Chen XieXia won the first Chinese gold medal with Olympic record total of 212 kg in 48 kg category. She made all of her six attempts without any mistake with absolute precision. The competition looked to be over when Chen led already by 7 kg over Ozkan /TUR/. As a clean and jerk world record […]
Weightlifting was represented by 12 athletes as flag bearers at Parade of Nation Cook Islands Sam Pera jr. Ecuador Alexandra Escobar El Salvador Eva Maria Dimas Federal States of Micronesia Manuel Minginfel Kazakhstan Ahmetov Bakhyt Kiribati David Katoatau Nauru Itte Detenamo Norway Ruth Kasirye Samoa Ele Opeloge Solomon Islands Wendy Hale Syrian Arabic Republic Ahed […]
The youngest female lifter is Abir Khalil /EGY, 69 kg/ born 13.06. 1992 The youngest male lifter is QingQuan Long /CHN, 56 kg/ born 03.12. 1990 The oldest female lifter is Maria Teresa Monasterio /BOL, 63 kg/ born 15.10. 1969 The oldest male lifter is Maama Lolohea /TGA, plus 105 kg/ born 27.05. 1968 There […]
Tuvalu was welcomed into the Olympic Family at the 2007 IOC Session in Guatemala City and will have three competitors in Beijing. Two men will be competing in the track events and Weightlifter Logona Esau will be competing in the 69 kg category.
This decision was made by the Nauru Olympic Committee, following a final trial test held at the Oceania Weightlifting Institute in Noumea, New Caledonia, between Yukio Peter 77kg category and Itte Detenamo 105+kg category. Both athletes are IOC Scholarship holders and train at the OWF Institute in Noumea. Itte Detenamo’s total was 387kg with a […]