Vannara Be Explained

Nationality:
Birth Date:16 February 1988
Birth Place:Cambodia
Hometown:Melbourne, Australia
Weight:61.53kg (135.65lb)
Sport:Weightlifting
Weight Class:62 kg
Team:National team
Updated:11 October 2016

Vannara Be (born 16 February 1988) is a Cambodian born Australian male weightlifter, competing in the 62 kg category and representing Australia at international competitions. He participated at the 2010 Commonwealth Games in the 62 kg event.[1] at the 2014 Commonwealth Games in the 62 kg event.[2]

Personal

Her younger sister Socheata Be is also an international weightlifter who competed at the 2014 Commonwealth Games. They settled in Australia around 1998, joining their father Vanthy, who had been sponsored for a work visa by a Yarra Valley vineyard. Their uncle Vantho travelled by boat to Australia as a refugee more than a decade earlier, eventually encouraging their father to make the journey and later his wife Chantha and children. Their father's brother and a sister were killed on the killing fields of their homeland, the latter's death causing so much anguish to Vannara and Socheata's grandmother that she lost the use of one eye.[3]

Major competitions

YearVenueWeightSnatch (kg)Clean & Jerk (kg)TotalRank
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Commonwealth Games
Glasgow, Scotland1101141161401451452569
Delhi, India1101101161361421492588

References

  1. Web site: Weightlifting at the 2010 Commonwealth Games - Vannara Be . iwf.net . 23 June 2016.
  2. Web site: Weightlifting at the 2014 - Vannara Be . iwf.net . 23 June 2016.
  3. Web site: Champion weightlifters Vannara and Socheata Be carry a heavy burden from family's past . Chris . Barrett . 19 July 2014 . The Age.