Morea Baru
Papua New Guinean Olympic weightlifter
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Nationality | Papua New Guinean | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | (1990-04-15) 15 April 1990 (age 34) Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.62 m (5 ft 4 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 61 kg (134 lb) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Sport | Weightlifting | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Morea Baru (born 15 April 1990)[1] is a Papua New Guinean Olympic weightlifter. He competed at three Summer Olympics achieving the best result of fifth place in 2024 in Paris, France.
Career
He competed at the 2016 Oceania Weightlifting Championship in Suva, Fiji and won with a total lift of 283 kg.[2] Baru also participated at the Australian International Open in March 2016 and also took top honours with a total of 291 kg.[3] He competed at the 2014 Commonwealth Games and finished fourth.[4][5]
Baru finished in top ten for three times at the Olympics. He was sixth in 2016 in Rio de Janeiro, tenth in 2021 in Tokyo and fifth in 2024 in Paris. He is also a nine-time Oceania champion.
Major results
Year | Venue | Weight | Snatch (kg) | Clean & Jerk (kg) | Total | Rank | ||||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | Rank | 1 | 2 | 3 | Rank | |||||
Summer Olympics | ||||||||||||
2016 | ![]() | 62 kg | 122 | 126 | — | 159 | 164 | — | 290 | 6 | ||
2021 | ![]() | 61 kg | 113 | 118 | — | 147 | — | 265 | 10 | |||
2024 | ![]() | 61 kg | 118 | — | 150 | 157 | 161 | — | 279 | 5 | ||
World Championships | ||||||||||||
2015 | ![]() | 62 kg | 115 | 120 | 28 | 150 | 25 | 270 | 27 | |||
2019 | ![]() | 61 kg | 120 | 20 | 156 | 11 | 276 | 16 | ||||
2022 | ![]() | 61 kg | 110 | 115 | 26 | 143 | 24 | 258 | 25 | |||
2023 | ![]() | 61 kg | 120 | 21 | 153 | 156 | 16 | 276 | 19 | |||
Oceania Championships | ||||||||||||
2010 | ![]() | 56 kg | 85 | 6 | 110 | 115 | 5 | 200 | 5 | |||
2011 | ![]() | 62 kg | 95 | 5 | 130 | ![]() | 225 | 4 | ||||
2012 | ![]() | 62 kg | 100 | 105 | ![]() | 130 | 4 | 235 | 4 | |||
2013 | ![]() | 56 kg | 94 | ![]() | 121 | 128 | ![]() | 222 | ![]() | |||
2014 | ![]() | 62 kg | 115 | 119 | ![]() | 150 | ![]() | 269 | ![]() | |||
2015 | ![]() | 62 kg | 118 | 121 | ![]() | 155 | ![]() | 276 | ![]() | |||
2016 | ![]() | 62 kg | 120 | ![]() | 162 | 163 | ![]() | 283 | ![]() | |||
2017 | ![]() | 62 kg | 120 | ![]() | 156 | 162 | ![]() | 282 | ![]() | |||
2018 | ![]() | 62 kg | 110 | 115 | 120 | ![]() | 141 | 150 | 160 | ![]() | 280 | ![]() |
2019 | ![]() | 61 kg | 115 | 120 | 124 | ![]() | 150 | 160 | ![]() | 284 | ![]() | |
2021 | Various, Oceania | 61 kg | 110 | 115 | ![]() | 140 | 145 | 150 | ![]() | 265 | ![]() | |
2022 | ![]() | 61 kg | 101 | 110 | ![]() | 133 | 140 | 151 | ![]() | 261 | ![]() | |
2024 | ![]() | 61 kg | 112 | ![]() | 150 | ![]() | 262 | ![]() | ||||
Commonwealth Games | ||||||||||||
2010 | ![]() | 56 kg | 85 | 90 | — | 115 | — | 205 | 10 | |||
2014 | ![]() | 62 kg | 115 | 120 | — | 150 | — | 270 | 4 | |||
2018 | ![]() | 62 kg | 123 | 127 | — | 159 | — | 286 | ![]() | |||
2022 | ![]() | 61 kg | 114 | 118 | 121 | — | 152 | — | 273 | ![]() | ||
Pacific Games | ||||||||||||
2011 | ![]() | 56 kg | 95 | ![]() | 125 | ![]() | 220 | ![]() | ||||
2015 | ![]() | 62 kg | 118 | 121 | ![]() | 155 | ![]() | 276 | ![]() | |||
2019 | ![]() | 61 kg | 115 | 120 | 124 | ![]() | 150 | 160 | ![]() | 284 | ![]() | |
2023 | ![]() | 61 kg | 118 | 123 | ![]() | — | — | — |
References
- ^ "Morea Baru". Rio 2016. Archived from the original on 6 August 2016. Retrieved 8 August 2016.
- ^ Narain, Pravin (26 May 2016). "Victory for Baru in senior category". Fiji Times Online.com. Archived from the original on 2016-08-26. Retrieved 2016-08-16.
- ^ Mou, Freddy (25 May 2016). "Morea Baru sets his eyes on Rio". www.looppng.com. Archived from the original on 2016-08-17. Retrieved 2016-08-16.
- ^ "Glasgow 2014 - Men's 62kg Group A". g2014results.thecgf.com. 2014. Retrieved 2016-08-16.
- ^ "Glasgow 2014 - Morea Baru Profile". g2014results.thecgf.com. Archived from the original on 2016-08-22. Retrieved 2016-08-16.
External links
- Morea Baru at the International Weightlifting Federation
- Morea Baru at IAT Database Weightlifting (in German)
- Morea Baru at Olympics.com
- Morea Baru at Olympedia
- Morea Baru at the Commonwealth Games Federation (archived)
- Morea Baru at the Commonwealth Games Federation (archived)
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