David Liti
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| Full name | David Andrew Liti | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 11 July 1996 Auckland,New Zealand | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in) (2018)[1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 185 kg (408 lb) (2018)[1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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David Andrew Liti(born 11 July 1996)[1]is a New Zealand weightlifter, who won the gold medal in the+105 kgevent at the2018 Commonwealth Games.His total lift of 403 kg was aCommonwealth Games record.[2]
At the Games' closing ceremony, Liti was presented with theDavid Dixon Awardfor sportsmanship shown towards his injured weightlifting rivalLauititi Lui.[3]
Herepresented New Zealandat the2020 Summer Olympicsin Tokyo, Japan, finishing fifth in themen's +109 kgevent.[4][5]
In December 2022, he was elected as member of theIWFAthletes' Commission.[6]
References[edit]
- ^abc"David Liti".gc2018.com.Retrieved10 April2018.
- ^"David Liti breaks record, wins Commonwealth Games gold in men's 105kg+ weightlifting".Stuff.co.nz.10 April 2018.Retrieved10 April2018.
- ^"David Liti receives the David Dixon Award for outstanding sporting spirit at Commonwealth Games".Stuff.co.nz.16 April 2018.Retrieved16 April2018.
- ^"Tokyo Olympics: Meet the New Zealand team who will be going for gold".stuff.co.nz.2 July 2021.Retrieved20 July2021.
- ^"Men's +109 kg Results"(PDF).2020 Summer Olympics.Archived(PDF)from the original on 4 August 2021.Retrieved4 August2021.
- ^Oliver, Brian (21 December 2022)."Three Olympic weightlifting champions and 700,000 Instagram followers - the new IWF Athletes Commission".InsideTheGames.biz.Retrieved24 December2022.
External links[edit]
- David Andrew LITIat theInternational Weightlifting Federation(archive)
- David Andrew LITIatOlympics.com
- David Litiat theNew Zealand Olympic Committee
- David LitiatOlympedia
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