2026 Oceania Weightlifting Championships
| 2026 Oceania Weightlifting Championships | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Venue | Tuanaimato Sports Complex |
| Location | Apia, Samoa |
| Dates | 27 April – 1 May |
| Organizing body | Oceania Weightlifting Federation |
| Competitors | TBA from TBA nations |
The 2026 Oceania Weightlifting Championships were held in Apia, Samoa from 27 April to 1 May 2026.[1][2]
Background
The competition will also serve as the qualification event for XXIII Commonwealth Games in Glasgow in 2026.[3]
This championship will happen with the 2026 Universal Weightlifting Cup/IWF World Cup and including the Oceania Junior & Youth Championships and the Commonwealth Junior and Youth Championships.[1]
Medal table
Ranking by Big (Total result) medals
* Host nation (Samoa)
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Samoa* | 5 | 1 | 1 | 7 |
| 2 | .svg.png){kind=small} Australia | 4 | 4 | 3 | 11 |
| 3 |  Nauru | 3 | 2 | 3 | 8 |
| 4 |  New Zealand | 2 | 3 | 3 | 8 |
| 5 |  Papua New Guinea | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 |
| 6 |  Solomon Islands | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 7 |  Fiji | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 8 |  Kiribati | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 9 |  Northern Mariana Islands | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 |  Cook Islands | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
 Palau | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Totals (11 entries) | 16 | 16 | 16 | 48 | |
Ranking by all medals: Big (Total result) and Small (Snatch and Clean & Jerk)
* Host nation (Samoa)
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Samoa* | 13 | 4 | 4 | 21 |
| 2 | Australia | 12 | 15 | 8 | 35 |
| 3 | Nauru | 8 | 6 | 7 | 21 |
| 4 | New Zealand | 6 | 11 | 12 | 29 |
| 5 | Papua New Guinea | 4 | 3 | 8 | 15 |
| 6 | Kiribati | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 |
| 7 | Solomon Islands | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 8 | Fiji | 1 | 3 | 4 | 8 |
| 9 | Northern Mariana Islands | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 10 | Palau | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 11 | Cook Islands | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Totals (11 entries) | 48 | 48 | 48 | 144 | |
Medal overview
Men
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| – 60 kg | Snatch | Reinataake Takenteiti (KIR) | 101 kg | Johannes Adam (NRU) | 100 kg | Bau Doura (PNG) | 96 kg |
| Clean & Jerk | Johannes Adam (NRU) | 133 kg | Bau Doura (PNG) | 130 kg | Reinataake Takenteiti (KIR) | 125 kg | |
| Total | Johannes Adam (NRU) | 233 kg | Reinataake Takenteiti (KIR) | 226 kg | Bau Doura (PNG) | 226 kg | |
