David Katoatau

David Katoatau

Katoatau on a 2014 Kiribati stamp
Personal information
Nationality I-Kiribati
Born (1984-07-17) July 17, 1984
Nonouti, Kiribati
Height 1.66 m (5 ft 5 1⁄2 in)
Weight 104.58 kg (230.6 lb)
Sport
Country  Kiribati
Sport Weightlifting
Medal record
Representing  Kiribati
Oceania Weightlifting Championships
2007 Apia 94 kg
2009 Darwin 94 kg
2012 Apia 94 kg
2013 Brisbane 105 kg
2014 Mont Dore 105 kg
2016 Suva 105 kg
2006 Apia 85 kg
2010 Suva 94 kg
Pacific Games
2015 Port Moresby -105 kg
2007 Apia -85 kg
2011 Nouméa -94 kg
Commonwealth Games
2014 Glasgow 105 kg
Katoatau on a 2014 Kiribati stamp

David Katoatau (born July 17, 1984) is an I-Kiribati weightlifter.

At the 2007 World Weightlifting Championships he ranked 37th in the 85 kg category, with a total of 281 kg.[1]

He ranked 4th in the 85 kg category at the 2008 Oceania Weightlifting Championships, with a total of 292 kg.[1]

Career

Katoatau represented Kiribati in weightlifting at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, China,[2] and also was the national flag bearer at the opening ceremony.[3] In the Olympic tournament he ranked 15th in the 85 kg category, with a total of 313 kg.[4]

In 2012, he was the first I-Kiribati ever to qualify on merit for the Olympic Games (rather than receive a wildcard invitation), in any sport. He finished first in the Oceania Olympic Qualifying Tournament, which also made him Commonwealth champion.[5] As part of Kiribati's delegation at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, he competed in the 94 kg event, and finished 17th out of 21, with a total lift of 325 kg.[6] He was, again, his country's national flag bearer during the Games' opening ceremony.[7]

At the 2014 Glasgow Commonwealth Games he won gold in the 105 kg group A, the first ever Commonwealth Games medal for Kiribati.[8][9]

At the 2016 Summer Olympics, he became famous for his dance routines, which he did to bring awareness of the effects of global warming on his small island nation, upon completion of a clean & jerk lift.[10][11][12][13][14]

Achievements

Athlete Year Event Snatch Clean & Jerk Total Rank
Result Rank Result Rank
David Katoatau 200885 kg 135 kg 18th 178 kg 15th 313 kg 15th
201294 kg 140 kg 17th 185 kg 15th 325 kg 17th
2016105 kg 145 kg 17th 204 kg 12th 349 kg 14th

See also

References

  1. 1 2 "KATOATAO David". International Weightlifting Federation.
  2. ↑ "Hale to Olympics", Solomon Star, July 14, 2008
  3. ↑ "List of Flagbearers Beijing 2008" (PDF). www.olympic.org. Retrieved 2008-08-08.
  4. ↑ "KATOATAU David". International Weightlifting Federation.
  5. ↑ "THE FIRST-EVER OLYMPIC QUALIFIER !", Kiribati National Olympic Committee, June 2013
  6. ↑ David Katoatau. sports-reference.com
  7. ↑ List of flag bearers, 2012 Summer Olympics opening ceremony, official website
  8. ↑ "Glasgow 2014 - Men's 105kg Group A". glasgow2014.com. Retrieved 26 May 2015.
  9. ↑ "Katoatau the toast of Kiribati". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 26 May 2015.
  10. ↑ http://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2016/08/david-katoatau-olympics-kiribati/496175/
  11. ↑ Weightlifter becomes crowd favorite with crazy dances' on YouTube
  12. ↑ Samuelson, Kate (August 16, 2016). "This Olympic Weightlifter Danced Off Stage to Raise Awareness of Climate Change". time.com. Time (magazine). Retrieved August 18, 2016.
  13. ↑ Boren, Cindy (August 16, 2016). "Kiribati weightlifter is dancing to save his island from climate change". washingtonpost.com. The Washington Post. Retrieved August 18, 2016.
  14. ↑ Friedman, Uri (August 16, 2016). "The Saddest Olympic Celebration; What do you do when you're competing for a country that might disappear? You dance.". theatlantic.com. The Atlantic. Retrieved August 18, 2016.

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