- Dika Toua
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Medal record Women's Weightlifting Competitor for 
Papua New GuineaOceania Weightlifting Championships Gold 2007 Apia 53 kg Gold 2008 Auckland 53 kg Dika Loa Toua (born 23 June 1984) is a Papua New Guinean weightlifter.
She was the first woman ever to lift weight at the Olympic Games, competing in the 48kg category at the Sydney Olympics in 2000.[1] She finished sixth in the women's 53 kg weight class at the 2004 Summer Olympics, lifting a total of 177.5 kg.[2] She was her country's flag-bearer at the 2004 Games.[1]
In 2006 she won the silver medal in the same weight class at the 2006 Commonwealth Games.[3]
At the 2007 Pacific Games, she won gold in the 53 kg class, setting a new Games record.[4][5]
She also won the gold medal in the 53 kg category at the 2008 Oceania Weightlifting Championships, with a total of 190 kg.[6]
Toua qualified to compete for Papua New Guinea in the women's 53kg event at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing.[7] There she ranked 8th with a total of 184 kg.[6]
References
- ^ a b "Toua lifting the hearts of an island" [sic], Olympic.org
- ^ "TOUA Dika". International Weightlifting Federation. http://www.iwf.net/results/results_athlete_e.php?compid=589.
- ^ Sports 123: Weightlifting: Commonwealth Games 2006: Women: -53 kg
- ^ 2007 South Pacific Games: Women's Weightlifting results
- ^ The National (PNG): "Day of medals", 29 August 2007
- ^ a b "TOUA Dika". International Weightlifting Federation. http://www.iwf.net/results/results_athlete_e.php?compid=372.
- ^ "PNG Olympians land major sponsors", ABC Radio Australia, 6 June 2008
External links
- Athlete Biography at beijing2008
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