Iuniarra Sipaia

Iuniarra Sipaia
Personal information
Born (1993-06-25) June 25, 1993
Motootua, Samoa
Sport
Country Samoa
Sport weightlifting
Medal record
Representing  Samoa
Women's Weightlifting
Pacific Mini Games
Kafika Hall 2013+75 kg
Oceania Weightlifting Championships
Suva 2017+75 kg
Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games
Ashgabat 2017+90 kg

Iuniarra Sipaia (born 25 June 1993) is a Samoan female weightlifter.[1] She has represented Samoa in several international competitions such as Pacific Mini Games, Commonwealth Games, Oceania Weightlifting Championships and Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games.

Iuniarra won gold medal at the 2013 Pacific Mini Games in the over 75 kg category and set a new milestone in the sport of Weightlifting in Samoa. She was able to represent Samoa at the 2014 Commonwealth Games and competed in the women's over 75 kg category. She continued her dominance in the sport as she claimed 3 gold medals in the over 75 kg categories at the 2016 Oceania Weightlifting Championships.[2] She was also the part of the Samoan delegation which made its debut at the 2017 Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games and claimed a bronze medal in the women's +90 kg event.

At the 2017 Australian Open Weightlifting Championships, she emerged as runners-up to a New Zealand transgender weightlifter, Laurel Hubbard. Laurel Hubbard lifted a weight of 268kg, about 44kg more than that of Iuniarra Sipaia of Samoa which raised controversial issues relating to the approval of Laurel Hubbard to compete at the international competition with such disability.[3][4]

As a junior, she participated at the 2010 Summer Youth Olympics in the Girls' +63 event. She participated at the 2010 Commonwealth Games in the +75 kg event.[5] She won the bronze medal at the 2011 Pacific Games.[6]

Major results

Year Venue Weight Snatch (kg) Clean & Jerk (kg) Total Rank
1 2 3 Rank 1 2 3 Rank
Representing  Samoa
Commonwealth Games
2014Scotland Glasgow, Scotland+75 kg98102105412613113642335

References

  1. ↑ "IWRP - Weightlifting Database". www.iwrp.net. Retrieved 2017-12-05.
  2. ↑ "Results by Events - International Weightlifting Federation". International Weightlifting Federation. Retrieved 2017-12-05.
  3. ↑ "Woman lifter beaten by transgender speaks up". Samoa Observer. Retrieved 2017-12-05.
  4. ↑ "Transgender weightlifter under fire from competitors after qualifying for Commonwealth Games". Women in the World in Association with The New York Times - WITW. 2017-03-22. Retrieved 2017-12-05.
  5. ↑ "Weightlifting at the 2010 Commonwealth Games - Iuniarra Simanu". iwf.net. Retrieved 23 June 2016.
  6. ↑ "2011 Pacific Games - Iuniarra Simanu". iwf.net. Retrieved 10 November 2016.
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