Niusila Opeloge is a weightlifter from Samoa.
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Opeloge comes from a weightlifting family. His sister, Ele Opeloge is also a gold medalist at the Commonwealth Games, winning hers on the same day.[1]
At the 2002 Commonwealth Games in Manchester, England he won a bronze in the 85kg snatch event.[2]
At the 2010 Commonwealth Games, in New Delhi, India he won gold in the 105kg[1] to give Samoa its third gold medal of the Games.[3] In the process, he also became the first Samoan to win medals in any sport at two Commonwealth Games.[2]