| – 65 kg | Snatch | Morea Baru (PNG) | 121 kg | Blaine Patris (PLW) | 110 kg | Leowell Cristobal (NMI) | 108 kg |
| Clean & Jerk | Morea Baru (PNG) | 150 kg | Leowell Cristobal (NMI) | 138 kg | Alfred Degia (NRU) | 136 kg | |
| Total | Morea Baru (PNG) | 271 kg | Leowell Cristobal (NMI) | 246 kg | Blaine Patris (PLW) | 242 kg | |
| – 71 kg | Snatch | John Tafi (SAM) | 140 kg OC |
Ezekiel Moses (NRU) | 135 kg | Poama Qaqa (FIJ) | 132 kg |
| Clean & Jerk | John Tafi (SAM) | 171 kg OC |
Ezekiel Moses (NRU) | 165 kg | Poama Qaqa (FIJ) | 160 kg | |
| Total | John Tafi (SAM) | 311 kg OC |
Ezekiel Moses (NRU) | 300 kg | Poama Qaqa (FIJ) | 292 kg | |
| – 79 kg | Snatch | Rory Scott (AUS) | 133 kg | Marco Mollo (NZL) | 133 kg | Kyle Itsimaera (NRU) | 130 kg |
| Clean & Jerk | Ruben Katoatau (KIR) | 170 kg | Marco Mollo (NZL) | 169 kg | Faitasia Seuao (SAM) | 162 kg | |
| Total | Marco Mollo (NZL) | 302 kg | Ruben Katoatau (KIR) | 297 kg | Kyle Itsimaera (NRU) | 286 kg | |
| – 88 kg | Snatch | Cameron McTaggart (NZL) | 154 kg | Ryven Ewing (AUS) | 136 kg | Thomas Shannon (AUS) | 132 kg |
| Clean & Jerk | Cameron McTaggart (NZL) | 185 kg OC |
Ryven Ewing (AUS) | 178 kg | Thomas Shannon (AUS) | 170 kg | |
| Total | Cameron McTaggart (NZL) | 339 kg OC |
Ryven Ewing (AUS) | 314 kg | Thomas Shannon (AUS) | 302 kg | |
| – 94 kg | Snatch | Oliver Saxton (AUS) | 157 kg OC |
Emmanuel Ulimasao (SAM) | 146 kg | Xavier Albert (NZL) | 143 kg |
| Clean & Jerk | Oliver Saxton (AUS) | 188 kg OC |
Emmanuel Ulimasao (SAM) | 175 kg | Jerome Tura (COK) | 165 kg | |
| Total | Oliver Saxton (AUS) | 345 kg OC |
Emmanuel Ulimasao (SAM) | 321 kg | Jerome Tura (COK) | 287 kg | |
| – 110 kg | Snatch | Taniela Rainibogi (FIJ) | 173 kg OC |
Ridge Barredo (AUS) | 161 kg | Jack Opeloge (SAM) | 160 kg |
| Clean & Jerk | Jack Opeloge (SAM) | 214 kg OC |
Jackson Roberts-Young (AUS) | 201 kg | Taniela Rainibogi (FIJ) | 200 kg | |
| Total | Jack Opeloge (SAM) | 374 kg OC |
Taniela Rainibogi (FIJ) | 373 kg | Ridge Barredo (AUS) | 357 kg | |
| + 110 kg | Snatch | Sanele Mao (SAM) | 185 kg OC |
David Liti (NZL) | 175 kg | Suamili Nanai (AUS) | 170 kg |
| Clean & Jerk | Sanele Mao (SAM) | 225 kg OC |
David Liti (NZL) | 212 kg | Suamili Nanai (AUS) | 185 kg | |
| Total | Sanele Mao (SAM) | 410 kg OC |
David Liti (NZL) | 387 kg | Suamili Nanai (AUS) | 355 kg | |
Women
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| – 48 kg | Snatch | Jo-Beth Deireragea (NRU) | 71 kg OC |
Jianne Gungon (AUS) | 69 kg | Thelma Toua (PNG) | 63 kg |
| Clean & Jerk | Jo-Beth Deireragea (NRU) | 86 kg | Jianne Gungon (AUS) | 83 kg | Thelma Toua (PNG) | 83 kg | |
| Total | Jo-Beth Deireragea (NRU) | 157 kg | Jianne Gungon (AUS) | 152 kg | Thelma Toua (PNG) | 146 kg | |
| – 53 kg | Snatch | Jenly Tegu Wini (SOL) | 75 kg | Dika Toua (PNG) | 73 kg | Idau Vagi (PNG) | 64 kg |
