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Damon Kelly From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Jump to navigationJump to search Damon Kelly Damon Kelly 1 - Craig Franklin.jpg Personal information Full name Damon Joseph Kelly Nationality Australia Born 1 December 1983 (age 36) Atherton, Queensland Height 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) Weight 151 kg (333 lb) Medal record[hide] Men's Weightlifting Commonwealth Games Gold medal – first place 2010 New Delhi 105kg+ Silver medal – second place 2006 Melbourne 105kg+ Bronze medal – third place 2014 Glasgow 105kg+ Oceania Championships Gold medal – first place 2008 Auckland 105kg+ Damon Joseph Kelly (born 1 December 1983 in Atherton, Queensland) is an Australian weightlifter who competed at the 2008 Olympic Games finishing ninth.[1] Damon recorded lifts of 165 kg (363 lbs) in the Snatch and 221 kg (487 lbs) in the Clean and Jerk with a total of 386 kg. He was the biggest member of the Australian Olympic Team and was Australia's only male weightlifter at the Games,[2] having secured the sole position with a personal best lift on his final attempt at the Olympic Nomination Trials.

He competed for Australia again at the 2012 Summer Olympics, finishing 16th with a total of 381 kg (216 in the clean and jerk, and 165 in the snatch).[3]

Kelly won a Silver Medal at the 2006 Commonwealth Games in the 105 kg+ division and Gold at the 2010 Commonwealth Games in Delhi and holds the Commonwealth Games record for the Clean and Jerk.[1] He has been undefeated at the Australian Championships since 2006 and is also the reigning Oceania champion.[4] At the 2014 Commonwealth Games, he finished third, 12 kg (24 lbs) behind the winner.[5]

He started weightlifting as a 14-year-old at St Laurence's College in Brisbane where he also excelled at Rugby Union, playing in the First XV alongside Australian national rugby league team halfback Cooper Cronk, and Shot Put, setting the college record.[6] He trains at Cougars Weightlifting Club in Brisbane under coach Miles Wydall.[1]

Contents 1 Personal bests 2 References 3 Records 4 External links Personal bests Lift Weight Date Snatch 176.0 kg (388 lbs) 11 October 2010 Clean & Jerk 222.0 kg (489 lbs) 7 June 2008 Total 397.0 kg (897 lbs) 11 October 2010 Lift Weight Front Squat 270.0 kg (595 lbs) Back Squat 315.0 kg (694 lbs) References

"Archived copy". Archived from the original on 23 July 2008. Retrieved 12 August 2008. Olympic Profile - Damon Kelly, Weightlifting

http://www.olympics.com.au/Athletes/TheTeam/tabid/343/Default.aspx?TeamID=28&SportID=27&DisciplineID=-1#teamTableContainer Archived 20 June 2008 at the Wayback Machine List of Australian Weightlifters at the 2008 Olympics

"Damon Kelly Bio, Stats, and Results". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 11 July 2015.
"Damon Kelly profile at". International Weightlifting Federation. Archived from the original on 13 May 2011.
"Glasgow 2014 - Men's +105kg Group A". g2014results.thecgf.com. Retrieved 11 July 2015.
"Glasgow 2014 - Damon Kelly Profile". g2014results.thecgf.com. Retrieved 11 July 2015.

Records Records Preceded by New Zealand Nigel Avery Men's 105kg+ Clean and Jerk Commonwealth Games Record Holder 23 March 2006 – 31 July 2014 Succeeded by Canada George Kobaladze External links Athlete Biography at Beijing 2008 Categories: 1983 birthsAustralian male weightliftersCommonwealth Games bronze medallists for AustraliaCommonwealth Games gold medallists for AustraliaCommonwealth Games silver medallists for AustraliaLiving peopleOlympic weightlifters of AustraliaWeightlifters at the 2006 Commonwealth GamesWeightlifters at the 2008 Summer OlympicsWeightlifters at the 2010 Commonwealth GamesWeightlifters at the 2012 Summer OlympicsWeightlifters at the 2014 Commonwealth GamesCommonwealth Games medallists in weightlifting