Mary Opeloge
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| Nationality | Samoan | |||||||||||||||||||||
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24 January 1992 Motootua, Samoa | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.52 m (5 ft 0 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 75 kg (165 lb) | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Weightlifting | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Event(s) | 75 kg | |||||||||||||||||||||
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Mary Opeloge (born 24 January 1992) is a Samoan weightlifter.[1] She competed in the women's 75 kg event at the 2014 Commonwealth Games where she won a silver medal.[2][3] She won Gold at the 2016 Oceania Weightlifting Championships.[4]
She competed at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro. She finished in 11th place in the women's 75 kg event.[5] She was the flagbearer for Samoa during the opening ceremony.[6]
Personal Life
Mary is the younger sister of Ele & Niusila Opeloge who are Commonwealth Gold medalists. She also has two other brothers who are also weightlifters.[7]
References
- ↑ "Glasgow 2014 profile". Retrieved 11 October 2014.
- ↑ "Sport: Silver and bronze for Pacific lifters". Radio New Zealand. 30 July 2014.
- ↑ "Silver Effort". Samoa Observer. 31 July 2014.
- ↑ Narain, Pravin (28 May 2016). "Mary disappointed with win". Retrieved 28 May 2016.
- ↑ "Rio 2016". Rio 2016. Retrieved 2016-08-27.
- ↑ "The Flagbearers for the Rio 2016 Opening Ceremony". 2016-08-16. Retrieved 2016-08-27.
- ↑ Leggat, David (12 October 2010). "Weightlifting: Siblings bring home gold for Samoa". NZ Herald. Retrieved 28 May 2016.
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