Josefa Vueti

Josefa Vueti
Personal information
Nationality  Fiji
Born (1979-02-06) 6 February 1979
Levuka, Fiji
Height 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Weight 76 kg (168 lb)
Sport
Sport Weightlifting
Event(s) 77 kg

Josefa Vueti (born February 6, 1979 in Levuka) is a Fijian weightlifter.[1] Vueti represented Fiji at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, where he competed for the men's middleweight category (77 kg). Vueti placed twenty-third in this event, as he successfully lifted 124 kg in the single-motion snatch, and hoisted 155 kg in the two-part, shoulder-to-overhead clean and jerk, for a total of 279 kg.[2]

References

  1. "Josefa Vueti". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved 21 January 2013.
  2. "Men's 77kg (170 lbs)". NBC Olympics. Retrieved 21 January 2013.

External links


This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the Tuesday, August 11, 2015. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.