Luisa Fatiaki Taitapu Peters (born 27 June 1993) is a police officer and retired[3] weightlifter from the Cook Islands, who competes in the +75 kg weight division. She participated in two Olympics (2012, 2016) and three Commonwealth Games (2010, 2014, 2018) with the best result of fifth place in 2018. She won a bronze medal at the 2015 Pacific Games.
 Peters at the 2016 Olympics | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Full name | Luisa Fatiaki Taitapu Peters | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 27 June 1993 Rarotonga, Cook Islands | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 165 cm (5 ft 5 in)[1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 100 kg (220 lb) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Country |  Cook Islands | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Weightlifting | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Event | +75 kg | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | Oceania Weightlifting Institute[2] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Coached by | Paul Coffa (club) Unakea Kauvai (national)[2] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Peters took up weightlifting aged 16. In 2016, she was elected on a four-year term as a vice president of the Oceania Weightlifting Federation, becoming its first female official.[2]
Major results
edit| Year | Venue | Weight | Snatch (kg) | Clean & Jerk (kg) | Total | Rank | ||||||
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| 1 | 2 | 3 | Rank | 1 | 2 | 3 | Rank | |||||
| Representing Cook Islands
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| Olympic Games | ||||||||||||
| 2016 |  Rio de Janeiro, Brasil |
+75 kg | 95 | 100 | 14 | 119 | 124 | 14 | 224 | 14 | ||
| 2012 |  London, Great Britain |
+75 kg | 74 | 78 | 82 | 13 | 95 | 100 | 13 | 182 | 12 | |
| World Championships | ||||||||||||
| 2015 |  Houston, United States |
+75 kg | 92 | 95 | 31 | 115 | 31 | 210 | 30 | |||
| Oceania Championships | ||||||||||||
| 2017 |  Gold Coast, Australia |
+90 kg | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| 2016 |  Suva, Fiji |
+75 kg | 95 |  |
117 | |
212 |
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| 2015 |  Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea |
+75 kg | 94 | |
113 | |
207 |
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| Commonwealth Games | ||||||||||||
| 2018 | Gold Coast, Australia |
+90 kg | 100 | 6 | 120 | 125 | 4 | 225 | 5 | |||
| 2014 |  Glasgow, Scotland |
+75 kg | 95 | 100 | 6 | 115 | 120 | 125 | 5 | 225 | 6[4] | |
| 2010 |  Delhi, India |
+75 kg | 62 | 65 | 70 | 10 | 81 | 85 | 10 | 155 | 10[5] | |
| Pacific Games | ||||||||||||
| 2015 | Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea |
+75 kg | 94 | |
113 | |
207 |
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| 2011 |  Nouméa, New Caledonia |
+75 kg | 73 | 77 | 80 | 4 | 92 | 95 | 4 | 175 | 4 | |
References
edit- ^ "Luisa Fatiaki Taitapu Peters". Rio2016.com. Rio 2016 Organising Committee for the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 10 December 2016.
- ^ a b c "Luisa Fatiaki Taitapu Peters". nbcolympics.com. NBC Olympics. Archived from the original on 19 September 2016.
- ^ "Olympic weightlifting champion Diaz and police officer Peters join Osei on IWF Executive Board". Insidethegames.biz. 13 January 2023. Retrieved 3 April 2023.
- ^ "Women's +75 kg – Result". results.glasgow2014.com. Archived from the original on 20 August 2016. Retrieved 4 July 2016.
- ^ "Commonwealth Games Weightlifting results" (PDF). OceaniaWeightlifting.com. Archived (PDF) from the original on 8 March 2016. Retrieved 4 July 2016.
External links
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Luisa Peters.
- Luisa Peters at the International Weightlifting Federation
- Luisa Peters at Olympics.com
- Luisa Peters at Olympedia
- Luisa Peters at the Commonwealth Games Federation (archived)
- Luisa Peters at the Glasgow 2014 Commonwealth Games (archived)
- Luisa Peters at the Glasgow 2014 Commonwealth Games (archived)
- Profile on london2012.com at the Wayback Machine (archived 22 July 2012)
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