Brandon Dean Wakeling (born 2 February 1994) is an Australian

weightlifter Olympic weightlifting, or Olympic-style weightlifting (officially named Weightlifting), is a sport in which athletes compete in lifting a barbell loaded with weight plates from the ground to overhead, with each athlete trying to successfully lif ...

. He won the gold medal in the men's 73 kg event at the

2019 Pacific Games The 2019 Pacific Games was the sixteenth edition of the Pacific Games. The Games were held in Apia, Samoa, returning there for the first time since 2007. It was the third time overall that the Pacific Games were held in Samoa. The event was init ...

held in Apia, Samoa. He represented Australia at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan. He also represented Australia at the

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in 2018 and 2022.

Career

In 2017, Wakeling won the silver medal in the men's 69kg event at the

Oceania Weightlifting Championships The Oceania Weightlifting Championships is the continental weightlifting championships for Oceanian nations, organised by the Oceania Weightlifting Federation Oceania (, , ) is a geographical region that includes Australasia, Melanesia, Micro ...

held in Gold Coast, Australia. In the same month, he also competed in the men's 69kg event at the

2017 Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games The 2017 Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games ( tk, Ýapyk binalarda we söweş sungaty boýunça V Aziýa oýunlary/Япык биналарда ве сөвеш сунгаты боюнча V Азия оюнлары), which is also counted as the 5t ...

held in Ashgabat, Turkmenistan. He finished in 8th place. He represented Australia at the

2018 Commonwealth Games The 2018 Commonwealth Games, officially known as the XXI Commonwealth Games and also known as Gold Coast 2018, was an international multi-sport event for members of the Commonwealth of Nations, Commonwealth that were held on the Gold Coast, ...

held in Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia and he competed in the men's 69kg event. He finished in 7th place. At the

2018 World Weightlifting Championships The 2018 World Weightlifting Championships were held in Ashgabat, Turkmenistan from 1 to 10 November 2018. The logo of IWF World Championships 2018 has consisted of abstract illustration of weightlifting athlete designed by Ashgabat based design fi ...

held in Ashgabat, Turkmenistan, he competed in the men's 73kg event without winning a medal. He finished in 36th place. In 2019, he won the bronze medal in the men's 73kg event at the

Arafura Games The Arafura Games is a unique, inclusive multi-sport event where athletes with a disability compete in the same program as able-bodied athletes. Competitors from around the world compete in the week-long games held every 2 years in Darwin, Northe ...

. In the same year, he also represented Australia at the

and he won the gold medal in the men's 73kg event. At this event, he set a new Oceania Clean & Jerk record with a lift of 167kg. In the men's 73kg event at the

2019 World Weightlifting Championships The 2019 World Weightlifting Championships was held in Pattaya, Thailand from 18 to 27 September 2019. On September 12, Egypt was banned from competing at these Championships due to multiple doping offenses. The host nation, Thailand, was also ban ...

he finished in 31st place. In 2019, he also competed in the men's 73kg event at the

6th International Qatar Cup The 6th International Qatar Cup was held in Doha, Qatar from 20 to 23 December 2019. Medal overview Men Women References {{reflist External linksResults Qatar Cup Qatar Cup International weightlifting competitions hosted by Qatar Qatar C ...

held in Doha, Qatar where he finished in 9th place. Wakeling represented Australia at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan. He competed in the men's 73 kg event. He finished outside the top ten. He competed in the men's 73 kg event at the

2022 Commonwealth Games The 2022 Commonwealth Games, officially known as the XXII Commonwealth Games and commonly known as Birmingham 2022, was an international multi-sport event for members of the Commonwealth of Nations that took place in Birmingham, England bet ...

held in Birmingham, England.

Personal life

He studied marketing at

Griffith University Griffith University is a public research university in South East Queensland on the east coast of Australia. Formally founded in 1971, Griffith opened its doors in 1975, introducing Australia's first degrees in environmental science and Asia ...

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Wakeling, Brandon Living people 1994 births Place of birth missing (living people) Australian male weightlifters Commonwealth Games competitors for Australia Weightlifters at the 2018 Commonwealth Games Weightlifters at the 2022 Commonwealth Games Griffith University alumni Weightlifters at the 2020 Summer Olympics Olympic weightlifters for Australia 21st-century Australian people