Morea Baru

Papua New Guinean Olympic weightlifter From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Morea Baru (born 15 April 1990)[1] is a Papua New Guinean Olympic weightlifter. He competed at three Summer Olympics achieving the best result of fifth place in 2024 in Paris, France.

NationalityPapua New Guinean
Born (1990-04-15) 15 April 1990 (age 35)
Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea
Height1.62 m (5 ft 4 in)
Weight61 kg (134 lb)
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Morea Baru
Personal information
NationalityPapua New Guinean
Born (1990-04-15) 15 April 1990 (age 35)
Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea
Height1.62 m (5 ft 4 in)
Weight61 kg (134 lb)
Sport
Country Papua New Guinea
SportWeightlifting
Medal record
Men's weightlifting
Representing  Papua New Guinea
Pacific Games
Gold medal – first place2015 Port Moresby62 kg
Gold medal – first place2019 Apia61 kg
Silver medal – second place2011 Nouméa56 kg
Commonwealth Games
Silver medal – second place2018 Gold Coast62 kg
Silver medal – second place2022 Birmingham61 kg
Commonwealth Championships
Gold medal – first place2017 Gold Coast62 kg
Gold medal – first place2019 Apia61 kg
Oceania Championships
Gold medal – first place2013 Brisbane56 kg
Gold medal – first place2015 Port Moresby62 kg
Gold medal – first place2016 Suva62 kg
Gold medal – first place2017 Gold Coast62 kg
Gold medal – first place2018 Le Mont-Dore62 kg
Gold medal – first place2019 Apia61 kg
Gold medal – first place2021 Oceania61 kg
Gold medal – first place2022 Saipan61 kg
Gold medal – first place2024 Auckland61 kg
Gold medal – first place2025 Meyuns65 kg
Silver medal – second place2014 Le Mont-Dore62 kg
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Career

He competed at the 2016 Oceania Weightlifting Championship in Suva, Fiji and won with a total lift of 283 kg.[2] Baru also participated at the Australian International Open in March 2016 and also took top honours with a total of 291 kg.[3] He competed at the 2014 Commonwealth Games and finished fourth.[4][5]

Baru finished in top ten for three times at the Olympics. He was sixth in 2016 in Rio de Janeiro, tenth in 2021 in Tokyo and fifth in 2024 in Paris. He is also a nine-time Oceania champion.

Major results

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Year Venue Weight Snatch (kg) Clean & Jerk (kg) Total Rank
1 2 3 Rank 1 2 3 Rank
Summer Olympics
2016Brazil Rio de Janeiro, Brazil62 kg122126129N/a159164168N/a2906
2021Japan Tokyo, Japan61 kg113118118N/a147153153N/a26510
2024France Paris, France61 kg118122122N/a150157161N/a2795
World Championships
2015United States Houston, United States62 kg115120120281501501582527027
2019Thailand Pattaya, Thailand61 kg120124124201561561601127616
2022Colombia Bogotá, Colombia61 kg110115118261431481502425825
2023Saudi Arabia Riyadh, Saudi Arabia61 kg120123123211531561561627619
Oceania Championships
2010Fiji Suva, Fiji56 kg859090611011511552005
2011Australia Darwin, Australia62 kg9551303rd place, bronze medalist(s)2254
2012Samoa Apia, Samoa62 kg1001051053rd place, bronze medalist(s)13013513542354
2013Australia Brisbane, Australia56 kg9498981st place, gold medalist(s)1211281321st place, gold medalist(s)2221st place, gold medalist(s)
2014New Caledonia Mont-Dore, New Caledonia62 kg1151191222nd place, silver medalist(s)1501551552nd place, silver medalist(s)2692nd place, silver medalist(s)
2015Papua New Guinea Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea62 kg1181211241st place, gold medalist(s)1551581582nd place, silver medalist(s)2761st place, gold medalist(s)
2016Fiji Suva, Fiji62 kg1201251251st place, gold medalist(s)1621631631st place, gold medalist(s)2831st place, gold medalist(s)
2017Australia Gold Coast, Australia62 kg1201241251st place, gold medalist(s)1561621621st place, gold medalist(s)2821st place, gold medalist(s)
2018New Caledonia Mont-Dore, New Caledonia62 kg1101151201st place, gold medalist(s)1411501601st place, gold medalist(s)2801st place, gold medalist(s)
2019Samoa Apia, Samoa61 kg1151201241st place, gold medalist(s)1501601641st place, gold medalist(s)2841st place, gold medalist(s)
2021Various, Oceania61 kg1101151201st place, gold medalist(s)1401451501st place, gold medalist(s)2651st place, gold medalist(s)
2022Northern Mariana Islands Saipan, Northern Mariana Islands61 kg1011101201st place, gold medalist(s)1331401511st place, gold medalist(s)2611st place, gold medalist(s)
2024New Zealand Auckland, New Zealand61 kg1121121201st place, gold medalist(s)1501601601st place, gold medalist(s)2621st place, gold medalist(s)
Commonwealth Games
2010India Delhi, India56 kg859095N/a115120125N/a20510
2014United Kingdom Glasgow, Great Britain62 kg115120120N/a149149150N/a2704
2018Australia Gold Coast, Australia62 kg123127130N/a159159163N/a2862nd place, silver medalist(s)
2022England Birmingham, England61 kg114118121N/a152165165N/a2732nd place, silver medalist(s)
Pacific Games
2011New Caledonia Nouméa, New Caledonia56 kg951001002nd place, silver medalist(s)1251301352nd place, silver medalist(s)2202nd place, silver medalist(s)
2015Papua New Guinea Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea62 kg1181211241st place, gold medalist(s)1551581582nd place, silver medalist(s)2761st place, gold medalist(s)
2019Samoa Apia, Samoa61 kg1151201241st place, gold medalist(s)1501601641st place, gold medalist(s)2841st place, gold medalist(s)
2023Solomon Islands Honiara, Solomon Islands61 kg1181231261st place, gold medalist(s)155155155———
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