- Darren Liddel
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Medal record Competitor for 
New ZealandMen's Weightlifting Commonwealth Games Gold 1998 Kuala Lumpur 105+ kg Clean & Jerk Gold 1998 Kuala Lumpur 105+ kg Snatch Gold 1998 Kuala Lumpur 105+ kg Total Darren Liddel (born May 6, 1971) was a weightlifting competitor for New Zealand.
At the 1998 Commonwealth Games in Kuala Lumpur he won 3 gold medals in weightlifting, a gold medal in each of the men's 108+ kg clean and jerk, snatch, and combined total. He also competed at the 1994 Commonwealth Games in Victoria where he placed 5th in the men's 108+ kg.[1]
On his return home from the 1998 Commonwealth Games he received a hero's welcome in Te Atatu. At the time he said: "Little did I know three weeks ago that I would be returning home to this kind of welcome. I’m speechless".[2]
After the 1998 Commonwealth Games he was troubled by a worsening wrist injury, and within 2 years he had stopped weightlifting.
References
- ^ Profile at the New Zealand Olympic Committee website
- ^ "Long decade for Games hero". Stuff.co.nz. September 19, 2008. http://www.stuff.co.nz/auckland/4698337a6016.html. Retrieved September 27, 2011.
Categories:- Living people
- 1971 births
- New Zealand weightlifters
- Commonwealth Games competitors for New Zealand
- Commonwealth Games gold medallists for New Zealand
- Weightlifters at the 1994 Commonwealth Games
- Weightlifters at the 1998 Commonwealth Games
- New Zealand sportspeople stubs
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