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| Full name | Megan Ann Signal | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 7 February 1990 Hamilton, New Zealand | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 76 kg (168 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Country | New Zealand | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Weightlifting | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Event | 76kg | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Megan Ann Signal (born 17 February 1990) is a New Zealand weightlifter who qualified for the 2020 Summer Olympics in the women's 76 kg category. [1]
Signal began weightlifting in 2013 at the FS Olympic Weightlifting Club in Auckland, New Zealand, [2] which she attributed to her CrossFit interest. She holds two Oceania records in the 71 kg class [3] and won medals at the 2019 Pacific Games and Oceania Weightlifting Championships. [4]
She withdrew from the Tokyo Olympics without competing, due to a shoulder injury. [5]
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