- Itte Detenamo
Itte Detenamo (born
September 22 ,1986 ) is aNauru an weightlifter competing in the +105 kg category.Detenamo represented Nauru at the
2004 Summer Olympics inAthens , finishing 14th in the men's 105+kg category.cite web|title=DETENAMO Itte|publisher=International Weightlifting Federation|url=http://www.iwf.net/results/results_athlete_e.php?compid=571] He won a bronze medal at the2006 Commonwealth Games , and three gold medals at the2007 South Pacific Games . [ [http://www.freshnews.in/nauru-to-send-one-athlete-to-beijing-olympics-34792 "Nauru to send one athlete to Beijing Olympics"] , Indo-Asian News Service, July 22, 2008]He was Nauru's sole representative at the
2008 Summer Olympics inBeijing . [ [http://www.freshnews.in/nauru-to-send-one-athlete-to-beijing-olympics-34792 "Nauru to send one athlete to Beijing Olympics"] , Indo-Asian News Service, July 22, 2008] He achieved a personal best by lifting 386 kg in the super-heavyweight category. [ [http://olimpic-games-2008.blogspot.com/2008/08/nauru-lifter-misses-medals-aims-for.html "Nauru lifter misses medals, aims for 2012"] , Associated Press, August 19, 2008]Detenamo's father and older sister are also weightlifters. [ [http://www.chicagotribune.com/sports/olympics/chi-olympics-weightlifter-detenamo,0,7238330.story "Weightlifter Detenamo is a one-man team for tiny Nauru"] , "Chicago Tribune", August 16, 2008]
External link
* [http://results.beijing2008.cn/WRM/ENG/BIO/Athlete/2/223392.shtml Biography] on the website of the Beijing Olympics
References
* [http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601079&sid=akk_AV616LGQ&refer=home "Nauru Weightlifter Hoists Island's Hopes of First Olympic Medal"] , Bloomberg, August 8, 2008
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