Steven Kari Explained

Steven Kari
Full Name:Steven Kukuna Kari
Birth Date:13 May 1993
Birth Place:Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea
Weight:85kg (187lb)
Sport:Weightlifting
Event:-77kg, -85 kg, -94kg
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Steven Kakuna Kari (born 13 May 1993 in Port Moresby) is a Papua New Guinean weightlifter competing in the men's 85 kg and later 94 kg category.

85kg

The youngest member of the Papua New Guinea team, he finished 15th at the 2012 Summer Olympics.[1] Kari won the gold medal at the 2011 Pacific Games.[2]

94kg

Kari won gold at the 2014 Commonwealth Games in the Men's 94 kg class.[3]

Notes and References

  1. Steven Kari. https://web.archive.org/web/20200418094650/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ka/steven-kari-1.html. dead. 18 April 2020. 11 August 2012.
  2. News: Weightlifting gold lifts Samoa at Pacific Games . Rivers. Renate . September 6, 2011 . Savali News. 11 August 2012.
  3. http://results.glasgow2014.com/athlete/weightlifting/1024087/sk_kari.html Steven Kakuna Kari's biography at Glasgow 2014 official website.