BARU Morea

Papua New Guinea

Date of Birth: 15 Apr 1990

Age: 31

Gender: Male

Olympic Scholarship

Place of birth: PORT MORESBY

Birth Country:

Papua New Guinea

Place of residence : PORT MORESBY

Residence Country:

Papua New Guinea

Events and Medals
Records
Schedule
Bio
General Interest
Milestones

Events and Medals

Discipline	Event	Rank	Medal
Weightlifting	Men's 61kg	10

Schedule

Start Time	Location	Event	Status
	Tokyo International Forum	Men's 61kg Group B	Finished

Biographical Information

Highlights

Olympic Games

Year	Location	62kg - Total
2016	Rio de Janeiro, BRA	6th (290)

World Championships

Year	Location	62kg - Total	62kg - Snatch	62kg - C&J	61kg - Total	61kg - Snatch	61kg - C&J
2019	Pattaya, THA	-	-	-	16th (276)	20th (120)	11th (156)
2015	Houston, TX, USA	27th (270)	28th (120)	25th (150)	-	-	-

Oceania Championships

Year	Location	62kg - Total	62kg - Snatch	62kg - C&J	61kg - Total	61kg - Snatch	61kg - C&J
2019	Apia, SAM	-	-	-	1st (284)	1st (124)	1st (160)
2018	Le Mont-Dore, NCL	1st (280)	1st (120)	1st (160)	-	-	-
2017	Gold Coast, QLD, AUS	1st (282)	1st (120)	1st (162)	-	-	-

Legend
C&J - Clean & Jerk, (---) - no valid result, DSQ - Disqualified

The Pastor (thenational.com.pg, 12 Aug 2016)

Occupation:

Languages spoken:

Paul Coffa, AUS, from 2013

He began weightlifting in 2005. (Athlete, 19 Jul 2014)

To compete at the 2022 Commonwealth Games in Birmingham, England. (pngindustrynews.net, 09 Apr 2018)

Winning three gold medals at the 2017 Pacific Mini Games in Port Vila, Vanuatu. (postcourier.com.pg, 11 Dec 2017)

Australian cricketer Brett Lee, Papua New Guinean weightlifter Dika Toua. (postcourier.com.pg, 11 Dec 2017; Athlete, 19 Jul 2014)

Philosophy:

"Believe in yourself." (Athlete, 19 Jul 2014)

In 2018 he was shortlisted for the Male Athlete of the Year award by the Papua New Guinea Olympic Committee [PNGOC]. (emtv.com.pg, 04 May 2018)

Legend

:: Gold Medal Event
:: Silver Medal Event
:: Bronze Medal Event

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