Wendy Hale

Wendy Hale (born November 3, 1987[1]) is a Solomon Islands weightlifter.

Wendy Hale
Personal information
Born (1987-11-03) November 3, 1987
Height1.62 m (5 ft 4 in)
Weight58 kg (128 lb)
Sport
Country Solomon Islands
SportWeightlifting

She won a silver medal and a bronze at the Commonwealth Youth Games in 2004, two silver medals at the Mini South Pacific Games in 2005, four gold medals at the Arafura Games in 2007, and two silver medals at the South Pacific Games in 2007.[1]

Hale represented the Solomon Islands at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing. She was her country's flagbearer during the opening ceremony.[2] In the Olympic tournament she ranked 12th in the 58 kg category, with a total of 173 kg.[3] In 2016 after the silver medalist Russian Marina Shainova disqualified, she stepped up to the eleventh place.[4]

Major results

Year Venue Weight Snatch (kg) Clean & Jerk (kg) Total Rank
123ResultRank123ResultRank
Representing  Solomon Islands
Olympic Games
2008 Beijing, China58 kg747882781195100100951117311
World Championships
2007 Chiang Mai, Thailand58 kg74787874319696101962917030
Oceania Championships
2008 Auckland, New Zealand58 kg6570757580909590165
Commonwealth Games
2006 Melbourne, Australia[5]53 kg6060626257580848051425
Pacific Games
2007 Apia, Samoa58 kgN/AN/AN/A79N/AN/AN/A95174

References

  1. "Weightlifter Wendy", Solomon Star July 25, 2008
  2. "Hale carries our flag", Solomon Star, July 24, 2008
  3. "HALE Wendy". International Weightlifting Federation.
  4. "Retests for two Russian weightlifting medalists come back positive", www.espn.co.uk, June 7, 2016
  5. "Women's 53 kg - Result". www.melbourne2006.com.au. Archived from the original on October 10, 2006.
Olympic Games
Preceded by
Francis Manioru
Flagbearer for  Solomon Islands
Beijing 2008
Succeeded by
Jenly Tegu Wini


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