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 29) 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 2025 Meyuns +110 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	Bogotá, 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