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Charisma Amoe-Tarrant

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Charisma Amoe-Tarrant
Personal information
Full nameCharisma Precious Amoe-Tarrant
NationalityNauruan/Australian
Born (1999-05-26) 26 May 1999 (age 25)
Height165 cm (5 ft 5 in)[1]
Weight154 kg (340 lb)[2]
Sport
SportWeightlifting
EventWeightlifting +90kg
Medal record
Women's weightlifting
Representing  Nauru
Commonwealth Games
Silver medal – second place 2018 Gold Coast +90 kg
Oceania Championships
Gold medal – first place 2018 Le Mont-Dore +90 kg
Representing  Australia
Commonwealth Games
Bronze medal – third place 2022 Birmingham +87 kg
Pacific Games
Bronze medal – third place 2019 Apia +87 kg snatch

Charisma Precious Amoe-Tarrant (born 26 May 1999) is a Nauruan-born Australian weightlifter.[3][1] She competed in the women's +90 kg event at the 2018 Commonwealth Games, winning the silver medal for Nauru.[4][5] Amoe-Tarrant was selected for the Australian team at the Pacific Games held in Samoa in 2019,[6] winning a bronze medal for the +87 kg snatch.[7][3] She qualified to represent Australia at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan.[8] She finished in 6th place in the women's +87 kg event[9] with a total lift of 243kg.[10] Australia at the 2020 Summer Olympics details her performance in depth.

Personal life

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Charisma's uncle died of cancer then in 2009 her mother died of kidney problems, she lived in Nauru until the age of 12 and in 2011 she moved to Australia to live with her grandfather.[11]

References

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  1. ^ a b "Charisma Amoe-Tarrant". Gold Coast 2018. Retrieved 11 April 2018.
  2. ^ "Competition Sheet" (PDF). Tokyo 2020 Olympics. Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. 2 August 2021. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2 August 2021. Retrieved 4 August 2021.
  3. ^ a b Stewart, Anthony (15 July 2019). "Pacific Games 2019: Nauru's star weightlifter Charisma Amoe-Tarrant switches allegiance to win bronze for Australia". Australian Broadcasting Corporation. Archived from the original on 16 July 2019.
  4. ^ "Feagaiga Stowers secures Samoa's second gold medal". Samoa Observer. Retrieved 11 April 2018.
  5. ^ "Event Schedule - Women's +90kg". Gold Coast 2018. Archived from the original on 2 February 2023. Retrieved 11 April 2018.
  6. ^ "Australian team announced for 2019 Pacific Games". Olympic.com.au. Australian Olympic Committee. 7 June 2019. Archived from the original on 7 June 2019. Retrieved 7 June 2019.
  7. ^ "The Spirit of the Games on show on Day 6 of Samoa 2019". Olympic.com.au. Australian Olympic Committee. 14 July 2019. Archived from the original on 14 July 2019.
  8. ^ "Five weightlifters announced for Australia's Tokyo Olympics team". Xinhuanet. 22 June 2021. Retrieved 18 July 2021.
  9. ^ "Women's +87 kg Results" (PDF). Tokyo 2020 Olympics. Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2 August 2021. Retrieved 2 August 2021.
  10. ^ "Australian Olympic Team for Tokyo 2021". The Roar. Retrieved 6 March 2022.
  11. ^ "Australia's Charisma Amoe-Tarrant lifts for her late mother and uncle, while England's face of the Games, Emily Campbell, wins gold". ABC News. 3 August 2022.
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