Itte Detenamo

Itte Detenamo

Personal information
Nationality	Nauruan
Born	(1986-09-22) September 22, 1986
Height	1.7 m (5 ft 7 in)
Weight	140 kg (310 lb)
Sport
Country	Nauru
Sport	Weightlifting
Event(s)	Men's +105kg
Medal record Itte Detenamo Medal record Men's Weightlifting Competitor for  Nauru Oceania Weightlifting Championships Gold 2006 Apia +105 kg Gold 2007 Apia +105 kg Silver 2008 Auckland +105 kg Commonwealth Games Bronze 2006 Melbourne +105 kg Silver 2010 New Delhi +105 kg Pacific Games Gold 2007 Apia +105 kg Gold 2011 Nouméa +105 kg

Itte Detenamo (born September 22, 1986 in Buada) is a Nauruan weightlifter competing in the +105 kg category.

Detenamo represented Nauru at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, finishing 14th in the men's 105+kg category.^[1] He won a bronze medal at the 2006 Commonwealth Games, and three gold medals at the 2007 South Pacific Games.^[2]

He was Nauru's sole representative at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing.^[2] He achieved a personal best by lifting 386 kg in the super-heavyweight category.^[3]

He took part in the 2010 Commonwealth Games, and after being described as Nauru's best hope for a gold medal there,^[4] he won silver.

Detenamo's father and older sister are also weightlifters.^[5]

External links

• Biography on the website of the Beijing Olympics

References

• "Nauru Weightlifter Hoists Island's Hopes of First Olympic Medal", Bloomberg, August 8, 2008