Mary Opeloge (born 24 January 1992) is a Samoan weightlifter.[1] She competed in the women's 75 kg event at the 2014 Commonwealth Games where she won a silver medal.[2][3] She won Gold at the 2016 Oceania Weightlifting Championships.[4]

Mary Opeloge
Personal information
NationalitySamoan
Born (1992-01-24) 24 January 1992 (age 32)
Motoʻotua, Samoa
Height1.52 m (5 ft 0 in)
Weight75 kg (165 lb)
Sport
SportWeightlifting
Event75 kg
Medal record
Representing  Samoa
Women's weightlifting
Commonwealth Games
Silver medal – second place 2014 Glasgow 75 kg
Pacific Games
Gold medal – first place 2011 Nouméa 75 kg
Gold medal – first place 2015 Port Moresby 75 kg
Commonwealth Championships
Gold medal – first place 2012 Apia 75 kg
Gold medal – first place 2013 Penang 75 kg
Gold medal – first place 2015 Pune 75 kg
Oceania Championships
Gold medal – first place 2008 Auckland 75 kg
Gold medal – first place 2009 Darwin 75 kg
Gold medal – first place 2010 Suva 75 kg
Gold medal – first place 2011 Darwin 75 kg
Gold medal – first place 2012 Apia 75 kg
Gold medal – first place 2013 Brisbane 75 kg
Gold medal – first place 2014 Le Mont-Dore 75 kg
Gold medal – first place 2015 Port Moresby 75 kg
Gold medal – first place 2016 Suva 75 kg
Arafura Games
Gold medal – first place 2009 Darwin 75 kg
Gold medal – first place 2011 Darwin 75 kg
Updated on 30 January 2022

She competed at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro. She finished in 11th place in the women's 75 kg event.[5] She was the flagbearer for Samoa during the opening ceremony.[6]

Personal life

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Mary is the younger sister of Ele & Niusila Opeloge who are Commonwealth Gold medalists.[7] She also has two other brothers who are also weightlifters.[8]

References

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  1. ^ "Glasgow 2014 profile". Retrieved 11 October 2014.
  2. ^ "Sport: Silver and bronze for Pacific lifters". Radio New Zealand. 30 July 2014.
  3. ^ "Silver Effort". Samoa Observer. 31 July 2014.
  4. ^ Narain, Pravin (28 May 2016). "Mary disappointed with win". Retrieved 28 May 2016.
  5. ^ "Rio 2016". Rio 2016. Archived from the original on 2016-08-26. Retrieved 2016-08-27.
  6. ^ "The Flagbearers for the Rio 2016 Opening Ceremony". 2016-08-16. Retrieved 2016-08-27.
  7. ^ "Meet the Opeloges: Samoa's first family of weightlifting". RNZ. 20 October 2021. Retrieved 27 October 2021.
  8. ^ Leggat, David (12 October 2010). "Weightlifting: Siblings bring home gold for Samoa". NZ Herald. Retrieved 28 May 2016.
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