Avatu Opeloge (born 23 January 2005) is a

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who has represented Samoa at the

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. She is the daughter of Olympic- and Commonwealth Games-medalist

Ele Opeloge Ele Opeloge (born July 11, 1985) is a Samoan weightlifter. She was the first Samoan to win an Olympic medal, winning silver in the women's +75 kg category at the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games. Family Opeloge comes from a weightlifting family. H ...

. At the

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she won three bronze medals in the 76 kg category.

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