| Medal record | ||
|---|---|---|
| Women's Weightlifting | ||
| Competitor for Samoa | ||
| Oceania Weightlifting Championships | ||
| Gold | 2008 Auckland | +75 kg |
| Gold | 2007 Apia | +75 kg |
| Silver | 2006 Apia | +75 kg |
| Commonwealth Games | ||
| Gold | 2010 Delhi | +75 kg |
Ele Opeloge (born July 11, 1985)[1] is a Samoan weightlifter competing in the Women's +75 kg category.
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Opeloge comes from a weightlifting family. Her brother, Niusila is also a Commonwealth gold medalist, winning it the same day as her.
At the 2007 World Championships she ranked 11th, with a total of 250 kg.[1]
She represented Samoa at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, competing in the over 75kg category. She was also her country's flagbearer during the Games' opening ceremony.
Opeloge finished fourth in her event, narrowly missing out on a bronze medal. She lifted 269 kg, matching her personal best, while Mariya Grabovetskaya of Kazakhstan lifted 270 kg to finish third.[2]
Opeloge is a celebrity in Samoa, "where children approach her in the supermarket for autographs".[2]
Opeloge won a gold at the 2010 Commonwealth Games in New Delhi, India in over 75 kg class with a Games record of 285 kg[3][4] It was also Samoa's second gold medal in the history of the Games.[3]
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