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Iuniarra Sipaia - Wikipedia

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Iuniarra Sipaia

Personal information

Nickname

June

Born

June 25, 1993 (age 31)
Motootua, Samoa

Sport

Country

Samoa

Sport

Weightlifting

Coached by

Jeremiah Wallwork

Medal record

Representing Samoa

Women's weightlifting
Pacific Games
	2023 Honiara	+87 kg
	2011 Nouméa	+75 kg
	2019 Apia	+87 kg
Commonwealth Championships
	2016 Penang	+75 kg
	2017 Gold Coast	+90 kg
	2012 Apia	+75 kg
	2019 Apia	+87 kg
Oceania Championships
	2016 Suva	+75 kg
	2022 Saipan	+87 kg
	2023 Honiara	+87 kg
	2024 Auckland	+87 kg
	2017 Gold Coast	+90 kg
	2018 Le Mont-Dore	+90 kg
	2021	+87 kg
	2011 Darwin	+75 kg
	2014 Le Mont-Dore	+75 kg
	2019 Apia	+87 kg
Pacific Mini Games
	2013 Mata Utu	+75 kg
Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games
	2017 Ashgabat	+90 kg
Arafura Games
	2019 Darwin	+87 kg
	2011 Darwin	+75 kg

Iuniarra Sipaia (née Simanu, born 25 June 1993) is a Samoan female weightlifter.^[1] She has represented Samoa in several international competitions such as Pacific Mini Games, Commonwealth Games, Oceania Weightlifting Championships and Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games.

Career

As a junior, she participated at the 2010 Summer Youth Olympics in the Girls' +63 event. She participated at the 2010 Commonwealth Games in the +75 kg event.^[2] She won the bronze medal at the 2011 Pacific Games.^[3]

Iuniarra won gold medal at the 2013 Pacific Mini Games in the over 75 kg category and set a new milestone in the sport of Weightlifting in Samoa. She was able to represent Samoa at the 2014 Commonwealth Games and competed in the women's over 75 kg category. She continued her dominance in the sport as she claimed 3 gold medals in the over 75 kg categories at the 2016 Oceania Weightlifting Championships.^[4] She was also the part of the Samoan delegation which made its debut at the 2017 Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games and claimed a bronze medal in the women's +90 kg event.

At the 2017 Australian Open Weightlifting Championships, she emerged as runners-up to a New Zealand transgender weightlifter, Laurel Hubbard. Laurel Hubbard lifted a weight of 268 kg, which was 19 kg more than that of Iuniarra Sipaia of Samoa and raised controversial issues relating to the approval of Laurel Hubbard to compete at the international competition.^[5]^[6]

After the 2017 Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games she was subsequently suspended for using Triamcinolone acetonide.^[7] In April 2018 she cleared herself out and her ban was abolished. However, she missed the 2017 Pacific Mini Games, where she was a defending champion and couldn't compete at the 2018 Commonwealth Games.^[8] She qualified for the 2020 Olympic games, but was unable to attend due to the COVID-19 pandemic.^[9]

At the 2023 World Weightlifting Championships in September 2023 she qualified for the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris, France.^[10] In 2024, she finished in 11th place in the women's +81 kg event at the 2024 Summer Olympics.^[11]

