Morea Baru

Morea Baru (born April 15 1990)[1] is a Papua New Guinean Olympic weightlifter. He competed at the 2016 Summer Olympics. He finished in 6th place.[2] He competed at the 2020 Summer Olympics, in Men's −61 kg.[3][4]

Morea Baru
Personal information
NationalityPapua New Guinean
Born (1990-04-15) 15 April 1990
Height1.62 m (5 ft 4 in)
Weight61 kg (134 lb)
Sport
Country Papua New Guinea
SportWeightlifting
Medal record
Men's weightlifting
Representing  Papua New Guinea
Pacific Games
Gold medal – first place2015 Port Moresby62 kg
Gold medal – first place2019 Apia61 kg
Silver medal – second place2011 Nouméa56 kg
Commonwealth Games
Silver medal – second place2018 Gold Coast62 kg
Silver medal – second place2022 Birmingham61 kg
Commonwealth Championships
Gold medal – first place2017 Gold Coast62 kg
Gold medal – first place2019 Apia61 kg
Oceania Championships
Gold medal – first place2013 Brisbane56 kg
Gold medal – first place2015 Port Moresby62 kg
Gold medal – first place2016 Suva62 kg
Gold medal – first place2017 Gold Coast62 kg
Gold medal – first place2018 Le Mont-Dore62 kg
Gold medal – first place2019 Apia61 kg
Gold medal – first place202161 kg
Silver medal – second place2014 Le Mont-Dore62 kg

Career

He competed at the 2016 Oceania Weightlifting Championship in Suva, Fiji and won with a total lift of 283 kg.[5] Baru also participated at the Australian International Open in March 2016 and also took top honours with a total of 291 kg.[6] He competed at the 2014 Commonwealth Games and finished fourth.[7][8]

Major results
Year Venue Weight Snatch (kg) Clean & Jerk (kg) Total Rank
123ResultRank123ResultRank
Representing  Papua New Guinea
Olympic Games
2016Brazil Rio de Janeiro, Brazil62 kg122126129126815916416816452906
2021Japan Tokyo, Japan61 kg113118118118121471531531471026510
World Championships
2015United States Houston, United States62 kg115120120120281501501581502527027
Oceania Championships
2018New Caledonia Mont-Dore, New Caledonia62 kg1101151201201st place, gold medalist(s)1411501601601st place, gold medalist(s)2801st place, gold medalist(s)
2017Australia Gold Coast, Australia62 kg1201241251201st place, gold medalist(s)1561621621621st place, gold medalist(s)2821st place, gold medalist(s)
2016Fiji Suva, Fiji62 kg1201251251201st place, gold medalist(s)1621631631631st place, gold medalist(s)2831st place, gold medalist(s)
2015Papua New Guinea Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea62 kg1181211241211st place, gold medalist(s)1551581581552nd place, silver medalist(s)2761st place, gold medalist(s)
2014New Caledonia Mont-Dore, New Caledonia62 kg1151191221192nd place, silver medalist(s)1501551551502nd place, silver medalist(s)2692nd place, silver medalist(s)
2013Australia Brisbane, Australia56 kg949898941st place, gold medalist(s)1211281321281st place, gold medalist(s)2221st place, gold medalist(s)
2012Samoa Apia, Samoa62 kg1001051051053rd place, bronze medalist(s)13013513513042354
2011Australia Darwin, Australia62 kg———955———1303rd place, bronze medalist(s)2254
2010Fiji Suva, Fiji56 kg85909085611011511511552005
Commonwealth Games
2022England Birmingham, England61 kg114118121121215216516515222732nd place, silver medalist(s)
2018Australia Gold Coast, Australia62 kg123127130127215915916315922862nd place, silver medalist(s)
2014United Kingdom Glasgow, Great Britain62 kg115120120120314914915015032704
2010India Delhi, India56 kg8590959011115120125115920510
Pacific Games
2019Samoa Apia, Samoa61 kg1151201241241st place, gold medalist(s)1501601641601st place, gold medalist(s)2841st place, gold medalist(s)
2015Papua New Guinea Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea62 kg1181211241211st place, gold medalist(s)1551581581552nd place, silver medalist(s)2761st place, gold medalist(s)
2011New Caledonia Nouméa, New Caledonia[9]56 kg95100100952nd place, silver medalist(s)1251301351252nd place, silver medalist(s)2202nd place, silver medalist(s)

References
  1. "Morea Baru". Rio 2016. Archived from the original on 6 August 2016. Retrieved 8 August 2016.
  2. Jinimbo, Lamech (9 August 2016). "PNG weightlifter Morea Baru finishes 6th in Rio". www.looptonga-sb.com. Retrieved 2016-08-16.
  3. "Weightlifting BARU Morea". Tokyo 2020 Olympics. Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 2021-09-04. Retrieved 2021-09-04.
  4. "BARU FINISHES 10th IN TOKYO". Post Courier. 2021-07-25. Retrieved 2021-09-04.
  5. Narain, Pravin (26 May 2016). "Victory for Baru in senior category". Fiji Times Online.com. Retrieved 2016-08-16.
  6. Mou, Freddy (25 May 2016). "Morea Baru sets his eyes on Rio". www.looppng.com. Retrieved 2016-08-16.
  7. "Glasgow 2014 - Men's 62kg Group A". g2014results.thecgf.com. 2014. Retrieved 2016-08-16.
  8. "Glasgow 2014 - Morea Baru Profile". g2014results.thecgf.com. Retrieved 2016-08-16.
  9. Archived 2012-10-16 at the Wayback Machine


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