Jack Hitila Opeloge (born 21 August 2000) is a

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who has represented Samoa at the

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and

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. Opeloge comes from a weightlifting family. His brother Niusila and his sister Ele both won gold at the

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, in

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, while his brother

Don Opeloge Don Opeloge (born 13 May 1999) is a Samoan weightlifter. He won the gold medal in the men's 96kg event at the 2022 Commonwealth Games held in Birmingham, England. Career Opeloge comes from a weightlifting family. His uncle Niusila and his a ...

won silver at the

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. At the

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he won a gold, silver and bronze medal in the 81 kg division. At the 2021 Oceania Weightlifting Championships he won gold in the 102 kg division. At the 2022 Oceania Online Cup he came second to his brother Don. In 2022 he was one of six Samoan weightlifters to qualify for the

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. He won silver in the 109 kg division after the cancellation of the 102 kg division.

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* * 2000 births Living people Samoan male weightlifters 21st-century Samoan sportsmen Commonwealth Games silver medallists for Samoa Weightlifters at the 2022 Commonwealth Games Medallists at the 2022 Commonwealth Games Pacific Games gold medalists for Samoa Pacific Games silver medalists for Samoa Pacific Games bronze medalists for Samoa Pacific Games medalists in weightlifting Commonwealth Games silver medallists in weightlifting {{Samoa-weightlifting-bio-stub