Niusila Opeloge
Samoan weightlifter
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Niusila Opeloge is a weightlifter from Samoa.[1]
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| Born | 23 June 1980 | |||||||||||||||||
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| Country |  Samoa | |||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Weightlifting | |||||||||||||||||
Event | Men's 105 kg | |||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Family
Opeloge comes from a weightlifting family.[2] He and his sister Ele Opeloge are both Commonwealth Games gold medalist weightlifters, both winning their medals on the same day.[3]
Career
Opeloge took up weightlifting in 1999.[2] At the 2002 Commonwealth Games in Manchester, England he won a bronze in the 85 kg snatch event.[4] At the 2010 Commonwealth Games, in New Delhi, India he won gold in the 105 kg[3] to give Samoa its third gold medal of the Games.[5] In the process, he also became the first Samoan to win medals in any sport at two Commonwealth Games.[4] Opeloge was suspended in 2007 for two years due to a doping.[1] The use of banned substances in Weightlifting is prohibited and is considered cheating.
