Ele Opeloge
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| Born | July 11, 1985 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 124 kg (273 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Country |  Samoa | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Weightlifting | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Event | Women's +75 kg | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Ele Opeloge (born July 11, 1985)[1] is a Samoan weightlifter competing in the women's +75 kg category.
Family
Opeloge comes from a weightlifting family. Her brother, Niusila is also a Commonwealth gold medalist, winning it the same day as her. Four other relatives have also competed at Commonwealth level.[2]
Career
2007
At the 2007 World Championships she ranked 11th, with a total of 250 kg.[1]
2008
She represented Samoa at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, competing in the over 75kg category. She was also her country's flagbearer during the Games' opening ceremony.[2]
Opeloge finished fourth in her event, narrowly missing out on a bronze medal. She lifted 269 kg, matching her personal best, while Mariya Grabovetskaya of Kazakhstan lifted 270 kg to finish third.[3]
Opeloge is a celebrity in Samoa, "where children approach her in the supermarket for autographs".[3]
2010
Opeloge won a gold at the 2010 Commonwealth Games in New Delhi, India in over 75 kg class with a Games record of 285 kg.[4][5] It was also Samoa's second gold medal in the history of the Games.[4]
2012
Opeloge took 6th place in the London Olympics.[6] Her build up to the Olympics were disrupted by chicken pox and typhoid.[2]
2014
Opeloge was the Samoan flagbearer for the 2014 Commonwealth Games, as well as being one of the baton carriers as the Queen's baton made its way through Samoa.[2] At the Games she won the silver medal in the +75 kg category.[2]
References
- ^ a b "OPELOGE Ele". International Weightlifting Federation.
- ^ a b c d e "Glasgow 2014 - Ele Opeloge Profile". g2014results.thecgf.com. Retrieved 2015-11-27.
- ^ a b "Tears instead of dreams for Samoan", Reuters, August 16, 2008
- ^ a b Ele Opeloge gives Samoa second gold medal The Hindu. Retrieved 10 October 2010.
- ^ Opeloge siblings have a field day Deccan Herald. Retrieved 10 October 2010
- ^ "Ele Opeloge Bio, Stats, and Results". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Retrieved 2015-11-27.
External links
- Archived 2008-08-10 at the Wayback Machine
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- Living people
- 1985 births
- Samoan weightlifters
- Weightlifters at the 2008 Summer Olympics
- Weightlifters at the 2010 Commonwealth Games
- Commonwealth Games gold medallists for Samoa
- Commonwealth Games competitors for Samoa
- Olympic weightlifters of Samoa
- Weightlifters at the 2012 Summer Olympics
- Weightlifters at the 2014 Commonwealth Games
- Female weightlifters
- Samoan people stubs