Niusila Opeloge
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| Born | 23 June 1980 | |||||||||||||||||
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| Country |  Samoa | |||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Weightlifting | |||||||||||||||||
| Event | Men's 105 kg | |||||||||||||||||
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Niusila Opeloge is a weightlifter from Samoa..[1]
Family
Opeloge comes from a weightlifting family.[2] She and her sister Ele Opeloge are both Commonwealth Games gold medalist weightlifters, both winning their medals on the same day.[3]
Career
Opeloge took up weightlifting in 1999.[2] At the 2002 Commonwealth Games in Manchester, England he won a bronze in the 85 kg snatch event.[4] At the 2010 Commonwealth Games, in New Delhi, India he won gold in the 105 kg[3] to give Samoa its third gold medal of the Games.[5] In the process, he also became the first Samoan to win medals in any sport at two Commonwealth Games.[4] Opeloge was suspended in 2007 for two years due to a doping.[6] The use of banned substances in Weightlifting is prohibited and is considered cheating.
References
- ^ "Top Samoa weightlifter banned for using steroids". RNZ. 6 March 2008. Retrieved 15 March 2022.
- ^ a b "Meet the Opeloges: Samoa's first family of weightlifting". RNZ. 20 October 2021. Retrieved 27 October 2021.
- ^ a b Opeloge make it double Samoan family celebration Retrieved 11 October 2010.
- ^ a b News: 105kg Facts & figures[dead link] CWG official website Retrieved 11 October 2010,
- ^ News: weightlifting 105kg men[dead link] CWG official website. Retrieved 11 October 2010.
- ^ "Top Samoa weightlifter banned for using steroids". RNZ. 6 March 2008. Retrieved 15 March 2022.
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