Darren Liddel

Medal record
Competitor for  New Zealand
Men'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

1. ^ Profile at the New Zealand Olympic Committee website
2. ^ "Long decade for Games hero". Stuff.co.nz. September 19, 2008. http://www.stuff.co.nz/auckland/4698337a6016.html. Retrieved September 27, 2011. 

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Name	Liddel, Darren
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Date of birth	May 6, 1971
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