Vannara Be

Vannara Be

Personal information
Nationality	Cambodia  Australia
Born	(1988-02-16) 16 February 1988 (age 37) Cambodia
Home town	Melbourne, Australia
Weight	61.53 kg (135.7 lb)
Sport
Country	Australia
Sport	Weightlifting
Weight class	62 kg
Team	National team
Updated on 11 October 2016

Vannara Be (born 16 February 1988) is a Cambodian born Australian male weightlifter, competing in the 62 kg category and representing Australia at international competitions. He participated at the 2010 Commonwealth Games in the 62 kg event. ^[1] at the 2014 Commonwealth Games in the 62 kg event. ^[2]

Personal

Her younger sister Socheata Be is also an international weightlifter who competed at the 2014 Commonwealth Games. They settled in Australia around 1998, joining their father Vanthy, who had been sponsored for a work visa by a Yarra Valley vineyard. Their uncle Vantho travelled by boat to Australia as a refugee more than a decade earlier, eventually encouraging their father to make the journey and later his wife Chantha and children. Their father's brother and a sister were killed on the killing fields of their homeland, the latter's death causing so much anguish to Vannara and Socheata's grandmother that she lost the use of one eye. ^[3]

Major competitions

Year	Venue	Weight	Snatch (kg)				Clean & Jerk (kg)				Total	Rank
			1	2	3	Rank	1	2	3	Rank
Commonwealth Games
2014	Glasgow, Scotland	62 kg	110	114	116	—	140	145	145	—	256	9
2010	Delhi, India	62 kg	110	110	116	—	136	142	149	—	258	8

References

1. "Weightlifting at the 2010 Commonwealth Games - Vannara Be". iwf.net. Retrieved 23 June 2016.
2. "Weightlifting at the 2014 - Vannara Be". iwf.net. Retrieved 23 June 2016.
3. Barrett, Chris (19 July 2014). "Champion weightlifters Vannara and Socheata Be carry a heavy burden from family's past" – via The Age.

External links

• Vannara Be at the International Weightlifting Federation
• Vannara Be at Commonwealth Games Australia
• Vannara Be at the Commonwealth Games Federation (archived)
• Vannara Be at the Glasgow 2014 Commonwealth Games (archived)
• Vannara Be at the Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games (archived)