Sam Pera Jr.

Sam Pera Jr.
Personal information
Full name Samuel Raphael Pera
Born March 11, 1989 (1989-03-11) (age 29)
Rarotonga, Cook Islands
Weight 123 kg (271 lb)
Sport
Country  Cook Islands
Sport Weightlifting
Weight class +105 kg
Medal record
Oceania Weightlifting Championships
2008 Auckland +105 kg

Samuel Raphael "Sam" Pera Junior (born March 11, 1989) is a weightlifter from the Cook Islands, competing in the +105 kg category. He was born in Rarotonga.

He is the son of weightlifter Sam Nunuku Pera, who represented the Cook Islands at the Summer Olympics in 1992, 1996, 2000, and 2004.[1] At the 2006 Commonwealth Games he competed against his father[2] in the 105 kg category, and won with 293 kg to 281 kg, ranking 9th.[3]

Sam Pera Junior ranked 32nd at the 2007 World Championships, with a total of 330 kg.[4]

He won the bronze medal at the 2008 Oceania Senior Championships, with a total of 335 kg.[5]

At the 2008 Junior World Championships he ranked 13th, with a total of 340 kg.[6]

He is representing the Cook Islands at the 2008 Summer Olympics, competing in the +105 kg division.[7] He served as the Cook Islands flag-bearer in the 2008 Summer Olympics.

Major results

Year Venue Weight Snatch (kg) Clean & Jerk (kg) Total Rank
123Rank123Rank
World Championships
2007Thailand Chiang Mai, Thailand+105 kg140145150331701801853133032
Pacific Games
2011New Caledonia Nouméa, New Caledonia+105 kg???---???---3502nd, silver medalist(s)
  • Biography on the website of the Beijing Olympics

References

  1. ↑ "Cook Islands at the Olympic Games". Cook Islands Sports and National Olympic Committee. Archived from the original on 2007-09-09.
  2. ↑ "Biography Pera Sam". Melbourne 2006.
  3. ↑ "Biography Pera Sam Jnr". Melbourne 2006.
  4. ↑ "PERA Samuel". International Weightlifting Federation.
  5. ↑ "PERA Sam Jr". International Weightlifting Federation.
  6. ↑ "PERA Samuel Jnr". International Weightlifting Federation.
  7. ↑ Beijing Olympic profile
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