David Liti
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Full name | David Liti | |||||||||||||
Born |
Auckland, New Zealand | 11 June 1996|||||||||||||
Height | 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in) | |||||||||||||
Weight | 165 kg (364 lb) [1] | |||||||||||||
Medal record
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David 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]
References
- 1 2 "David Liti". gc2018.com. Retrieved 10 April 2018.
- ↑ "David Liti breaks record, wins Commonwealth Games gold in men's 105kg+ weightlifting". Stuff.co.nz. 10 April 2018. Retrieved 10 April 2018.
- ↑ "David Liti receives the David Dixon Award for outstanding sporting spirit at Commonwealth Games". Stuff.co.nz. 16 April 2018. Retrieved 16 April 2018.
External links
- David Liti at olympic.org.nz
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