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Itte Detenamo

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Itte Detenamo
Personal information
NationalityNauruan
Born (1986-09-22) September 22, 1986 (age 39)
Height1.7 m (5 ft 7 in)
Weight140 kg (310 lb)
Sport
Country Nauru
SportWeightlifting
Event
Men's +105kg
Medal record
Itte Detenamo
Medal record
Men's Weightlifting
Representing  Nauru
Oceania Weightlifting Championships
Gold medal – first place 2006 Apia +105 kg
Gold medal – first place 2007 Apia +105 kg
Silver medal – second place 2008 Auckland +105 kg
Commonwealth Games
Silver medal – second place 2010 New Delhi +105 kg
Bronze medal – third place 2006 Melbourne +105 kg
Pacific Games
Gold medal – first place 2007 Apia +105 kg
Gold medal – first place 2011 Nouméa +105 kg
Gold medal – first place 2015 Port Moresby +105 kg

Itte Detenamo (born September 22, 1986 in Buada) is a Nauruan weightlifter competing in the +105 kg category.

Detenamo represented Nauru at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, finishing 14th in the men's 105+kg category.[1] He won a bronze medal at the 2006 Commonwealth Games, and three gold medals at the 2007 South Pacific Games.[2]

He was Nauru's sole representative at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing.[2] He achieved a personal best by lifting 386 kg in the super-heavyweight category.[3]

He took part in the 2010 Commonwealth Games, and after being described as Nauru's best hope for a gold medal there,[4] he won silver.

Detenamo's father and older sister are also weightlifters.[5]

  • Biography on the website of the Beijing Olympics

References

  1. ^ "DETENAMO Itte". International Weightlifting Federation.
  2. ^ a b "Nauru to send one athlete to Beijing Olympics", Indo-Asian News Service, July 22, 2008
  3. ^ "Nauru lifter misses medals, aims for 2012", Associated Press, August 19, 2008
  4. ^ "Lifting weight of a nation’s expectations", Hindustan Times, October 1, 2010
  5. ^ "Weightlifter Detenamo is a one-man team for tiny Nauru", Chicago Tribune, August 16, 2008

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