David Liti

David Andrew Liti (born 11 July 1996)^[1] is a New Zealand weightlifter, who won the gold medal in the +105 kg event at the 2018 Commonwealth Games. His total lift of 403 kg was a Commonwealth Games record.^[2]

David Liti

2024 Summer Olympics
Personal information
Full name	David Andrew Liti
Nickname	Big Bear
Born	(1996-07-11) 11 July 1996 (age 28) Auckland, New Zealand
Home town	Auckland, New Zealand
Height	1.82 m (6 ft 0 in) (2018)[1]
Weight	185 kg (408 lb) (2018)[1]
Sport
Coached by	Tina Ball
Medal record Men's weightlifting Representing  New Zealand Commonwealth Games 2018 Gold Coast +105 kg 2022 Birmingham +109 kg Commonwealth Championships 2021 Tashkent +109 kg 2016 Penang +105 kg Pacific Games 2023 Honiara +109 kg 2015 Port Moresby +105 kg Oceania Championships 2018 Le-Mont Dore +105 kg 2023 Honiara +109 kg 2024 Auckland +109 kg 2015 Port Moresby +105 kg

At the Games' closing ceremony, Liti was presented with the David Dixon Award for sportsmanship shown towards his injured weightlifting rival Lauititi Lui.^[3]

Career

He represented New Zealand at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan, finishing fifth in the men's +109 kg event.^[4][5]

In December 2022, he was elected as member of the IWF Athletes' Commission.^[6]

In August 2024, he finished in eighth place in the men's +102 kg event at the 2024 Summer Olympics held in Paris, France.^[7]

Major results

Year	Venue	Weight	Snatch (kg)				Clean & Jerk (kg)				Total	Rank
			1	2	3	Rank	1	2	3	Rank
Summer Olympics
2021	Tokyo, Japan	+109 kg	173	178	183	—	229	236	241	—	414	5
2024	Paris, France	+102 kg	178	182	184	—	224	231	235	—	415	8
World Championships
2017	Anaheim, United States	+105 kg	160	166	171	14	218	222	222	11	388	14
2018	Ashgabat, Turkmenistan	+109 kg	161	165	169	20	220	226	231	11	395	12
2019	Pattaya, Thailand	+109 kg	163	168	173	21	216	222	227	12	400	16
2021	Tashkent, Uzbekistan	+109 kg	172	176	180	12	223	227	231	6	407	9
2022	Bogota, Colombia	+109 kg	167	170	173	18	218	223	—	13	396	16
2023	Riyadh, Saudi Arabia	+109 kg	174	178	181	12	224	224	226	8	407	9
IWF World Cup
2024	Phuket, Thailand	+109 kg	175	181	185	10	228	228	—	—	—	—
Oceania Championships
2016	Suva, Fiji	+105 kg	146	152	157	4	200	200	206		363	4
2018	Mont-Dore, New Caledonia	+105 kg	160	—	—		200	—	—		360
2024	Auckland, New Zealand	+109 kg	177	182	183		223	230	236		413
Pacific Games
2015	Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea	+105 kg	131	135	140	6	172	177	181		321
2019	Apia, Samoa	+109 kg	173	177	180		220	220	220	—	—	—
2023	Honiara, Solomon Islands	+109 kg	176	176	182		216	223	—		405

References

1. "David Liti". gc2018.com. Retrieved 10 April 2018.
2. "David Liti breaks record, wins Commonwealth Games gold in men's 105kg+ weightlifting". Stuff.co.nz. 10 April 2018. Retrieved 10 April 2018.
3. "David Liti receives the David Dixon Award for outstanding sporting spirit at Commonwealth Games". Stuff.co.nz. 16 April 2018. Retrieved 16 April 2018.
4. "Tokyo Olympics: Meet the New Zealand team who will be going for gold". stuff.co.nz. 2 July 2021. Retrieved 20 July 2021.
5. "Men's +109 kg Results" (PDF). Tokyo 2020 Summer Olympics. Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 August 2021. Retrieved 4 August 2021.
6. Oliver, Brian (21 December 2022). "Three Olympic weightlifting champions and 700,000 Instagram followers - the new IWF Athletes Commission". InsideTheGames.biz. Retrieved 24 December 2022.
7. "Weightlifting Results Book" (PDF). 2024 Summer Olympics. Archived from the original (PDF) on 11 August 2024. Retrieved 12 August 2024.

External links

• David Liti at the International Weightlifting Federation
• David Liti at Olympics.com
• David Liti at Olympedia
• David Liti at the New Zealand Olympic Committee