Pinye Malaibi

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Pinye Malaibi
Personal information
NationalityPapua New Guinean
Born1962 (age 62–63)
Eastern Highlands Province, Papua New Guinea
Weight67 kg (148 lb)
Sport
Sport Weightlifting

Pinye Malaibi (born 1962) is a Papua New Guinean weightlifter. He competed in the men's lightweight event at the 1988 Summer Olympics.

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Biography

Malaibi was born in 1962 in Eastern Highlands Province, Papua New Guinea. [1] [2] He later moved to the capital, Port Moresby. [2] Weighing at 67 kilograms (148 lb), he competed in weightlifting events as a lightweight. [3] His career was sponsored by the Trukai rice company at several competitions. [4] Malaibi participated at the South Pacific Games in Nouméa, New Caledonia. [5]

In 1988, Malaibi was selected to represent Papua New Guinea at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea. [3] [5] At the opening Olympic ceremony, he served as his country's flag bearer. [3] He was one of several Pacific weightlifters who competed in the men's lightweight event (67.5 kilograms (149 lb)) at the Olympics. [6] With lifts totaling 230 kilograms (510 lb), Malaibi finished in 19th place, ahead of only Mohamadamine Alaywan, Joseph Kaddu Kutfesa and Pete Fejeran. [7]

Two years after the Olympics, Malaibi competed for Papua New Guinea at the 1990 Commonwealth Games in Auckland, New Zealand. [5] He then competed at the 1991 South Pacific Games in Port Moresby. [5] This event was sponsored by Trukai, which produced commemorative bags of rice that featured biographical blurbs of weightlifters including Malaibi. [8]

References

  1. ↑ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Pinye Malaibi Olympic Results". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 21 January 2020.
  2. 1 2 Foster 2002 , p. 97. "… born in the Eastern Highlands, he now lives in Port Moresby."
  3. 1 2 3 "Pinye Malaibi". Olympedia.org.
  4. ↑ Foster 2002 , p. 101. "Just as Trukai 'powers' or sponsors the body of Pinye Malaibi in overseas contests …"
  5. 1 2 3 4 Foster 2002, p. 97.
  6. ↑ Diaz, Tony (22 September 1988). "Pacific Islanders find common ground". Pacific Daily News . Vol. 19, no. 235. Seoul, South Korea. p. 46. Retrieved 12 September 2025– via Newspapers.com. Lock-green.svg
  7. ↑ "Lightweight". Olympedia.org.
  8. ↑ Foster 2002, p. 101.

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