Ceremony". 2016-08-16. Retrieved 2016-08-27.
  7. ↑ "Meet the Opeloges: Samoa's first family of weightlifting". RNZ. 20 October 2021. Retrieved 27 October 2021.
  8. ↑ Leggat, David (12 October 2010). "Weightlifting: Siblings bring home gold for Samoa". The New Zealand Herald . Retrieved 28 May 2016.
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