Itte Detenamo Explained

Nationality:	Nauruan
Birth Date:	1986 9, df=yes
Weight:	1720NaN0
Sport:	Weightlifting
Event:	Men's +105kg

Itte Junior Ronson Detenamo (born 22 September 1986 in Buada) is a Nauruan weightlifter competing in the +105 kg category.

Detenamo represented Nauru at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, finishing 14th in the men's 105+kg category.^[1] He won a bronze medal at the 2006 Commonwealth Games, and three gold medals at the 2007 South Pacific Games.^[2]

He was Nauru's sole representative at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing.^[2] He achieved a personal best by lifting 386 kg in the super-heavyweight category.^[3]

He took part in the 2010 Commonwealth Games, and after being described as Nauru's best hope for a gold medal there,^[4] he won silver.

He was also a participant at the 2012 Summer Olympics, finishing 14th.^[5]

At the 2014 Commonwealth Games, he was Nauru's flagbearer.^[6]

Detenamo's father and older sister are also weightlifters, as are other members of his family.^[7] His father introduced him to the sport, which Detenamo took up at the age of 10.

Major results

Year	Venue	Weight	Snatch (kg)				Clean & Jerk (kg)				Total	Rank
width=40	1	width=40	2	width=40	3	width=40	Rank	width=40	1	width=40	2	width=40	3	width=40	Rank
Representing
Olympic Games
			165	170	175		14	205	215	215	15	390	13
			165	170	175		9	205	210	215	10	385	10
			147.5	152.5	155.0		16	192.5	197.5	—	14	347.5	14
World Championships
			160	165	165		27	200	207	211	24	372	24
			175	180	180		18	222	228	232	7	408	10
			165	170	174		15	206	211	215	14	381	12
			160	165	170		18	200	200	205	24	370	20
			158	163	167		16	200	200	203	14	370	15
			150.0	150.0	155.0		31	190.0	195.0	202.5	25	345	26
Commonwealth Games
			160	160	160	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
			170	174	177	1	216	222	229	2	396
			172	176	179	1	218	218	218	3	397
		+105 kg	150	160	167	3	190	200	208	3	360
Pacific Games
		+105 kg	157	161	167		200	203	—		370

Medalbox notes

References

• "Nauru Weightlifter Hoists Island's Hopes of First Olympic Medal", Bloomberg, 8 August 2008

External links

• • Biography on the website of the Beijing Olympics

Notes and References

1. Web site: DETENAMO Itte. International Weightlifting Federation. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20110527164304/http://www.iwf.net/results/results_athlete_e.php?compid=571. 2011-05-27.
2. http://www.freshnews.in/nauru-to-send-one-athlete-to-beijing-olympics-34792 "Nauru to send one athlete to Beijing Olympics"
3. http://olimpic-games-2008.blogspot.com/2008/08/nauru-lifter-misses-medals-aims-for.html "Nauru lifter misses medals, aims for 2012"
4. http://www.hindustantimes.com/Lifting-weight-of-a-nation-s-expectations/Article1-606653.aspx "Lifting weight of a nation’s expectations"
5. Web site: Itte Detenamo Bio, Stats, and Results . Olympics at Sports-Reference.com . 2016-04-28 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20160703145731/http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/de/itte-detenamo-1.html . 2016-07-03 .
6. Web site: Glasgow 2014 - Itte Detenamo Profile. g2014results.thecgf.com. 2016-04-28.
7. http://www.chicagotribune.com/sports/olympics/chi-olympics-weightlifter-detenamo,0,7238330.story "Weightlifter Detenamo is a one-man team for tiny Nauru"