Dika Toua
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| Nationality | Papua New Guinean | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born |
23 June 1984 Port Moresby | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.5 m (4 ft 11 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 53 kg (117 lb) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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 Papua New Guinea | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Weightlifting | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Event(s) | Women's 53kg | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Dika Loa Toua (born 23 June 1984) is a Papua New Guinean weightlifter.
She was the first woman ever to lift weight at the Olympic Games, competing in the 48 kg category at the Sydney Olympics in 2000.[1] She finished sixth in the women's 53 kg weight class at the 2004 Summer Olympics, lifting a total of 177.5 kg.[2] She was her country's flag-bearer at the 2004 Games.[1]
In 2006 she won the silver medal in the same weight class at the 2006 Commonwealth Games.[3]
At the 2007 Pacific Games, she won gold in the 53 kg class, setting a new Games record.[4][5]
She also won the gold medal in the 53 kg category at the 2008 Oceania Weightlifting Championships, with a total of 190 kg.[6]
Toua qualified to compete for Papua New Guinea in the women's 53 kg event at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing.[7] There she ranked 8th with a total of 184 kg.[6]
She once again represented Papua New Guinea at the 2012 Summer Olympics, finishing in 14th.[8]
At the 2014 Commonwealth Games, she won the gold medal, with a Games record of 193 kg.[9]
She was inspired by her aunt who also won an Oceania Championship gold medal and owns her own weightlifting club in Port Moresby.[10]
References
- 1 2 "Toua lifting the hearts of an island" [sic], Olympic.org
- ↑ "TOUA Dika". International Weightlifting Federation.
- ↑ Sports 123: Weightlifting: Commonwealth Games 2006: Women: -53 kg
- ↑ 2007 South Pacific Games: Women's Weightlifting results
- ↑ The National (PNG): "Day of medals", 29 August 2007
- 1 2 "TOUA Dika". International Weightlifting Federation.
- ↑ "PNG Olympians land major sponsors", ABC Radio Australia, 6 June 2008
- ↑ "Dika Toua Bio, Stats, and Results". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Retrieved 2015-08-17.
- ↑ "Glasgow 2014 - Women's 53kg Group A". g2014results.thecgf.com. Retrieved 2015-08-17.
- ↑ "Commonwealth Games Biography - Dika Toua". 8 August 2014. Retrieved 17 August 2015.
External links
- Athlete Biography at beijing2008
- Yahoo! Sports
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| Preceded by Xenia Peni |
Flagbearer for Papua New Guinea Athens 2004 |
Succeeded by Ryan Pini |