Phillip Christou
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| Full name | Phillip Christou | ||||||||||||||
| Born | 18 June 1970 Williamstown, Victoria, Australia | ||||||||||||||
| Height | 165 cm (5 ft 5 in) | ||||||||||||||
| Weight | 89.33 kg (196.9 lb) | ||||||||||||||
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| Country |  Australia | ||||||||||||||
| Sport | Weightlifting | ||||||||||||||
| Weight class | 94 kg | ||||||||||||||
| Team | National team | ||||||||||||||
| Coached by | Michael Noonan | ||||||||||||||
| Retired | 2006 | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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| Updated on 4 October 2016 | |||||||||||||||
Phillip Christou (born 18 June 1970 in Williamstown, Victoria) is an Australian male weightlifter, competing in the 94 kg category and representing Australia at international competitions.
Career
[edit]As a junior, coached by Michael Noonan, he won the silver medal at the national championships in 1984. Christou won the bronze medal in the snatch at the 1994 Commonwealth Games in Victoria, Canada. lifting 152.5 kg. He competed at world championships, most recently at the 1998 World Weightlifting Championships.[1]
Personal
[edit]Christou is married with Lexi Christou, and has had two children.
Major competitions
[edit]| Year | Venue | Weight | Snatch (kg) | Clean & Jerk (kg) | Total | Rank | ||||||
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| 1 | 2 | 3 | Rank | 1 | 2 | 3 | Rank | |||||
| World Championships | ||||||||||||
| 1998 |  Lahti, Finland |
94 kg | 135 | 140 | 24 | 170 | 175 | 22 | 315 | 21 | ||
References
[edit]- ^ "1998 Weightlifting World Championships - Phillip Christou". iwf.net. Retrieved 23 June 2016.
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- 1970 births
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- Weightlifters at the 1994 Commonwealth Games
- Commonwealth Games medallists in weightlifting
- Commonwealth Games bronze medallists for Australia
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- 20th-century Australian sportsmen
- 21st-century Australian sportsmen
- Medallists at the 1994 Commonwealth Games
- Sportsmen from Victoria (state)
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