Share to: share facebook share twitter share wa share telegram print page

David Liti

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

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

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

  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.


Stub icon

This biographical article relating to weightlifting in New Zealand is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.
Kembali kehalaman sebelumnya