Wendy Hale Explained

Birth Date:3 November 1987
Sport:Weightlifting

Wendy Hale (born November 3, 1987[1]) is a Solomon Islands weightlifter.

She won a silver medal and a bronze at the Commonwealth Youth Games in 2004, two silver medals at the Mini South Pacific Games in 2005, four gold medals at the Arafura Games in 2007, and two silver medals at the South Pacific Games in 2007.

Hale represented Solomon Islands at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing. She was her country's flagbearer during the opening ceremony.[2] In the Olympic tournament she ranked 12th in the 58 kg category, with a total of 173 kg.[3] In 2016 after the silver medalist Russian Marina Shainova disqualified, she stepped up to the eleventh place.[4]

Major results

YearVenueWeightSnatch (kg)Clean & Jerk (kg)TotalRank
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Representing
Olympic Games
747882781195100100951117311
World Championships
74787874319696101962917030
Oceania Championships
2008 58 kg 6570757580909590165
Commonwealth Games
Melbourne, Australia[5] 53 kg 6060626257580848051425
Pacific Games
58 kg 7995174

External links


Notes and References

  1. http://solomonstarnews.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=2402&change=100&changeown=102&Itemid=42 "Weightlifter Wendy"
  2. http://solomonstarnews.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=2377&change=100&changeown=102&Itemid=42 "Hale carries our flag"
  3. Web site: HALE Wendy. International Weightlifting Federation.
  4. http://www.espn.co.uk/olympics/weightlifting/story/_/id/16021315/retests-russian-2008-medalists-marina-shainova-nadezhda-evstyukhina-positive "Retests for two Russian weightlifting medalists come back positive"
  5. Web site: Women's 53 kg - Result . www.melbourne2006.com.au. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20061010054955/http://www.melbourne2006.com.au/Schedule%20and%20Results/By%20Sport/WeightLifting/Results/Result%20-%20WL10531XXXXXXX?ScheduleItemID=26997. October 10, 2006 .