Morea Baru

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Morea Baru
Personal information
NationalityPapua New Guinean
Born (1990-04-15) 15 April 1990 (age 34)
Height1.62 m (5 ft 4 in)
Weight61 kg (134 lb)
Sport
Country Papua New Guinea
SportWeightlifting
Medal record
Men's weightlifting
Representing  Papua New Guinea
Pacific Games
Gold medal – first place 2015 Port Moresby 62 kg
Gold medal – first place 2019 Apia 61 kg
Silver medal – second place 2011 Nouméa 56 kg
Commonwealth Games
Silver medal – second place 2018 Gold Coast 62 kg
Silver medal – second place 2022 Birmingham 61 kg
Commonwealth Championships
Gold medal – first place 2017 Gold Coast 62 kg
Gold medal – first place 2019 Apia 61 kg
Oceania Championships
Gold medal – first place 2013 Brisbane 56 kg
Gold medal – first place 2015 Port Moresby 62 kg
Gold medal – first place 2016 Suva 62 kg
Gold medal – first place 2017 Gold Coast 62 kg
Gold medal – first place 2018 Le Mont-Dore 62 kg
Gold medal – first place 2019 Apia 61 kg
Gold medal – first place 2021 61 kg
Silver medal – second place 2014 Le Mont-Dore 62 kg

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]

Career

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

Year Venue Weight Snatch (kg) Clean & Jerk (kg) Total Rank
1 2 3 Result Rank 1 2 3 Result Rank
Representing  Papua New Guinea
Olympic Games
2016 Brazil Rio de Janeiro, Brazil 62 kg 122 126 129 126 8 159 164 168 164 5 290 6
2021 Japan Tokyo, Japan 61 kg 113 118 118 118 12 147 153 153 147 10 265 10
World Championships
2015 United States Houston, United States 62 kg 115 120 120 120 28 150 150 158 150 25 270 27
Oceania Championships
2018 New Caledonia Mont-Dore, New Caledonia 62 kg 110 115 120 120 1st place, gold medalist(s) 141 150 160 160 1st place, gold medalist(s) 280 1st place, gold medalist(s)
2017 Australia Gold Coast, Australia 62 kg 120 124 125 120 1st place, gold medalist(s) 156 162 162 162 1st place, gold medalist(s) 282 1st place, gold medalist(s)
2016 Fiji Suva, Fiji 62 kg 120 125 125 120 1st place, gold medalist(s) 162 163 163 163 1st place, gold medalist(s) 283 1st place, gold medalist(s)
2015 Papua New Guinea Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea 62 kg 118 121 124 121 1st place, gold medalist(s) 155 158 158 155 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 276 1st place, gold medalist(s)
2014 New Caledonia Mont-Dore, New Caledonia 62 kg 115 119 122 119 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 150 155 155 150 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 269 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
2013 Australia Brisbane, Australia 56 kg 94 98 98 94 1st place, gold medalist(s) 121 128 132 128 1st place, gold medalist(s) 222 1st place, gold medalist(s)
2012 Samoa Apia, Samoa 62 kg 100 105 105 105 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 130 135 135 130 4 235 4
2011 Australia Darwin, Australia 62 kg — — — 95 5 — — — 130 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 225 4
2010 Fiji Suva, Fiji 56 kg 85 90 90 85 6 110 115 115 115 5 200 5
Commonwealth Games
2022 England Birmingham, England 61 kg 114 118 121 121 2 152 165 165 152 2 273 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
2018 Australia Gold Coast, Australia 62 kg 123 127 130 127 2 159 159 163 159 2 286 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
2014 United Kingdom Glasgow, Great Britain 62 kg 115 120 120 120 3 149 149 150 150 3 270 4
2010 India Delhi, India 56 kg 85 90 95 90 11 115 120 125 115 9 205 10
Pacific Games
2019 Samoa Apia, Samoa 61 kg 115 120 124 124 1st place, gold medalist(s) 150 160 164 160 1st place, gold medalist(s) 284 1st place, gold medalist(s)
2015 Papua New Guinea Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea 62 kg 118 121 124 121 1st place, gold medalist(s) 155 158 158 155 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 276 1st place, gold medalist(s)
2011 New Caledonia Nouméa, New Caledonia[9] 56 kg 95 100 100 95 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 125 130 135 125 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 220 2nd place, silver medalist(s)

References

  1. ^ "Morea Baru". Rio 2016. Archived from the original on 6 August 2016. Retrieved 8 August 2016.
  2. ^ Jinimbo, Lamech (9 August 2016). "PNG weightlifter Morea Baru finishes 6th in Rio". www.looptonga-sb.com. Retrieved 2016-08-16.
  3. ^ "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.
  4. ^ "BARU FINISHES 10th IN TOKYO". Post Courier. 2021-07-25. Retrieved 2021-09-04.
  5. ^ Narain, Pravin (26 May 2016). "Victory for Baru in senior category". Fiji Times Online.com. Retrieved 2016-08-16.
  6. ^ Mou, Freddy (25 May 2016). "Morea Baru sets his eyes on Rio". www.looppng.com. Retrieved 2016-08-16.
  7. ^ "Glasgow 2014 - Men's 62kg Group A". g2014results.thecgf.com. 2014. Retrieved 2016-08-16.
  8. ^ "Glasgow 2014 - Morea Baru Profile". g2014results.thecgf.com. Retrieved 2016-08-16.
  9. ^ [1] Archived 2012-10-16 at the Wayback Machine

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