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David Liti
2024 Summer Olympics
Personal information
Full nameDavid Andrew Liti
NicknameBig Bear
Born (1996-07-11) 11 July 1996 (age 28)
Auckland, New Zealand
Home townAuckland, New Zealand
Height1.82 m (6 ft 0 in) (2018)[1]
Weight185 kg (408 lb) (2018)[1]
Sport
Coached byTina Ball
Medal record
Men's weightlifting
Representing  New Zealand
Commonwealth Games
Gold medal – first place 2018 Gold Coast +105 kg
Silver medal – second place 2022 Birmingham +109 kg
Commonwealth Championships
Gold medal – first place 2021 Tashkent +109 kg
Silver medal – second place 2016 Penang +105 kg
Pacific Games
Gold medal – first place 2023 Honiara +109 kg
Bronze medal – third place 2015 Port Moresby +105 kg
Oceania Championships
Gold medal – first place 2018 Le-Mont Dore +105 kg
Gold medal – first place 2023 Honiara +109 kg
Gold medal – first place 2024 Auckland +109 kg
Bronze medal – third place 2015 Port Moresby +105 kg

David Andrew Liti (born 11 July 1996)[1] is a New Zealand weightlifter, who won the gold medal in the +105 kg event at the 2018 Commonwealth Games. His total lift of 403 kg was a Commonwealth Games record.[2]

At the Games' closing ceremony, Liti was presented with the David Dixon Award for sportsmanship shown towards his injured weightlifting rival Lauititi Lui.[3]

Career

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He represented New Zealand at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan, finishing fifth in the men's +109 kg event.[4][5]

In December 2022, he was elected as member of the IWF Athletes' Commission.[6]

In August 2024, he finished in eighth place in the men's +102 kg event at the 2024 Summer Olympics held in Paris, France.[7]

Major results

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Year Venue Weight Snatch (kg) Clean & Jerk (kg) Total Rank
1 2 3 Rank 1 2 3 Rank
Summer Olympics
2021 Tokyo, Japan +109 kg 173 178 183 — 229 236 241 — 414 5
2024 Paris, France +102 kg 178 182 184 — 224 231 235 — 415 8
World Championships
2017 Anaheim, United States +105 kg 160 166 171 14 218 222 222 11 388 14
2018 Ashgabat, Turkmenistan +109 kg 161 165 169 20 220 226 231 11 395 12
2019 Pattaya, Thailand +109 kg 163 168 173 21 216 222 227 12 400 16
2021 Tashkent, Uzbekistan +109 kg 172 176 180 12 223 227 231 6 407 9
2022 Bogota, Colombia +109 kg 167 170 173 18 218 223 — 13 396 16
2023 Riyadh, Saudi Arabia +109 kg 174 178 181 12 224 224 226 8 407 9
IWF World Cup
2024 Phuket, Thailand +109 kg 175 181 185 10 228 228 — — — —
Oceania Championships
2016 Suva, Fiji +105 kg 146 152 157 4 200 200 206 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 363 4
2018 Mont-Dore, New Caledonia +105 kg 160 — — 1st place, gold medalist(s) 200 — — 1st place, gold medalist(s) 360 1st place, gold medalist(s)
2024 Auckland, New Zealand +109 kg 177 182 183 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 223 230 236 1st place, gold medalist(s) 413 1st place, gold medalist(s)
Pacific Games
2015 Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea +105 kg 131 135 140 6 172 177 181 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 321 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
2019 Apia, Samoa +109 kg 173 177 180 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 220 220 220 — — —
2023 Honiara, Solomon Islands +109 kg 176 176 182 1st place, gold medalist(s) 216 223 — 1st place, gold medalist(s) 405 1st place, gold medalist(s)

References

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  1. ^ a b c "David Liti". gc2018.com. Retrieved 10 April 2018.
  2. ^ "David Liti breaks record, wins Commonwealth Games gold in men's 105kg+ weightlifting". Stuff.co.nz. 10 April 2018. Retrieved 10 April 2018.
  3. ^ "David Liti receives the David Dixon Award for outstanding sporting spirit at Commonwealth Games". Stuff.co.nz. 16 April 2018. Retrieved 16 April 2018.
  4. ^ "Tokyo Olympics: Meet the New Zealand team who will be going for gold". stuff.co.nz. 2 July 2021. Retrieved 20 July 2021.
  5. ^ "Men's +109 kg Results" (PDF). Tokyo 2020 Summer Olympics. Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 August 2021. Retrieved 4 August 2021.
  6. ^ Oliver, Brian (21 December 2022). "Three Olympic weightlifting champions and 700,000 Instagram followers - the new IWF Athletes Commission". InsideTheGames.biz. Retrieved 24 December 2022.
  7. ^ "Weightlifting Results Book" (PDF). 2024 Summer Olympics. Archived from the original (PDF) on 11 August 2024. Retrieved 12 August 2024.
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