Damon Kelly

Damon Joseph Kelly (born 1 December 1983 in Atherton, Queensland) is an Australian weightlifter who competed at the 2008 Olympic Games finishing ninth.^[1] Damon recorded lifts of 165 kg in the Snatch and 221 kg in the Clean and Jerk with a total of 386 kg. He was the biggest member of the Australian Olympic Team and was Australia's only male weightlifter at the Games,^[2] having secured the sole position with a personal best lift on his final attempt at the Olympic Nomination Trials.

Damon Kelly

Personal information
Full name	Damon Joseph Kelly
Nationality	Australia
Born	(1983-12-01) 1 December 1983 (age 40) Atherton, Queensland
Height	1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Weight	151 kg (333 lb)
Medal record Men's weightlifting Representing  Australia Commonwealth Games 2010 New Delhi +105kg 2006 Melbourne +105kg 2014 Glasgow +105kg Commonwealth Championships 2012 Apia +105kg 2016 Penang +105kg 2015 Pune +105kg Oceania Championships 2008 Auckland +105kg 2012 Apia +105kg 2013 Brisbane +105kg 2009 Darwin +105kg 2010 Suva +105kg 2011 Darwin +105kg 2016 Suva +105kg 2017 Gold Coast +105kg Arafura Games 2009 Darwin +105kg 2011 Darwin +105kg

He competed for Australia again at the 2012 Summer Olympics, finishing 16th with a total of 381 kg (216 in the clean and jerk, and 165 in the snatch).^[3]

Kelly won a silver medal at the 2006 Commonwealth Games in the 105 kg+ division and Gold at the 2010 Commonwealth Games in Delhi and holds the Commonwealth Games record for the Clean and Jerk.^[1] He has been undefeated at the Australian Championships since 2006 and is also the reigning Oceania champion.^[4] At the 2014 Commonwealth Games, he finished third, 12 kg behind the winner.^[5]

He started weightlifting as a 14-year-old at St Laurence's College in Brisbane where he also excelled at Rugby Union, playing in the First XV alongside Australian national rugby league team halfback Cooper Cronk, and Shot Put, setting the college record.^[6] He trains at Cougars Weightlifting Club in Brisbane under coach Miles Wydall.^[1]

Personal bests

Lift	Weight	Date
Snatch	176.0 kg	11 October 2010
Clean & Jerk	222.0 kg	7 June 2008
Total	397.0 kg	11 October 2010

Lift	Weight
Front Squat	270.0 kg
Back Squat	315.0 kg

References

1. "Official Site of the 2008 Australian Olympic Team: Athletes: The Team: Damon Kelly". Archived from the original on 23 July 2008. Retrieved 12 August 2008. Olympic Profile - Damon Kelly, Weightlifting
2. http://www.olympics.com.au/Athletes/TheTeam/tabid/343/Default.aspx?TeamID=28&SportID=27&DisciplineID=-1#teamTableContainer Archived 20 June 2008 at the Wayback Machine List of Australian Weightlifters at the 2008 Olympics
3. "Damon Kelly Bio, Stats, and Results". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 11 July 2015.
4. "Damon Kelly profile at". International Weightlifting Federation. Archived from the original on 13 May 2011.
5. "Glasgow 2014 - Men's +105kg Group A". g2014results.thecgf.com. Retrieved 11 July 2015.
6. "Glasgow 2014 - Damon Kelly Profile". g2014results.thecgf.com. Retrieved 11 July 2015.

External links

• Damon Kelly at the International Weightlifting Federation
• Damon Kelly at Olympics.com
• Damon Kelly at Olympedia
• Damon Kelly at the Australian Olympic Committee
• Damon Kelly at the Commonwealth Games Federation (archived)
• Damon Kelly at the Delhi 2010 Commonwealth Games (archived)
• Damon Kelly at the Glasgow 2014 Commonwealth Games (archived)
• Damon Kelly at the Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games (archived)
• Damon Kelly at Commonwealth Games Australia
• Athlete Biography at Beijing 2008 at the Wayback Machine (archived 9 September 2008)

Records
Preceded by Nigel Avery	Men's 105kg+ Clean and Jerk Commonwealth Games Record Holder 23 March 2006 – 31 July 2014	Succeeded by George Kobaladze