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Nationality
  
Australia

Weight
  
151 kg

Height
  
1.82 m


Role
  
Weightlifter

Name
  
Damon Kelly

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Born
  
1 December 1983 (age 40) (
1983-12-01
)

Profiles

Damon kelly commonwealth games gold medal lifts


Damon Joseph Kelly (born 1 December 1983 in Atherton, Queensland) is an Australian weightlifter who competed at the 2008 Olympic Games finishing ninth. 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, having secured the sole position with a personal best lift on his final attempt at the Olympic Nomination Trials.

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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).

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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. He has been undefeated at the Australian Championships since 2006 and is also the reigning Oceania champion. At the 2014 Commonwealth Games, he finished third, 12 kg behind the winner.

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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. He trains at Cougars Weightlifting Club in Brisbane under coach Miles Wydall.

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Damon Kelly The Road to Rio An Interview with Weightlifting Legend Damon Kelly

Damon Kelly Interview with Damon Kelly 2010 commonwealth gold medalist First Pull

References

Damon Kelly Wikipedia


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