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| Full name | Jack Hitila Opeloge | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 21 August 2000 (2000-08-21) (age 24) Australia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Country |  Samoa | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Weightlifting | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Jack Hitila Opeloge (born 21 August 2000) is a Samoan weightlifter who has represented Samoa at the Pacific Games and Commonwealth Games.
Opeloge comes from a weightlifting family. His brother Niusila and his sister Ele both won gold at the 2010 Commonwealth Games, in New Delhi, while his brother Don Opeloge won silver at the 2018 Commonwealth Games.
At the 2019 Pacific Games in Apia he won a gold, silver and bronze medal in the 81 kg division. At the 2021 Oceania Weightlifting Championships he won gold in the 102 kg division. At the 2022 Oceania Online Cup he came second to his brother Don.
In 2022 he was one of six Samoan weightlifters to qualify for the 2022 Commonwealth Games. He won silver in the 109 kg division after the cancellation of the 102 kg division.
References
- ^ "Meet the Opeloges: Samoa's first family of weightlifting". RNZ. 20 October 2021. Retrieved 27 October 2021.
- "Sport: Samoa surge into 2nd on Pacific Games medal table". RNZ. 13 July 2019. Retrieved 15 July 2022.
- Marc Membrere (28 March 2022). "Opeloge brothers seal top spot in regional tournament". Samoa Observer. Retrieved 15 July 2022.
- "Team Samoa Weightlifting – Qualified, Set and Loaded for Commonwealth Games 2022". Samoa Global News. 16 March 2022. Retrieved 13 July 2022.
- "Birmingham 2022: Jack Opeloge Wins Silver for Samoa". Samoa Global News. 4 August 2022. Retrieved 4 August 2022.
External links
- Jack HITILA OPELOGE at the International Weightlifting Federation
- Jack HITILA OPELOGE at the Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games
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- Pacific Games gold medalists for Samoa
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