Luisa Peters Explained

Luisa Peters
Fullname:	Luisa Fatiaki Taitapu Peters
Birth Date:	1993 6, df=yes
Birth Place:	Rarotonga, Cook Islands
Height:	165 cm^[1]
Weight:	100 kg
Sport:	Weightlifting
Coach:	Paul Coffa (club) Unakea Kauvai (national)
Club:	Oceania Weightlifting Institute^[2]
Event:	+75 kg

Luisa Fatiaki Taitapu Peters (born 27 June 1993) is a police officer and retired^[3] weightlifter from the Cook Islands, who competes in the +75 kg weight division. She participated in two Olympics (2012, 2016) and three Commonwealth Games (2010, 2014, 2018) with the best result of fifth place in 2018. She won a bronze medal at the 2015 Pacific Games.

Peters took up weightlifting aged 16. In 2016, she was elected on a four-year term as a vice president of the Oceania Weightlifting Federation, becoming its first female official.^[2]

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
			95	100	100		14	119	124	126	14	224	14
			74	78	82		13	95	100	105	13	182	12
World Championships
			92	95	98		31	115	120	120	31	210	30
Oceania Championships
		+90 kg	100	100	100	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
		+75 kg	95	100	100		117	122	122		212
		+75 kg	94	94	98		113	113	113		207
Commonwealth Games
			100	103	103	6	120	125	127	4	225	5
			95	100	103	6	115	120	125	5	225	6^[4]
			62	65	70	10	81	85	88	10	155	10^[5]
Pacific Games
		+75 kg	94	94	98		113	113	113		207
		+75 kg	73	77	80	4	92	95	95	4	175	4

Notes and References

1. Web site: Luisa Fatiaki Taitapu Peters . Rio2016.com . . https://web.archive.org/web/20161210233352/https://www.rio2016.com/en/athlete/luisa-fatiaki-taitapu-peters . 10 December 2016.
2. Web site: Luisa Fatiaki Taitapu Peters . nbcolympics.com . . https://web.archive.org/web/20160919173156/http://results.nbcolympics.com/athletes/athlete=peters-luisa-fatiaki-taitapu-1225379/index.html . 19 September 2016.
3. Web site: Olympic weightlifting champion Diaz and police officer Peters join Osei on IWF Executive Board . Insidethegames.biz . 13 January 2023 . 3 April 2023.
4. Web site: Women's +75 kg – Result . results.glasgow2014.com . 4 July 2016 . 20 August 2016 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160820094551/http://results.glasgow2014.com/PEVU/PEVU_WLW026A01.html . live.
5. Web site: Commonwealth Games Weightlifting results . OceaniaWeightlifting.com . 4 July 2016 . 8 March 2016 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160308034911/http://www.oceaniaweightlifting.com/pastresults/docs/2010/Results%20Commonwealth%20Games.pdf . live.