AMOE-TARRANT Charisma

General
FROM NAURU TO AUSTRALIA
She spent her early childhood in Nauru but was forced to travel to Fiji to seek medical treatment for her mother who had kidney problems. Her mother died in 2009 and three years later her grandparents brought Charisma and her younger sister to Brisbane, QLD, Australia. "My mum went to Fiji to get surgery to have [a kidney] removed, and was waiting for a transplant. Money problems back in Nauru [meant] mum had to be sent back with just one kidney. My grandparents made a promise to my mum that they'd look after us, to get a better life and education." (abc.net.au, 15 Jul 2019)

REPRESENTING AUSTRALIA
In 2019 she decided to switch to representing Australia, having previously competed for Nauru. "I've lived in Australia since I was 13, it's my home and my future. Nauru will always be the place I'll remember, where I was born and raised, it will always have a place in my heart." (iwf.net, 02 Sep 2019; abc.net.au, 15 Jul 2019)

She became the first female weightlifter representing Nauru to win medals at the world junior championships by claiming silver in the +90kg clean and jerk and bronze in the +90kg overall at the 2018 edition of the tournament in Tashkent, Uzbekistan. (SportsDeskOnline, 19 Sep 2018; Australian Weightlifting Federation Facebook page, 15 Jul 2018)