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Don Opeloge
Personal information
Born (1999-05-13) 13 May 1999 (age 25)
Sport
CountrySamoa
SportWeightlifting
Medal record
Men's weightlifting
Representing  Samoa
Commonwealth Games
Silver medal – second place 2018 Gold Coast 85 kg
Pacific Games
Gold medal – first place 2019 Apia 89 kg
Oceania Weightlifting Championships
Gold medal – first place 2017 Gold Coast 85 kg

Don Opeloge (born 13 May 1999)[1] is a Samoan weightlifter. In 2018, he won the silver medal in the men's 85 kg event at the 2018 Commonwealth Games held in Gold Coast, Australia.[2]

In 2017, at the 2017 Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games held in Ashgabat, Turkmenistan, he finished in 9th place in the men's 85 kg event.[3]

In 2019, he won the gold medal in the men's 89 kg event at the 2019 Junior World Weightlifting Championships held in Suva, Fiji.[1][2][4] A month later he represented Samoa at the 2019 Pacific Games and he won the gold medal in the men's 89 kg event.[4]

References

  1. ^ a b "2019 Junior World Weightlifting Championships" (PDF). IWF. Archived (PDF) from the original on 26 May 2020. Retrieved 4 June 2020.
  2. ^ a b "Sport: Samoan weightlifter wins junior world title". Radio New Zealand. 6 June 2019. Retrieved 4 June 2020.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  3. ^ "Weightlifting Results Book" (PDF). 2017 Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games. Archived (PDF) from the original on 30 May 2020. Retrieved 30 May 2020.
  4. ^ a b Pavitt, Michael (12 July 2019). "World junior champion delights home crowd with triple Samoa 2019 weightlifting gold". InsideTheGames.biz. Retrieved 4 June 2020.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)