Charisma Amoe-Tarrant Explained

Charisma Amoe-Tarrant
Full Name:Charisma Precious Amoe-Tarrant
Nationality:Nauruan/Australian
Sport:Weightlifting
Event:Weightlifting +90kg
Birth Date:26 May 1999
Height:165 cm[1]
Weight:154 kg[2]
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Charisma Precious Amoe-Tarrant (born 26 May 1999) is a Nauruan-born Australian weightlifter.[1] She competed in the women's +90 kg event at the 2018 Commonwealth Games, winning the silver medal for Nauru.[3] [4] Amoe-Tarrant was selected for the Australian team at the Pacific Games held in Samoa in 2019,[5] winning a bronze medal for the +87 kg snatch.[6] [7] She qualified to represent Australia at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan.[8] She finished in 6th place in the women's +87 kg event[9] with a total lift of 243kg.[10] Australia at the 2020 Summer Olympics details her performance in depth.

Personal life

Charisma's uncle died of cancer then in 2009 her mother died of kidney problems, she lived in Nauru until the age of 12 and in 2011 she moved to Australia to live with her grandfather.[11]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Charisma Amoe-Tarrant . Gold Coast 2018 . 11 April 2018.
  2. Web site: Competition Sheet . Tokyo 2020 Olympics . . 2 August 2021 . 4 August 2021 . 2 August 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210802151137/https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/olympic-games/resOG2020-/pdf/OG2020-/WLF/OG2020-_WLF_C56B_WLFWO87KG-------------FNL-A00100--.pdf . dead.
  3. Web site: Feagaiga Stowers secures Samoa's second gold medal . Samoa Observer . 11 April 2018.
  4. Web site: Event Schedule - Women's +90kg . Gold Coast 2018 . 11 April 2018 . 2 February 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230202034650/https://results.gc2018.com/en/weightlifting/event-schedule-women-s--plus-90kg.htm . dead.
  5. Web site: 7 June 2019 . Australian team announced for 2019 Pacific Games . Olympic.com.au . . 7 June 2019 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190607113317/http://olympics.com.au/news/australian-team-announced-for-pacific-games-as-countdown-hits-one-month-to-go . 7 June 2019.
  6. Web site: The Spirit of the Games on show on Day 6 of Samoa 2019 . Olympic.com.au . . https://web.archive.org/web/20190714052856/http://olympics.com.au/news/the-spirit-of-the-games-on-show-on-day-6-of-samoa-2019 . 14 July 2019 . 14 July 2019.
  7. News: Stewart . Anthony . Pacific Games 2019: Nauru's star weightlifter Charisma Amoe-Tarrant switches allegiance to win bronze for Australia . Australian Broadcasting Corporation . 15 July 2019 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190716111909/https://www.abc.net.au/news/2019-07-16/nauru-weightlifter-amoe-tarrant-switches-allegiance-to-australia/11309604?section=sport . 16 July 2019.
  8. News: 22 June 2021 . Five weightlifters announced for Australia's Tokyo Olympics team . Xinhuanet . 18 July 2021.
  9. Web site: Women's +87 kg Results . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20210802130705/https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/olympic-games/resOG2020-/pdf/OG2020-/WLF/OG2020-_WLF_C73_WLFWO87KG-------------FNL---------.pdf . 2 August 2021 . 2 August 2021 . Tokyo 2020 Olympics . Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games.
  10. Web site: Australian Olympic Team for Tokyo 2021 . 6 March 2022 . The Roar . en-US.
  11. News: Australia's Charisma Amoe-Tarrant lifts for her late mother and uncle, while England's face of the Games, Emily Campbell, wins gold . ABC News. 3 August 2022 .

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