Jenly Tegu Wini
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June 9, 1983 Honiara, Solomon Islands | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.55 m (5 ft 1 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 58 kg (128 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Weightlifting | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Event(s) | -58 kg | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Coached by | Leslie Ata | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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Jenly Tegu Wini (born 9 June 1983 in Honiara, Solomon Islands) is Solomons Islander weightlifter. She competed in the 2012 Summer Olympics at the women's 58 kg category. She was flagbearer of Solomon Islands sports team in the opening ceremony.[1] In the event, Wini finished in 17th.
She won the 2013 Oceania Championships in her weight category, the first female weightlifter from the Solomon Islands to do so.[2]
She also competed at the 2014 Commonwealth Games, finishing 8th in the women's 58 kg.[3] She was also the Solomon Islands flagbearer at this event.[2]
She competed at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro in the women's 58 kg. She finished in 15th place.[4] She was the flagbearer for the Solomon Islands during the opening ceremony.[5]
In 2018 she became the first Solomon Islands athlete to win a Commonwealth Games medal, finishing third in the women's 58kg weightlifting event on the Gold Coast.[6]
References
- ↑ Wini our Olympic flag bearer Archived 2012-08-11 at the Wayback Machine.
- 1 2 "Glasgow 2014 - Jenly Wini Profile". g2014results.thecgf.com. Retrieved 2015-06-12.
- ↑ "Glasgow 2014 - Women's 58kg Group A". g2014results.thecgf.com. Retrieved 2015-06-12.
- ↑ "Rio 2016". Rio 2016. Archived from the original on 2016-09-22. Retrieved 2016-08-27.
- ↑ "The Flagbearers for the Rio 2016 Opening Ceremony". 2016-08-16. Retrieved 2016-08-27.
- ↑ "Women's 58kg Weightlifting Results". 2018-04-06. Retrieved 2018-04-06.
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| Preceded by Wendy Hale |
Flagbearer for London 2012 Rio de Janeiro 2016 |
Succeeded by Incumbent |