| Clean & Jerk | Dika Toua (PNG) | 95 kg | Jenly Tegu Wini (SOL) | 95 kg | Idau Vagi (PNG) | 83 kg | |
| Total | Jenly Tegu Wini (SOL) | 170 kg | Dika Toua (PNG) | 168 kg | Idau Vagi (PNG) | 147 kg | |
| – 58 kg | Snatch | Tessa Rim (AUS) | 80 kg | Kayla Miller-Gorce (AUS) | 79 kg | Elizabeth Granger (NZL) | 75 kg |
| Clean & Jerk | Kayla Miller-Gorce (AUS) | 93 kg | My-Only Stephen (NRU) | 90 kg | Margaret Harris (NRU) | 80 kg | |
| Total | Kayla Miller-Gorce (AUS) | 172 kg | My-Only Stephen (NRU) | 160 kg | Margaret Harris (NRU) | 150 kg | |
| – 63 kg | Snatch | Femily-Crystie Notte (NRU) | 101 kg OC, YWR |
Fatima Yakubu (AUS) | 90 kg | Sienna Fesolai (NZL) | 89 kg |
| Clean & Jerk | Femily-Crystie Notte (NRU) | 123 kg OC, YWR |
Fatima Yakubu (AUS) | 113 kg | Sienna Fesolai (NZL) | 108 kg | |
| Total | Femily-Crystie Notte (NRU) | 224 kg OC, YWR |
Fatima Yakubu (AUS) | 203 kg | Sienna Fesolai (NZL) | 197 kg | |
| – 69 kg | Snatch | Nya Hayman (AUS) | 95 kg | Ulina Sagone (FIJ) | 60 kg | Siva Teimitsi (NRU) | 55 kg |
| Clean & Jerk | Olivia Selemaia (NZL) | 124 kg OC |
Nya Hayman (AUS) | 117 kg | Darcy Kay (AUS) | 106 kg | |
| Total | Nya Hayman (AUS) | 212 kg | Ulina Sagone (FIJ) | 135 kg | Siva Teimitsi (NRU) | 115 kg | |
| – 77 kg | Snatch | Seine Stowers (SAM) | 112 kg OC |
Georgia Theron (NZL) | 98 kg | Heather Curtis (NZL) | 97 kg |
| Clean & Jerk | Seine Stowers (SAM) | 142 kg OC |
Isabella Andueza (AUS) | 122 kg | Georgia Theron (NZL) | 116 kg | |
| Total | Seine Stowers (SAM) | 254 kg OC |
Isabella Andueza (AUS) | 215 kg | Georgia Theron (NZL) | 214 kg | |
| – 86 kg | Snatch | Eileen Cikamatana (AUS) | 112 kg | Litia Nacagilevu (NZL) | 111 kg | Medea Jones (NZL) | 103 kg |
| Clean & Jerk | Eileen Cikamatana (AUS) | 133 kg | Litia Nacagilevu (NZL) | 129 kg | Sefulu Seuao (SAM) | 123 kg | |
| Total | Eileen Cikamatana (AUS) | 245 kg | Litia Nacagilevu (NZL) | 240 kg | Sefulu Seuao (SAM) | 222 kg | |
| + 86 kg | Snatch | Tui-Alofa Patolo (NZL) | 113 kg OC |
Iuniarra Sipaia (SAM) | 106 kg | Mollie King (NZL) | 102 kg |
| Clean & Jerk | Iuniarra Sipaia (SAM) | 151 kg OC |
Mollie King (NZL) | 132 kg | Tui-Alofa Patolo (NZL) | 131 kg | |
| Total | Iuniarra Sipaia (SAM) | 257 kg | Tui-Alofa Patolo (NZL) | 244 kg | Mollie King (NZL) | 234 kg | |
References
- 1 2 https://www.commonwealthweightlifting.com/News/Term/27/Samoa#:~:text=Samoa%202026%20%2D%20World%20Cup%2C%20Oceania,25th%20April%20to%202nd%20May.
- ↑ "Final Timetable" (PDF). Oceania Weightlifting Federation. Retrieved 30 April 2026.
- ↑ https://www.commonwealthweightlifting.com/News/Post/278/Samoa-2026-World-Cup-Oceania-Commonwealth-Championships#:~:text=With%20the%20competition%20starting%20on,be%20Monday%2026th%20January%2C%202026.