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Manuel MinginfelMen's Weightlifting Competitor for 
Federated States of MicronesiaOceania Championships Gold 2006 Apia – 62 kg Gold 2007 Apia – 62 kg Gold 2008 Auckland – 62 kg Manuel Minginfel (born September 28, 1978)[1] is a weightlifter representing the Federated States of Micronesia.
In the 62 kg category, he ranked 10th at the 2004 Summer Olympics,[1] 7th at the 2005 World Weightlifting Championships,[1] and 4th at the 2006 World Weightlifting Championships.[1]
At the 2008 Oceania Championships he won the gold medal in the 62 kg category.[1] He also represented the Federated States of Micronesia in weightlifting at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, China,[2] where he ranked 11th in the 62 kg category. He was also his country's flag bearer during the Games' opening ceremony.[3]
Minginfel is a native of Yap. He set a new record snatch in the men's 56 kilo category at the South Pacific Games in Samoa in 2007.
Men
Athlete Event Snatch Clean & Jerk Total Rank Result Rank Result Rank Manuel Minginfel -62 kg 120 kg 15th 155 kg 10th 275 kg 11th References
- ^ a b c d e "MINGINFEL Manuel". International Weightlifting Federation. http://www.iwf.net/results/results_athlete_e.php?compid=202.
- ^ "Hale to Olympics", Solomon Star, July 14, 2008
- ^ "List of Flagbearers Beijing 2008" (PDF). www.olympic.org. http://multimedia.olympic.org/pdf/en_report_1344.pdf. Retrieved 2008-08-23.
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Categories:- Federated States of Micronesia weightlifters
- People from Yap
- Weightlifters at the 2004 Summer Olympics
- Weightlifters at the 2008 Summer Olympics
- Olympic weightlifters of the Federated States of Micronesia
- Living people
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