Don Opeloge

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]

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

Opeloge comes from a weightlifting family.[3] His brother Niusila and his sister Ele both won gold at the 2010 Commonwealth Games, in New Delhi.[3]

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.[4] In 2018 he won silver at the 2018 Commonwealth Games on the Gold Coast, Queensland.[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][5] A month later, he represented Samoa at the 2019 Pacific Games and he won the gold medal in the men's 89 kg event.[5]

References
  1. "2019 Junior World Weightlifting Championships" (PDF). International Weightlifting Federation. Archived (PDF) from the original on 26 May 2020. Retrieved 4 June 2020.
  2. "Sport: Samoan weightlifter wins junior world title". Radio New Zealand. 6 June 2019. Retrieved 4 June 2020.
  3. "Meet the Opeloges: Samoa's first family of weightlifting". RNZ. 20 October 2021. Retrieved 27 October 2021.
  4. "Weightlifting Results Book" (PDF). 2017 Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games. Archived (PDF) from the original on 30 May 2020. Retrieved 30 May 2020.
  5. Pavitt, Michael (12 July 2019). "World junior champion delights home crowd with triple Samoa 2019 weightlifting gold". InsideTheGames.biz. Retrieved 4 June 2020.


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