Socheata Be

Socheata Be
Personal information
Full name Socheata Be
Nationality  Cambodia
 Australia
Born (1989-12-12) 12 December 1989
Cambodia
Residence Melbourne, Australia
Weight 52.51 kg (115.8 lb)
Sport
Country  Australia
Sport Weightlifting
Weight class 53 kg
Team National team
Updated on 19 October 2016.

Socheata Be (born 12 December 1989) is a Cambodian born Australian female weightlifter, competing in the 53 kg category and representing Australia at international competitions. She participated at the 2014 Commonwealth Games in the 53 kg event.[1]

Personal

Her older brother Vannara 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.[2]

Major competitions

Year Venue Weight Snatch (kg) Clean & Jerk (kg) Total Rank
123Rank123Rank
Commonwealth Games
2014 Scotland Glasgow, Scotland 53 kg 737377 N/A929698 N/A1736

References

  1. "Weightlifting at the 2014 Commonwealth Games - Socheata Be". iwf.net. Retrieved 23 June 2016.
  2. Barrett, Chris (19 July 2014). "Champion weightlifters Vannara and Socheata Be carry a heavy burden from family's past" via The Age.
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