Morea Baru (born April 15 1990)[1] is a Papua New Guinean Olympic weightlifter. He competed at the 2016 Summer Olympics. He finished in 6th place.[2] He competed at the 2020 Summer Olympics, in Men's −61 kg.[3][4]
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| Nationality | Papua New Guinean | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 15 April 1990 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.62 m (5 ft 4 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 61 kg (134 lb) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Country |  Papua New Guinea | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Weightlifting | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Career edit
He competed at the 2016 Oceania Weightlifting Championship in Suva, Fiji and won with a total lift of 283 kg.[5] Baru also participated at the Australian International Open in March 2016 and also took top honours with a total of 291 kg.[6] He competed at the 2014 Commonwealth Games and finished fourth.[7][8]
Major results edit
| Year | Venue | Weight | Snatch (kg) | Clean & Jerk (kg) | Total | Rank | ||||||||
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| 1 | 2 | 3 | Result | Rank | 1 | 2 | 3 | Result | Rank | |||||
| Representing Papua New Guinea
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| Olympic Games | ||||||||||||||
| 2016 |  Rio de Janeiro, Brazil |
62 kg | 122 | 126 | 126 | 8 | 159 | 164 | 164 | 5 | 290 | 6 | ||
| 2021 |  Tokyo, Japan |
61 kg | 113 | 118 | 118 | 12 | 147 | 147 | 10 | 265 | 10 | |||
| World Championships | ||||||||||||||
| 2015 |  Houston, United States |
62 kg | 115 | 120 | 120 | 28 | 150 | 150 | 25 | 270 | 27 | |||
| Oceania Championships | ||||||||||||||
| 2018 |  Mont-Dore, New Caledonia |
62 kg | 110 | 115 | 120 | 120 |  |
141 | 150 | 160 | 160 | |
280 |
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| 2017 |  Gold Coast, Australia |
62 kg | 120 | 120 | |
156 | 162 | 162 | |
282 |
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| 2016 |  Suva, Fiji |
62 kg | 120 | 120 | |
162 | 163 | 163 | |
283 |
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| 2015 | Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea |
62 kg | 118 | 121 | 121 | |
155 | 155 |  |
276 |
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| 2014 | Mont-Dore, New Caledonia |
62 kg | 115 | 119 | 119 | |
150 | 150 | |
269 |
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| 2013 | Brisbane, Australia |
56 kg | 94 | 94 | |
121 | 128 | 128 | |
222 |
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| 2012 |  Apia, Samoa |
62 kg | 100 | 105 | 105 |  |
130 | 130 | 4 | 235 | 4 | |||
| 2011 | Darwin, Australia |
62 kg | — | — | — | 95 | 5 | — | — | — | 130 | |
225 | 4 |
| 2010 | Suva, Fiji |
56 kg | 85 | 85 | 6 | 110 | 115 | 115 | 5 | 200 | 5 | |||
| Commonwealth Games | ||||||||||||||
| 2022 |  Birmingham, England |
61 kg | 114 | 118 | 121 | 121 | 2 | 152 | 152 | 2 | 273 |
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| 2018 | Gold Coast, Australia |
62 kg | 123 | 127 | 127 | 2 | 159 | 159 | 2 | 286 |
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| 2014 |  Glasgow, Great Britain |
62 kg | 115 | 120 | 120 | 3 | 150 | 150 | 3 | 270 | 4 | |||
| 2010 |  Delhi, India |
56 kg | 85 | 90 | 90 | 11 | 115 | 115 | 9 | 205 | 10 | |||
| Pacific Games | ||||||||||||||
| 2019 | Apia, Samoa |
61 kg | 115 | 120 | 124 | 124 | |
150 | 160 | 160 | |
284 |
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| 2015 | Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea |
62 kg | 118 | 121 | 121 | |
155 | 155 | |
276 |
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| 2011 | Nouméa, New Caledonia[9] |
56 kg | 95 | 95 | |
125 | 125 | |
220 |
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References edit
- ^ "Morea Baru". Rio 2016. Archived from the original on 6 August 2016. Retrieved 8 August 2016.
- ^ Jinimbo, Lamech (9 August 2016). "PNG weightlifter Morea Baru finishes 6th in Rio". www.looptonga-sb.com. Retrieved 2016-08-16.
- ^ "Weightlifting BARU Morea". Tokyo 2020 Olympics. Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 2021-09-04. Retrieved 2021-09-04.
- ^ "BARU FINISHES 10th IN TOKYO". Post Courier. 2021-07-25. Retrieved 2021-09-04.
- ^ Narain, Pravin (26 May 2016). "Victory for Baru in senior category". Fiji Times Online.com. Retrieved 2016-08-16.
- ^ Mou, Freddy (25 May 2016). "Morea Baru sets his eyes on Rio". www.looppng.com. Retrieved 2016-08-16.
- ^ "Glasgow 2014 - Men's 62kg Group A". g2014results.thecgf.com. 2014. Retrieved 2016-08-16.
- ^ "Glasgow 2014 - Morea Baru Profile". g2014results.thecgf.com. Retrieved 2016-08-16.
- ^ [1] Archived 2012-10-16 at the Wayback Machine
External links edit
- Morea Baru at the International Weightlifting Federation
- Morea Baru at IAT Database Weightlifting (in German)
- Morea Baru at Olympedia
- Morea Baru at the Commonwealth Games Federation (archived)
- Morea Baru at the Commonwealth Games Federation (archived)
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