Samoan weightlifter (born 2000)
Jack Hitila Opeloge (born 21 August 2000) is a Samoan weightlifter who has represented Samoa at the Pacific Games and Commonwealth Games.
Opeloge comes from a weightlifting family.[1] His brother Niusila and his sister Ele both won gold at the 2010 Commonwealth Games, in New Delhi, while his brother Don Opeloge won silver at the 2018 Commonwealth Games.[1]
At the 2019 Pacific Games in Apia he won a gold, silver and bronze medal in the 81 kg division.[2] At the 2021 Oceania Weightlifting Championships he won gold in the 102 kg division. At the 2022 Oceania Online Cup he came second to his brother Don.[3]
In 2022 he was one of six Samoan weightlifters to qualify for the 2022 Commonwealth Games.[4] He won silver in the 109 kg division after the cancellation of the 102 kg division.[5]
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