Major results

Year	Venue	Weight	Snatch (kg)				Clean & Jerk (kg)				Total	Rank
Year	Venue	Weight	1	2	3	Rank	1	2	3	Rank	Total	Rank
Summer Olympics
2024	Paris, France	+81 kg	100	105	~~110~~	—	~~141~~	141	~~148~~	—	246	11
World Championships
2018	Ashgabat, Turkmenistan	+87 kg	102	107	~~111~~	16	135	140	143	13	250	15
2019	Pattaya, Thailand	+87 kg	102	~~107~~	~~107~~	18	141	146	~~150~~	11	248	16
2023	Riyadh, Saudi Arabia	+87 kg	~~105~~	105	110	10	~~145~~	146	~~150~~	7	256	8
IWF World Cup
2024	Phuket, Thailand	+87 kg	105	110	112	10	150	155	~~160~~	6	267	7
Pacific Games
2011	Nouméa, New Caledonia	+75 kg	87				112				199
2019	Apia, Samoa	+87 kg	103	104	108		142	~~147~~	147		255
2023	Honiara, Solomon Islands	+87 kg	102	107	~~112~~		145	~~153~~	~~158~~		252
Oceania Championships
2010	Suva, Fiji	+75 kg	75	80	83	4	96	~~101~~	105	4	188	4
2011	Darwin, Australia	+75 kg	88				115				203
2012	Apia, Samoa	+75 kg	92	96	99	4	115	121	125		221	4
2014	Mont-Dore, New Caledonia	+75 kg	98	102	~~106~~		127	~~133~~	~~133~~		229
2016	Suva, Fiji	+75 kg	100	104	107		130	134	139		246
2017	Gold Coast, Australia	+90 kg	103	108	~~110~~		137	142	~~146~~		250
2018	Mont-Dore, New Caledonia	+90 kg	102	106	~~110~~		~~136~~	~~136~~	136		242
2019	Apia, Samoa	+87 kg	103	104	108		142	~~147~~	147		255
2021	Various, Oceania	+87 kg	~~102~~	102	107		~~141~~	141	~~146~~		248
2022	Saipan, Northern Mariana Islands	+87 kg	102	104	~~112~~		147	153	157		261
2024	Auckland, New Zealand	+87 kg	101	~~106~~	110		145	~~155~~	155		265
Arafura Games
2019	Darwin, Australia	+87 kg	~~102~~	102	107	2	140	144	146	1	253
Commonwealth Games
2010	Delhi, India	+75 kg	82	86	90	—	105	110	~~112~~	—	196	7
2014	Glasgow, Scotland	+75 kg	98	102	~~105~~	—	126	131	~~136~~	—	233	5
Commonwealth Championships
2013	Penang, Malaysia	+75 kg	100			5	126			6	226	5
2016	Penang, Malaysia	+75 kg	99	104	108		125	130	135		243
2017	Gold Coast, Australia	+90 kg	103	108	~~110~~		137	142	~~146~~		250
2019	Apia, Samoa	+87 kg	103	104	108		142	~~147~~	147		255

References

^ "IWRP - Weightlifting Database". www.iwrp.net. Retrieved 2017-12-05.
^ "Weightlifting at the 2010 Commonwealth Games - Iuniarra Simanu". iwf.net. Retrieved 23 June 2016.
^ "2011 Pacific Games - Iuniarra Simanu". iwf.net. Retrieved 10 November 2016.
^ "Results by Events - International Weightlifting Federation". International Weightlifting Federation. Retrieved 2017-12-05.
^ "Woman lifter beaten by transgender speaks up". Samoa Observer. Retrieved 2017-12-05.
^ "Transgender weightlifter under fire from competitors after qualifying for Commonwealth Games". Women in the World in Association with The New York Times - WITW. 2017-03-22. Retrieved 2017-12-05.
^ "PUBLIC DISCLOSURE". www.iwf.net. Retrieved 2018-11-15.
^ "Samoan weightlifter cleared, ban overturned". www.radionz.co.nz. Retrieved 2018-11-15.
^ Lanuola Tupufia (15 July 2024). "'Our whole country is behind them': Samoa's weightlifters chasing Olympic glory". The Guardian. Retrieved 16 July 2024.
^ Talaia Mika (17 September 2023). "Don and Iuniarra qualify for Olympic Games". Samoa Observer. Retrieved 18 September 2023.
^ "Weightlifting Results Book" (PDF). 2024 Summer Olympics. Archived from the original (PDF) on 11 August 2024. Retrieved 12 August 2024.

External links

Iuniarra Sipaia at the International Weightlifting Federation
Iuniarra Sipaia at the International Weightlifting Federation
Iuniarra Sipaia at Olympics.com
Iuniarra Sipaia at Olympedia
Iuniarra Sipaia at the Commonwealth Games Federation (archived)

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