Maximina Uepa (born 22 September 2002) is a Nauruan weightlifter. She won the bronze medal in the women's 76 kg event at the 2022 Commonwealth Games held in Birmingham, England.[1] She is the current Nauruan women's record-holder in the 71 kg category for overall, snatch and clean and jerk.
_049.jpg) Weightlifting girls' 63 kg at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics in Buenos Aires on 12 October 2018. Snatch. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Nationality |  Nauru | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 22 September 2002 Denigomodu, Nauru | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Weightlifting | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Event(s) | –64 kg, –71 kg | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Biography
editUepa was born on 22 September 2002 in Denig, Nauru.[2] Her father, Jezza Uepa, and her brother, Maxius Uepa, are both successful powerlifters.[2] Jezza Uepa won the 120kg+ class/super heavyweight class in the IPF World Powerlifting Championships in 2019.[3] In 2015 she was the youngest competitor at the Commonwealth Youth Games, aged twelve years old. She competed in the 58kg weightlifting category.[4]
In 2018, she was flagbearer for Nauru at the Summer Youth Olympics.[5] She was recognised as Nauruan Sportsperson of the Year (Female) in 2018.[6] She was a bronze medallist in the 63kg category at the Pacific Mini Games in 2017, only beaten by Mattie Sasser (gold) and Amanda Gould (silver).[7] In 2019 she moved from the 63kg to the 71kg category.[8] She is the current Nauruan Olympic record-holder in the snatch, clean and jerk and overall; this record was set at the 2019 Pacific Games,[9] where she also won two gold medals.[10]
In August 2022, Uepa won the bronze medal in the women's 76 kg event at the 2022 Commonwealth Games held in Birmingham, England.[11] She dedicated her medal to weightlifter Reanna Solomon,[11] who died from COVID-19 in July 2022.[11]
Nauruan records
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Historic (2002-2018)
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| Snatch | 85 kg | ||||
| Clean and jerk | 95 kg | 5 December 2017 | Pacific Mini Games |  Port Vila, Vanuatu |
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| Total | 170 kg | 7 April 2018 | Commonwealth Games |  Gold Coast, Australia |
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- Medalbox note
- ↑ Plus clean & jerk gold and snatch silver
References
edit- ↑ Houston, Michael (2 August 2022). "Opeloge family claim another weightlifting title as Don strikes gold at Birmingham 2022". InsideTheGames.biz. Retrieved 2 August 2022.
- 1 2 "Weightlifting | Athlete Profile: Maximina UEPA - Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games". results.gc2018.com. Archived from the original on 17 October 2021. Retrieved 17 October 2021.
- ↑ Turaga, Semi. "Nauruan powerlifter Jezza Uepa crowned World's Strongest Man". Fiji Village. Retrieved 1 August 2024.
- ↑ "Samoa ready to welcome the world as 2015 Commonwealth Youth Games begins – Government of Samoa". 17 October 2021. Archived from the original on 17 October 2021. Retrieved 17 October 2021.
- ↑ "Olympedia – Flagbearers for Nauru". 17 October 2021. Archived from the original on 17 October 2021. Retrieved 17 October 2021.
- ↑ "An Evening of Celebration: First Annual Sport Awards". 17 October 2021. Retrieved 1 August 2024.
- ↑ "Mattie smashes Pacific Games records - The Marshall Islands Journal". 17 October 2021. Archived from the original on 17 October 2021. Retrieved 17 October 2021.
- ↑ "Maximina Uepa". International Weightlifting Federation. Retrieved 1 August 2024.
- 1 2 3 4 "Pacific Cup Noumea – NCL 07.12.2019" (PDF). OWF. 9 December 2019. Retrieved 21 December 2019.
- ↑ "Ako claims three bronze". The National. 12 July 2019. Retrieved 1 August 2024.
- 1 2 3 Iveson, Ali (2 August 2022). "Nauru weightlifter dedicates medal to ex-champion mother of five killed by COVID". InsideTheGames.biz. Retrieved 1 August 2024.
- 1 2 "Women's 63kg Results" (PDF). van2017.com. 5 December 2017. Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 December 2017. Retrieved 6 December 2017.
External links
edit- Maximina Uepa at the International Weightlifting Federation
- Maximina Uepa at Olympedia
- Maximina Uepa at InterSportStats
