Mary Opeloge

Mary Opeloge

Personal information
Nationality	Samoan
Born	24 January 1992 Motootua, Samoa
Height	1.52 m (5 ft 0 in)
Weight	75 kg (165 lb)
Sport
Sport	Weightlifting
Event(s)	75 kg
Medal record Representing  Samoa Women's weightlifting Commonwealth Games 2014 Glasgow -75 kg Pacific Games 2011 Nouméa -75 kg 2015 Port Moresby -75 kg
Updated on 24 August 2016.

Mary Opeloge (born 24 January 1992) is a Samoan weightlifter.^[1] She competed in the women's 75 kg event at the 2014 Commonwealth Games where she won a silver medal.^[2][3] She won Gold at the 2016 Oceania Weightlifting Championships.^[4]

She competed at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro. She finished in 11th place in the women's 75 kg event.^[5] She was the flagbearer for Samoa during the opening ceremony.^[6]

Personal Life

Mary is the younger sister of Ele & Niusila Opeloge who are Commonwealth Gold medalists. She also has two other brothers who are also weightlifters.^[7]

References

1. "Glasgow 2014 profile". Retrieved 11 October 2014.
2. "Sport: Silver and bronze for Pacific lifters". Radio New Zealand. 30 July 2014.
3. "Silver Effort". Samoa Observer. 31 July 2014.
4. Narain, Pravin (28 May 2016). "Mary disappointed with win". Retrieved 28 May 2016.
5. "Rio 2016". Rio 2016. Retrieved 2016-08-27.
6. "The Flagbearers for the Rio 2016 Opening Ceremony". 2016-08-16. Retrieved 2016-08-27.
7. Leggat, David (12 October 2010). "Weightlifting: Siblings bring home gold for Samoa". NZ Herald. Retrieved 28 May 2016.