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200:2023 Honiara
78:Medal record
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1909:1999 births
1875:Don Opeloge
1858:Don Opeloge
1838:Don Opeloge
1756:31 December
975:, Australia
480:event. The
384:Don Opeloge
44:13 May 1999
23:Don Opeloge
1898:Categories
1613:27 October
1503:References
973:Gold Coast
904:, Thailand
721:, Thailand
504:in Paris.
40:1999-05-13
1818:12 August
1047:Mont-Dore
509:men's 102
424:New Delhi
309:2019 Apia
226:2019 Apia
181:2019 Apia
1640:Archived
1588:2 August
1562:3 August
1531:Archived
1274:Auckland
659:Ashgabat
598:, France
474:men's 89
443:men's 85
435:men's 85
392:men's 96
1840:at the
1733:16 July
1431:Honiara
1357:, Samoa
1125:, Samoa
846:, China
844:Tianjin
719:Pattaya
540:Weight
496:At the
468:at the
429:At the
412:Niusila
371:102 kg
352:102 kg
205:102 kg
57:Country
1707:4 June
1678:4 June
1649:30 May
1540:4 June
1436:102 kg
1279:102 kg
907:102 kg
902:Phuket
785:102 kg
779:Riyadh
602:102 kg
549:Total
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333:96 kg
314:89 kg
295:85 kg
276:85 kg
250:85 kg
231:89 kg
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1201:96 kg
1128:89 kg
1052:85 kg
978:85 kg
849:96 kg
725:96 kg
665:89 kg
596:Paris
578:Rank
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552:Rank
534:Year
422:, in
159:85 kg
138:96 kg
109:Samoa
65:Sport
60:Samoa
52:Sport
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1781:2023
1758:2022
1735:2024
1709:2020
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1590:2022
1564:2022
1542:2020
1426:2023
1355:Apia
1350:2019
1269:2024
1194:2021
1123:Apia
1118:2019
1042:2018
968:2017
897:2024
839:2019
774:2023
714:2019
696:190
680:147
675:147
654:2018
591:2024
328:2021
34:Born
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1472:220
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1463:205
1450:173
1445:173
1440:165
1410:338
1396:193
1392:185
1388:185
1374:157
1369:151
1364:145
1327:390
1313:220
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1253:359
1239:211
1234:211
1229:200
1215:165
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637:DNF
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