Morea Baru Explained

Morea Baru
Nationality:	Papua New Guinean
Birth Date:	15 April 1990
Birth Place:	Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea
Height:	1.62 m
Weight:	61 kg

Morea Baru (born 15 April 1990)^[1] is a Papua New Guinean Olympic weightlifter. He competed at three Summer Olympics achieving the best result of fifth place in 2024 in Paris, France.

Career

He competed at the 2016 Oceania Weightlifting Championship in Suva, Fiji and won with a total lift of 283 kg.^[2] Baru also participated at the Australian International Open in March 2016 and also took top honours with a total of 291 kg.^[3] He competed at the 2014 Commonwealth Games and finished fourth.^{[4] [5]}

Baru finished in top ten for three times at the Olympics. He was sixth in 2016 in Rio de Janeiro, tenth in 2021 in Tokyo and fifth in 2024 in Paris. He is also a nine-time Oceania champion.

Major results

Year	Venue	Weight	Snatch (kg)				Clean & Jerk (kg)				Total	Rank
width=60	1	width=60	2	width=60	3	width=45	Rank	width=60	1	width=60	2	width=60	3	width=45	Rank
Summer Olympics
			122	126	129		159	164	168		290	6
			113	118	118		147	153	153		265	10
	align=left			118	122	122		150	157	161		279	5
World Championships
			115	120	120	28	150	150	158	25	270	27
	align=left			120	124	124	20	156	156	160	11	276	16
	align=left			110	115	118	26	143	148	150	24	258	25
	align=left			120	123	123	21	153	156	156	16	276	19
Oceania Championships
		56 kg	85	90	90	6	110	115	115	5	200	5
		62 kg	95			5	130				225	4
		62 kg	100	105	105		130	135	135	4	235	4
		56 kg	94	98	98		121	128	132		222
		62 kg	115	119	122		150	155	155		269
		62 kg	118	121	124		155	158	158		276
		62 kg	120	125	125		162	163	163		283
		62 kg	120	124	125		156	162	162		282
		62 kg	110	115	120		141	150	160		280
		61 kg	115	120	124		150	160	164		284
	Various, Oceania	61 kg	110	115	120		140	145	150		265
		61 kg	101	110	120		133	140	151		261
		61 kg	112	112	120		150	160	160		262
Commonwealth Games
			85	90	95		115	120	125		205	10
			115	120	120		149	149	150		270	4
			123	127	130		159	159	163		286
			114	118	121		152	165	165		273
Pacific Games
		56 kg	95	100	100		125	130	135		220
		62 kg	118	121	124		155	158	158		276
		61 kg	115	120	124		150	160	164		284
		61 kg	118	123	126		155	155	155	—	—	—

Notes and References

1. Web site: Morea Baru . Rio 2016 . 8 August 2016 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20160806023247/https://www.rio2016.com/en/athlete/morea-baru . 6 August 2016 .
2. Web site: Victory for Baru in senior category. Narain. Pravin. 26 May 2016. Fiji Times Online.com. 2016-08-16. 2016-08-26. https://web.archive.org/web/20160826134500/http://www.fijitimes.com/story.aspx?id=355375. live.
3. Web site: Morea Baru sets his eyes on Rio. Mou. Freddy. 25 May 2016. www.looppng.com. 2016-08-16. 2016-08-17. https://web.archive.org/web/20160817073443/http://www.looppng.com/content/morea-baru-sets-his-eyes-rio. live.
4. Web site: Glasgow 2014 - Men's 62kg Group A. 2014. g2014results.thecgf.com. 2016-08-16.
5. Web site: Glasgow 2014 - Morea Baru Profile. g2014results.thecgf.com. 2016-08-16. 2016-08-22. https://web.archive.org/web/20160822214331/http://g2014results.thecgf.com/athlete/weightlifting/1024085/m_baru.html. live.