Maximina Uepa
Weightlifting girls' 63 kg at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics in Buenos Aires on 12 October 2018. Snatch.
Personal information
Nationality Nauru
Born (2002-09-22) 22 September 2002
Denig, Nauru
Sport
SportWeightlifting
Event(s)–64 kg, –71kg
Medal record
Women's weightlifting
Representing  Nauru
Commonwealth Games
Bronze medal – third place2022 Birmingham76 kg
Pacific Games
Gold medal – first place2019 Apia71kg[lower-alpha 1]
Commonwealth Championships
Silver medal – second place2019 Apia71kg
Oceania Championships
Gold medal – first place2018 Le Mont-Dore63kg
Gold medal – first place2019 Apia71kg
Silver medal – second place202176kg
Bronze medal – third place2017 Gold Coast63kg
Pacific Mini Games
Bronze medal – third place2017 Vila63 kg

Maximina Uepa (born 22 September 2002) is a weightlifter from Nauru. She won the bronze medal in the women's 76 kg event at the 2022 Commonwealth Games held in Birmingham, England.[1] She is the current Nauruan women's record-holder in the 71kg category for overall, snatch and clean and jerk.

Biography

Uepa was born on 22 September 2002 in Denig, Nauru.[2] Her father, Jezza Uepa, and her brother, Maxius Uepa, are both successful powerlifters.[2] Jezza Uepa won the 120kg+ class/super heavyweight class in the IPF World Powerlifting Championships in 2019.[3] In 2015 she was the youngest competitor at the Commonwealth Youth Games, aged twelve years old. She competed in the 58kg weightlifting category.[4]

In 2018, she was flagbearer for Nauru at the Summer Youth Olympics.[5] She was recognised as Nauruan Sportsperson of the Year (Female) in 2018.[6] She was a bronze medallist in the 63kg category at the Pacific Mini Games in 2017, only beaten by Mattie Sasser (gold) and Amanda Gould (silver).[7] In 2019 she moved from the 63kg to the 71kg category.[8] She is the current Nauruan Olympic record-holder in the snatch, clean and jerk and overall; this record was set at the 2019 Pacific Games,[9] where she also won two gold medals.[10]

In August 2022, Uepa won the bronze medal in the women's 76 kg event at the 2022 Commonwealth Games held in Birmingham, England.[11] She dedicated her medal to weightlifter Reanna Solomon,[11] who died from COVID-19 in July 2022.[11]

Nauruan records

Current

Event Record Date Meet Place Ref
71 kg
Snatch 87 kg 7 December 2019 Pacific Cup New Caledonia Noumea, New Caledonia [9]
Clean and Jerk 113 kg 7 December 2019 Pacific Cup New Caledonia Noumea, New Caledonia [9]
Total 200 kg 7 December 2019 Pacific Cup New Caledonia Noumea, New Caledonia [9]

Historic (2002-2018)

63 kg
Snatch 85 kg
Clean and jerk 95 kg 5 December 2017 Pacific Mini Games Vanuatu Port Vila, Vanuatu [12]
Total 170 kg 7 April 2018 Commonwealth Games Australia Gold Coast, Australia [12]
Medalbox note
  1. ↑ Plus clean & jerk gold and snatch silver

References

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  1. ↑ Houston, Michael (2 August 2022). "Opeloge family claim another weightlifting title as Don strikes gold at Birmingham 2022". InsideTheGames.biz. Retrieved 2 August 2022.
  2. 1 2 "Weightlifting | Athlete Profile: Maximina UEPA - Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games". results.gc2018.com. Retrieved 17 October 2021.
  3. ↑ Fijivillage. "Nauruan powerlifter Jezza Uepa crowned World's Strongest Man". www.fijivillage.com. Retrieved 17 October 2021.
  4. ↑ "Samoa ready to welcome the world as 2015 Commonwealth Youth Games begins – Government of Samoa". 17 October 2021. Archived from the original on 17 October 2021. Retrieved 17 October 2021.
  5. ↑ "Olympedia – Flagbearers for Nauru". 17 October 2021. Archived from the original on 17 October 2021. Retrieved 17 October 2021.
  6. ↑ "An Evening of Celebration: First Annual Sport Awards". 17 October 2021. Archived from the original on 17 October 2021. Retrieved 17 October 2021.
  7. ↑ "Mattie smashes Pacific Games records - The Marshall Islands Journal". 17 October 2021. Archived from the original on 17 October 2021. Retrieved 17 October 2021.
  8. ↑ "Maximina Uepa". International Weightlifting Federation.
  9. 1 2 3 4 "Pacific Cup Noumea – NCL 07.12.2019" (PDF). OWF. 9 December 2019. Retrieved 21 December 2019.
  10. ↑ "Ako claims three bronze – The National". 17 October 2021. Archived from the original on 17 October 2021. Retrieved 17 October 2021.
  11. 1 2 3 "Nauru weightlifter dedicates medal to ex-champion mother of five killed by COVID". InsideTheGames.biz. 2 August 2022. Retrieved 2 August 2022.
  12. 1 2 "Women's 63kg Results" (PDF). van2017.com. 5 December 2017. Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 December 2017. Retrieved 6 December 2017.
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