Megan Ann Signal (born 17 February 1990) is a New Zealand

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who qualified for the

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in the women's 76 kg category.

Career

Signal began weightlifting in 2013 at the FS Olympic Weightlifting Club in Auckland, New Zealand, which she attributed to her

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interest. She holds two

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records in the 71 kg class and won medals at the 2019 Pacific Games and Oceania Weightlifting Championships. She withdrew from the

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without competing, due to a shoulder injury. ;Medalbox note

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* 1990 births Living people New Zealand female weightlifters Sportspeople from Hamilton, New Zealand Commonwealth Games weightlifters for New Zealand Weightlifters at the 2022 Commonwealth Games 21st-century New Zealand sportswomen Pacific Games bronze medalists Pacific Games medalists in weightlifting {{weightlifting-bio-stub