Mary Opeloge

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]

Mary Opeloge
Personal information
NationalitySamoan
Born (1992-01-24) 24 January 1992
Motootua, Samoa
Height1.52 m (5 ft 0 in)
Weight75 kg (165 lb)
Sport
SportWeightlifting
Event(s)75 kg
Medal record
Representing  Samoa
Women's weightlifting
Commonwealth Games
2014 Glasgow-75 kg
Pacific Games
2011 Nouméa-75 kg
2015 Port Moresby-75 kg
Updated on 24 August 2016.

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


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