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Ele Opeloge (born July 11, 1985)[1] is a Samoan weightlifter. She was the first Samoan to win an Olympic medal, winning silver in the women's +75 kg category at the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games.[2]

Ele Opeloge

Personal information
Born	(1985-07-11) July 11, 1985 (age 37) Apia, Samoa
Height	1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Weight	124 kg (273 lb)
Sport
Country	Samoa
Sport	Weightlifting
Event(s)	Women's +75 kg
Medal record Women's Weightlifting Representing  Samoa Olympic Games 2008 Beijing +75 kg Oceania Weightlifting Championships 2007 Apia +75 kg 2008 Auckland +75 kg 2006 Apia +75 kg Commonwealth Games 2010 Delhi +75 kg 2014 Glasgow +75 kg Pacific Games 2007 Apia +75 kg 2011 Nouméa +75 kg 2015 Port Moresby +75 kg

Family

Opeloge comes from a weightlifting family.[2] Her brother, Niusila is also a Commonwealth gold medalist, winning it the same day as her. Four other relatives have also competed at Commonwealth level.[3] Her twin sister is Larissa Tara. She is the mother of weightlifter Avatu Opeloge.[4]

Career

2007

At the 2007 World Championships she ranked 11th, with a total of 250 kg.[1]

2008

She represented Samoa at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, competing in the over 75kg category. She was also her country's flagbearer during the Games' opening ceremony.[3]

Opeloge finished fourth in her event, narrowly missing out on a bronze medal. She lifted 269 kg, matching her personal best, while Mariya Grabovetskaya of Kazakhstan lifted 270 kg to finish third.[5] In August 2016, the IWF reported in the IOC reanalysis of the 2008 Beijing Olympics that the silver and bronze medalists - Olha Korobka of Ukraine, and Mariya Grabovetskaya - failed retests of their doping samples. The IWF later reallocated medals accordingly,[6] elevating Opeloge to become the silver medalist and also the first-ever Olympic medalist from Samoa.[7]

Opeloge is a celebrity in Samoa, "where children approach her in the supermarket for autographs".[5]

2010

Opeloge won a gold at the 2010 Commonwealth Games in New Delhi, India in over 75 kg class with a Games record of 285 kg.[8][9] It was also Samoa's second gold medal in the history of the Games.[8]

2012

Opeloge took 5th place in the London Olympics.[10] Her build up to the Olympics were disrupted by chicken pox and typhoid.[3]

2014

Opeloge was the Samoan flagbearer for the 2014 Commonwealth Games,[11] as well as being one of the baton carriers as the Queen's baton made its way through Samoa.[3] At the Games she won the silver medal in the +75 kg category.[3]

References

External links

• Ele Opeloge at Olympedia
• Ele Opeloge at the Commonwealth Games Federation
• Athlete Biography at beijing2008 at the Wayback Machine (archived August 10, 2008)

На других языках

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[de] Ele Opeloge

Ele Opeloge (* 11. Juli 1985 in Vaoala) ist eine samoanische Gewichtheberin. Ihr größter internationaler Erfolg war eine Silbermedaille bei den Olympischen Sommerspielen 2008.

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- [en] Ele Opeloge

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[it] Ele Opeloge

Ele Opeloge (Apia, 11 luglio 1985) è una sollevatrice samoana.

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[ru] Опелоге, Эле

Эле Опелоге (англ. Ele Opeloge; род. 11 июля 1985) — самоанская тяжелоатлетка, выступающая в весовой категории свыше 75 кг. Победительница Тихоокеанских игр и Игр Содружества.

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