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Personal information
Born13 September 1991[1]
Sport
Country Samoa
SportWeightlifter
Medal record
Men's Weightlifter
Representing  Samoa
Pacific Mini Games
Silver medal – second place 2017 Port Vila 105kg total
Silver medal – second place 2017 Port Vila 105kg snatch
Bronze medal – third place 2017 Port Vila 105kg clean & jerk
Oceania Weightlifting Championships
Gold medal – first place 2016 105kg
Bronze medal – third place 2016 94kg
Bronze medal – third place 2016 94kg

Koriata Petelo (born 13 September 1991) is a Samoan weightlifter who has represented Samoa at the Pacific Mini Games.

At the 2016 Oceania Weightlifting Championships he won a bronze medal in the 94kg division.[2][3] He won bronze again at the 2017 championships,[4] before taking gold in 2018 in the 105kg division.[5] In 2018 he was selected for the team for the 2018 World Weightlifting Championships,[6] where he qualified for the 2020 Olympics and set a new Oceania record in the 102kg class.[7]

At the 2017 Pacific Mini Games in Port Vila, Vanuatu he won two silvers and a bronze in the 105kg division.[8]

References

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  1. ^ "Weightlifting - Koriata Petelo". The Sports. Retrieved 19 July 2022.
  2. ^ Deidre Fanene (30 May 2016). "Two qualify for Rio in weightlifting". Samoa Observer. Retrieved 19 July 2022.
  3. ^ "I'm Happy: Vueti". Fiji Sun. 28 May 2016. Retrieved 19 July 2022.
  4. ^ Deidre Tautua-Fanene (13 September 2017). "Weightlifters dominate with golden haul". Samoa Observer. Retrieved 19 July 2022.
  5. ^ Deidre Tautua-Fanene (4 July 2018). "Four gold medals for Team Samoa". Samoa Observer. Retrieved 19 July 2022.
  6. ^ Deidre Tautua-Fanene (6 September 2018). "Weightlifters for World Championships selected". Samoa Observer. Retrieved 19 July 2022.
  7. ^ "Samoa Lifters Set New Records". Samoa Global News. 22 November 2018. Retrieved 19 July 2022.
  8. ^ "Pacific Mini Games 2017". GameDay. Retrieved 19 July 2022.


Category:Living people Category:Samoan male weightlifters


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