Manueli Tulo (born 25 March 1990) is a Fijian weightlifter who competed for Fiji at the 2012 Summer Olympics and at the

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. Both times he competed in the Men's 56kg event, finishing 13th both times. His wife Maria Liku also represented Fiji in weightlifting at the 2012 Summer Olympics, while his younger sister, Seruwaia Malani, competed at the

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Career

In 2009, he won the 2008 Fiji Sportsman of the Year award, having won Fiji's first gold medal at the Commonwealth Youth Games in 2008. Also in 2009, he finished 4th at the Commonwealth Championship. He came 3rd in the 2016 Commonwealth Championship, after finishing 5th in the 2015 edition. Tulo won a gold medal at the 2016 Oceania Weightlifting Championships. He also won a gold medal at the Australian Open Championships when he snatched 108 kg,

clean and jerk The clean and jerk is a composite of two weightlifting movements, most often performed with a barbell: the clean and the jerk. During the ''clean'', the lifter moves the barbell from the floor to a racked position across the deltoids, without rest ...

ed 134 kg for a total of 242 kg. That year he finished 5th in the Commonwealth Championships. Tulo finished 8th at the 2017 World Championships, with a total of 238 kg (103 kg snatch, 135 kg clean & jerk). This was a great improvement over his previous World Championship finishes of 21st, 22nd and 26th (in

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respectively). At the 2018 Commonwealth Games, he finished 4th, with a total of 239 kg (104 kg snatch, 135 kg clean & jerk).

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* Olympic weightlifters for Fiji 1990 births Fijian male weightlifters Weightlifters at the 2012 Summer Olympics Weightlifters at the 2016 Summer Olympics Living people People from Levuka Weightlifters at the 2018 Commonwealth Games Commonwealth Games competitors for Fiji Pacific Games gold medalists for Fiji Pacific Games bronze medalists for Fiji Pacific Games medalists in weightlifting {{Fiji-weightlifting-bio-stub