Mary Opeloge

Mary Opeloge
Personal information
Nationality Samoan
Born (1992-01-24) 24 January 1992
Motootua, Samoa
Height 1.52 m (5 ft 0 in)
Weight 75 kg (165 lb)
Sport
Sport Weightlifting
Event(s) 75 kg
Medal record
Representing  Samoa
Women's weightlifting
Commonwealth Games
2014 Glasgow -75 kg
Pacific Games
2011 Nouméa -75 kg
2015 Port Moresby -75 kg
Updated on 24 August 2016.

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]

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

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

References

  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. Retrieved 2016-08-27.
  6. ↑ "The Flagbearers for the Rio 2016 Opening Ceremony". 2016-08-16. Retrieved 2016-08-27.
  7. ↑ Leggat, David (12 October 2010). "Weightlifting: Siblings bring home gold for Samoa". NZ Herald. Retrieved 28 May 2016.
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