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Yukio Peter

Yukio Peter
Personal information
Born (1984-01-29) January 29, 1984 (age 40)
Height1.61 m (5 ft 3+1⁄2 in)
Weight69 kg (152 lb)
Sport
Country Nauru
SportWeightlifting
Medal record
Representing  Nauru
Men's weightlifting
Commonwealth Games
Gold medal – first place 2010 Delhi 77 kg weightlifting

Yukio Stinson Peter (born 29 January 1984 in Aiwo) is a weightlifter from Nauru.

Career

2004

Yukio snatched 142.5 kg and clean and jerked 165 kg (total 307.5 kg) to place eighth at the 2004 Olympic Games in the Men's 69 kg division. It is the best position ever for a Nauruan athlete at the Olympic Games.

2008

In December 2008, Yukio won a gold medal in the Commonwealth Weightlifting Championships in Limassol, Cyprus. Competing in the 77 kg category, he snatched 145 kg and clean and jerked 185 kg.[1]

2010

At the 2010 Commonwealth Games in New Delhi, India, Yukio Peter won Nauru's 10th gold medal-winning the 77kg division in weightlifting with a new Games record of 333 kg.[2][3]

2011

Peter won gold in the 77 kg category at the Arafura Games in 2011 in Darwin - Nauru's first gold at that edition of the Games.[4]

References

  1. ^ "Vueti lifts silver at Commonwealth championship". Fiji Times. 9 December 2008. Archived from the original on 4 April 2012. Retrieved 9 December 2008.
  2. ^ "Peter brings back Nauru's glory days". Dawn. 8 October 2010. Retrieved 1 August 2024.
  3. ^ "Tiny Nauru lifts its weight in gold". The Sydney Morning Herald. 7 October 2010. Retrieved 20 November 2021.
  4. ^ "Sport: Nauru claim first gold in Darwin". Radio New Zealand International. 13 May 2011. Archived from the original on 19 August 2012. Retrieved 13 May 2011.


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