Manueli Tulo
Personal information
Born (1990-03-25) March 25, 1990
Levuka
Height1.51 m (4 ft 11+1⁄2 in)
Weight56 kg (123 lb)
Sport
Country Fiji
SportWeightlifting
Event56kg
Medal record
Men's Weightlifting
Representing  Fiji
Pacific Games
Gold medal – first place2011 Nouméa56 kg
Gold medal – first place2015 Port Moresby56 kg
Bronze medal – third place2007 Apia56 kg
Commonwealth Championships
Bronze medal – third place2016 Penang56 kg
Oceania Championships
Gold medal – first place2009 Darwin56 kg
Gold medal – first place2010 Suva56 kg
Gold medal – first place2011 Darwin56 kg
Gold medal – first place2012 Apia56 kg
Gold medal – first place2014 Le Mont-Dore56 kg
Gold medal – first place2015 Port Moresby56 kg
Gold medal – first place2016 Suva56 kg
Gold medal – first place2017 Gold Coast56 kg
Arafura Games
Gold medal – first place2009 Darwin56 kg
Gold medal – first place2011 Darwin56 kg
Updated on 28 January 2022.

Manueli Tulo (born 25 March 1990) is a Fijian weightlifter who competed for Fiji at the 2012 Summer Olympics and at the 2016 Summer Olympics.[1][2] Both times he competed in the Men's 56kg event, finishing 13th both times.[2] His wife Maria Liku also represented Fiji in weightlifting at the 2012 Summer Olympics, while his younger sister, Seruwaia Malani, competed at the 2014 Commonwealth Games.[3]

Career

In 2009, he won the 2008 Fiji Sportsman of the Year award, having won Fiji's first gold medal at the Commonwealth Youth Games in 2008.[4][3] Also in 2009, he finished 4th at the Commonwealth Championship.[3]

He came 3rd in the 2016 Commonwealth Championship, after finishing 5th in the 2015 edition.[5]

Tulo won a gold medal at the 2016 Oceania Weightlifting Championships.[6] He also won a gold medal at the Australian Open Championships when he snatched 108 kg, clean and jerked 134 kg for a total of 242 kg.[7] That year he finished 5th in the Commonwealth Championships.[3]

Tulo finished 8th at the 2017 World Championships, with a total of 238 kg (103 kg snatch, 135 kg clean & jerk).[3] This was a great improvement over his previous World Championship finishes of 21st, 22nd and 26th (in 2011, 2015 and 2010 respectively).[3]

At the 2018 Commonwealth Games, he finished 4th, with a total of 239 kg (104 kg snatch, 135 kg clean & jerk).[5]

References

  1. ↑ BBC Sport Profile
  2. 1 2 "Manueli Tulo Bio, Stats, and Results". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Archived from the original on 2020-04-18. Retrieved 2019-06-18.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "Weightlifting | Athlete Profile: Manueli TULO - Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games". results.gc2018.com. Retrieved 2019-06-18.
  4. ↑ "Manueli Tulo lifts top sports award in Fiji". IWF. 23 March 2009. Retrieved 16 June 2016.
  5. 1 2 "Weightlifting | Result Men's 56kg - Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games". results.gc2018.com. Retrieved 2019-06-18.
  6. ↑ Narain, Pravin (25 May 2016). "Golden start for Fiji lifters on home soil". The Fiji Times. Retrieved 16 June 2016.
  7. ↑ Yagi, Sylver (23 March 2016). "Fiji's Tulo wins gold, Yee sisters bow out". Retrieved 16 June 2016.


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