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Luisa Fatiaki Taitapu Peters (born 27 June 1993) is a police officer and retired[3] weightlifter from the Cook Islands, who competes in the +75 kg weight division. She participated in two Olympics (2012, 2016) and three Commonwealth Games (2010, 2014, 2018) with the best result of fifth place in 2018. She won a bronze medal at the 2015 Pacific Games.

Luisa Peters

Peters at the 2016 Olympics

Personal information
Full nameLuisa Fatiaki Taitapu Peters
Born27 June 1993 (age 31)
Rarotonga, Cook Islands
Height165 cm (5 ft 5 in)[1]
Weight100 kg (220 lb)
Sport
Country Cook Islands
SportWeightlifting
Event+75 kg
ClubOceania Weightlifting Institute[2]
Coached byPaul Coffa (club)
Unakea Kauvai (national)[2]

Medal record

Peters took up weightlifting aged 16. In 2016, she was elected on a four-year term as a vice president of the Oceania Weightlifting Federation, becoming its first female official.[2]

Year Venue Weight Snatch (kg) Clean & Jerk (kg) Total Rank
1 2 3 Rank 1 2 3 Rank
Representing   Cook Islands
Olympic Games
2016   Rio de Janeiro, Brasil +75 kg 95 100 100 14 119 124 126 14 224 14
2012   London, Great Britain +75 kg 74 78 82 13 95 100 105 13 182 12
World Championships
2015   Houston, United States +75 kg 92 95 98 31 115 120 120 31 210 30
Oceania Championships
2017   Gold Coast, Australia +90 kg 100 100 100 — — — — — — —
2016   Suva, Fiji +75 kg 95 100 100   117 122 122   212  
2015   Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea +75 kg 94 94 98   113 113 113   207  
Commonwealth Games
2018   Gold Coast, Australia +90 kg 100 103 103 6 120 125 127 4 225 5
2014   Glasgow, Scotland +75 kg 95 100 103 6 115 120 125 5 225 6[4]
2010   Delhi, India +75 kg 62 65 70 10 81 85 88 10 155 10[5]
Pacific Games
2015   Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea +75 kg 94 94 98   113 113 113   207  
2011   Nouméa, New Caledonia +75 kg 73 77 80 4 92 95 95 4 175 4
  1. ^ "Luisa Fatiaki Taitapu Peters". Rio2016.com. Rio 2016 Organising Committee for the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 10 December 2016.
  2. ^ a b c "Luisa Fatiaki Taitapu Peters". nbcolympics.com. NBC Olympics. Archived from the original on 19 September 2016.
  3. ^ "Olympic weightlifting champion Diaz and police officer Peters join Osei on IWF Executive Board". Insidethegames.biz. 13 January 2023. Retrieved 3 April 2023.
  4. ^ "Women's +75 kg – Result". results.glasgow2014.com. Archived from the original on 20 August 2016. Retrieved 4 July 2016.
  5. ^ "Commonwealth Games Weightlifting results" (PDF). OceaniaWeightlifting.com. Archived (PDF) from the original on 8 March 2016. Retrieved 4 July 2016.