Luisa Peters

Luisa Peters
Peters at the 2016 Olympics
Personal information
Full nameLuisa Fatiaki Taitapu Peters
Born (1993-06-27) 27 June 1993 (age 31)
Rarotonga, Cook Islands
Height165 cm (5 ft 5 in)[1]
Weight100 kg (220 lb)
Sport
Country Cook Islands
SportWeightlifting
Event+75 kg
ClubOceania Weightlifting Institute[2]
Coached byPaul Coffa (club)
Unakea Kauvai (national)[2]
Medal record
Women's weightlifting
Representing  Cook Islands
Pacific Games
Bronze medal – third place 2015 Port Moresby +75 kg
Commonwealth Championships
Gold medal – first place 2015 Pune +75 kg
Oceania Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2015 Port Moresby +75 kg
Bronze medal – third place 2016 Suva +75 kg

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

Year Venue Weight Snatch (kg) Clean & Jerk (kg) Total Rank
1 2 3 Rank 1 2 3 Rank
Representing  Cook Islands
Olympic Games
2016 Brazil Rio de Janeiro, Brazil +75 kg 95 100 100 14 119 124 126 14 224 14
2012 United Kingdom London, United Kingdom +75 kg 74 78 82 13 95 100 105 13 182 12
World Championships
2015 United States Houston, United States +75 kg 92 95 98 31 115 120 120 31 210 30
Oceania Championships
2017 Australia Gold Coast, Australia +90 kg 100 100 100 — — — — — — —
2016 Fiji Suva, Fiji +75 kg 95 100 100 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 117 122 122 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 212 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
2015 Papua New Guinea Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea +75 kg 94 94 98 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 113 113 113 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 207 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Commonwealth Games
2018 Australia Gold Coast, Australia +90 kg 100 103 103 6 120 125 127 4 225 5
2014 United Kingdom Glasgow, United Kingdom +75 kg 95 100 103 6 115 120 125 5 225 6[4]
2010 India Delhi, India +75 kg 62 65 70 10 81 85 88 10 155 10[5]
Pacific Games
2015 Papua New Guinea Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea +75 kg 94 94 98 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 113 113 113 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 207 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
2011 New Caledonia Nouméa, New Caledonia +75 kg 73 77 80 4 92 95 95 4 175 4

References

  1. ^ "Luisa Fatiaki Taitapu Peters". Rio2016.com. Rio 2016 Organising Committee for the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 10 December 2016.
  2. ^ a b c "Luisa Fatiaki Taitapu Peters". nbcolympics.com. NBC Olympics. Archived from the original on 19 September 2016.
  3. ^ "Olympic weightlifting champion Diaz and police officer Peters join Osei on IWF Executive Board". Insidethegames.biz. 13 January 2023. Retrieved 3 April 2023.
  4. ^ "Women's +75 kg – Result". results.glasgow2014.com. Archived from the original on 20 August 2016. Retrieved 4 July 2016.
  5. ^ "Commonwealth Games Weightlifting results" (PDF). OceaniaWeightlifting.com. Archived (PDF) from the original on 8 March 2016. Retrieved 4 July 2016.
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