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Mary Opeloge

Mary Opeloge

Samoan weightlifter

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]

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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.[7] She also has two other brothers who are also weightlifters.[8]

References

  1. [1]
    "Glasgow 2014 profile". Retrieved 11 October 2014.
  2. [2]
    "Sport: Silver and bronze for Pacific lifters". Radio New Zealand. 30 July 2014.
  3. [3]
    "Silver Effort". Samoa Observer. 31 July 2014.
  4. [4]
    Narain, Pravin (28 May 2016). "Mary disappointed with win". Retrieved 28 May 2016.
  5. [5]
    "Rio 2016". Rio 2016. Archived from the original on 2016-08-26. Retrieved 2016-08-27.
  6. [6]
    "The Flagbearers for the Rio 2016 Opening Ceremony". 2016-08-16. Retrieved 2016-08-27.
  7. [7]
    "Meet the Opeloges: Samoa's first family of weightlifting". RNZ. 20 October 2021. Retrieved 27 October 2021.
  8. [8]
    Leggat, David (12 October 2010). "Weightlifting: Siblings bring home gold for Samoa". NZ Herald. Retrieved 28 May 2016.
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