Yukio Peter
| Medal record | ||
|---|---|---|
Representing  Nauru
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| Men's weightlifting | ||
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2010 Delhi | 77 kg weightlifting |
Yukio Peter (born 29 January, 1984 in Aiwo) is a weightlifter from Nauru.
Career
2004
He finished in eighth place at the 2004 Olympic Games in the Men's 69 kg division.
2008
In December 2008, Yukio won a gold medal in the Commonwealth Weightlifting Championships in Limassol, Cyprus. Competing in the 77kg category, he snatched 145kg and clean and jerked 185kg.[1]
2010
At the 2010 Commonwealth Games in New Delhi, India, Yukio Peter won Nauru's 10th gold medal winning the 77kg division in weightlifting with a new Games record of 333kg.[2][3]
2011
Peter won gold in the 77kg category at the Arafura Games in 2011 in Darwin - Nauru's first gold at that edition of the Games.[4]
External links
- ^ "Vueti lifts silver at Commonwealth championship", Fiji Times, December 9, 2008
- ^ Peter wins gold for Nauru Nine. Retrieved 07 October 2010.
- ^ [1]
- ^ "Sport: Nauru claim first gold in Darwin", Radio New Zealand International, may 13, 2011
- "Nauruan lifter is back"; ABC Radio Australia, October 1, 2008
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