| Personal information | |||||||||
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| Full name | Samuel Raphael Pera | ||||||||
| Born | 11 March 1989 (1989-03-11) (age 35) Rarotonga, Cook Islands | ||||||||
| Weight | 123 kg (271 lb) | ||||||||
| Sport | |||||||||
| Country |  Cook Islands | ||||||||
| Sport | Weightlifting Rugby League | ||||||||
| Weight class | +105 kg | ||||||||
Medal record
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Samuel Raphael Pera Junior (born 11 March 1989) is a weightlifter from the Cook Islands, competing in the +105 kg category. He was born in Rarotonga.
He is the son of weightlifter Sam Nunuku Pera, who represented the Cook Islands at the Summer Olympics in 1992, 1996, 2000, and 2004. At the 2006 Commonwealth Games he competed against his father in the 105 kg category, and won with 293 kg to 281 kg, ranking 9th.
Sam Pera Junior ranked 32nd at the 2007 World Championships, with a total of 330 kg.
He won the bronze medal at the 2008 Oceania Senior Championships, with a total of 335 kg.
At the 2008 Junior World Championships he ranked 13th, with a total of 340 kg.
He is representing the Cook Islands at the 2008 Summer Olympics, competing in the +105 kg division. He served as the Cook Islands flag-bearer in the 2008 Summer Olympics.
Major results
| Year | Venue | Weight | Snatch (kg) | Clean & Jerk (kg) | Total | Rank | ||||||
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| 1 | 2 | 3 | Rank | 1 | 2 | 3 | Rank | |||||
| World Championships | ||||||||||||
| 2007 |  Chiang Mai, Thailand |
+105 kg | 140 | 145 | 33 | 170 | 180 | 185 | 31 | 330 | 32 | |
| Pacific Games | ||||||||||||
| 2011 |  Nouméa, New Caledonia |
+105 kg | ? | ? | ? | --- | ? | ? | ? | --- | 350 | 
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References
- "Cook Islands at the Olympic Games". Cook Islands Sports and National Olympic Committee. Archived from the original on 9 September 2007.
- "Biography Pera Sam". Melbourne 2006.
- "Biography Pera Sam Jnr". Melbourne 2006.
- "PERA Samuel". International Weightlifting Federation.
- "PERA Sam Jr". International Weightlifting Federation.
- "PERA Samuel Jnr". International Weightlifting Federation.
- Beijing Olympic profile
- "Flag-bearers for Beijing Olympic Games opening ceremony". China.org.cn. Retrieved 30 January 2024.
External links
- Sam Pera at Olympedia
- Sam Pera at the Commonwealth Games Federation (archived)
- Sam Pera at the Melbourne 2006 Commonwealth Games (archived)
- Biography on the website of the Beijing Olympics
- 1989 births
- Living people
- Olympic weightlifters for the Cook Islands
- Weightlifters at the 2008 Summer Olympics
- People from Rarotonga
- Weightlifters at the 2006 Commonwealth Games
- Commonwealth Games competitors for the Cook Islands
- Cook Island male weightlifters
- Pacific Games silver medalists for the Cook Islands
- Pacific Games medalists in weightlifting
- 21st-century New Zealand sportsmen