Luisa Peters
Appearance
![]() Peters at the 2016 Olympics | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Personal information | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Full name | Luisa Fatiaki Taitapu Peters | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Rarotonga, Cook Islands | 27 June 1993|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 165 cm (5 ft 5 in)[1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 100 kg (220 lb) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Sport | Weightlifting | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Event | +75 kg | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Club | Oceania Weightlifting Institute[2] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Coached by | Paul Coffa (club) Unakea Kauvai (national)[2] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Luisa Fatiaki Taitapu Peters (born 27 June 1993) is a police officer and retired[3] weightlifter from the Cook Islands, who competes in the +75 kg weight division. She participated in two Olympics (2012, 2016) and three Commonwealth Games (2010, 2014, 2018) with the best result of fifth place in 2018. She won a bronze medal at the 2015 Pacific Games.
Peters took up weightlifting aged 16. In 2016, she was elected on a four-year term as a vice president of the Oceania Weightlifting Federation, becoming its first female official.[2]
Major results
[edit]Year | Venue | Weight | Snatch (kg) | Clean & Jerk (kg) | Total | Rank | ||||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | Rank | 1 | 2 | 3 | Rank | |||||
Representing ![]() | ||||||||||||
Olympic Games | ||||||||||||
2016 | ![]() |
+75 kg | 95 | 100 | 14 | 119 | 124 | 14 | 224 | 14 | ||
2012 | ![]() |
+75 kg | 74 | 78 | 82 | 13 | 95 | 100 | 13 | 182 | 12 | |
World Championships | ||||||||||||
2015 | ![]() |
+75 kg | 92 | 95 | 31 | 115 | 31 | 210 | 30 | |||
Oceania Championships | ||||||||||||
2017 | ![]() |
+90 kg | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
2016 | ![]() |
+75 kg | 95 | ![]() |
117 | ![]() |
212 | ![]() | ||||
2015 | ![]() |
+75 kg | 94 | ![]() |
113 | ![]() |
207 | ![]() | ||||
Commonwealth Games | ||||||||||||
2018 | ![]() |
+90 kg | 100 | 6 | 120 | 125 | 4 | 225 | 5 | |||
2014 | ![]() |
+75 kg | 95 | 100 | 6 | 115 | 120 | 125 | 5 | 225 | 6[4] | |
2010 | ![]() |
+75 kg | 62 | 65 | 70 | 10 | 81 | 85 | 10 | 155 | 10[5] | |
Pacific Games | ||||||||||||
2015 | ![]() |
+75 kg | 94 | ![]() |
113 | ![]() |
207 | ![]() | ||||
2011 | ![]() |
+75 kg | 73 | 77 | 80 | 4 | 92 | 95 | 4 | 175 | 4 |
References
[edit]- ^ "Luisa Fatiaki Taitapu Peters". Rio2016.com. Rio 2016 Organising Committee for the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 10 December 2016.
- ^ a b c "Luisa Fatiaki Taitapu Peters". nbcolympics.com. NBC Olympics. Archived from the original on 19 September 2016.
- ^ "Olympic weightlifting champion Diaz and police officer Peters join Osei on IWF Executive Board". Insidethegames.biz. 13 January 2023. Retrieved 3 April 2023.
- ^ "Women's +75 kg – Result". results.glasgow2014.com. Archived from the original on 20 August 2016. Retrieved 4 July 2016.
- ^ "Commonwealth Games Weightlifting results" (PDF). OceaniaWeightlifting.com. Archived (PDF) from the original on 8 March 2016. Retrieved 4 July 2016.
External links
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Luisa Peters.
- Luisa Peters at the International Weightlifting Federation
- Luisa Peters at Olympics.com
- Luisa Peters at Olympedia
- Luisa Peters at the Commonwealth Games Federation (archived)
- Luisa Peters at the Glasgow 2014 Commonwealth Games (archived)
- Luisa Peters at the Glasgow 2014 Commonwealth Games (archived)
- Profile on london2012.com at the Wayback Machine (archived 22 July 2012)
Categories:
- Living people
- Olympic weightlifters for the Cook Islands
- Weightlifters at the 2012 Summer Olympics
- Weightlifters at the 2016 Summer Olympics
- 1993 births
- People from Rarotonga
- Commonwealth Games competitors for the Cook Islands
- Weightlifters at the 2010 Commonwealth Games
- Weightlifters at the 2014 Commonwealth Games
- Cook Island female weightlifters
- Weightlifters at the 2018 Commonwealth Games
- Pacific Games bronze medalists for the Cook Islands
- Oceanian weightlifting biography stubs
- Cook Island sportspeople stubs