Manueli Tulo

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]

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
Event(s)56kg
Medal record
Men's Weightlifting
Representing  Fiji
Pacific Games
2011 Nouméa -56 kg
2015 Port Moresby -56 kg
2007 Apia -56 kg
Updated on 15 August 2012.

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 is 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. "Manueli Tulo Bio, Stats, and Results". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Archived from the original on 2020-04-18. Retrieved 2019-06-18.
  3. "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. "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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