Athletes to Watch Out For Men Manueli Tulo – FIJI Born in 1990 - Richard Patterson – NEW ZEALAND 56kg category Gold medallist at the – Born in 1983 - 85Kg category Gold 2008 Commonwealth Youth Games in Medallist at the 2014 Commonwealth India. Oceania Junior Champion 2009. Games. Silver Medallist at the 2010 Com- Oceania Champion 2009, 2010, 2011, monwealth Games. Oceania Champion 2012, 2014, and 2015. Won gold med- 2006, 2007, 2008, 2012 Samoa and 2014 als at Pacific Games and Mini Games in Noumea. Commonwealth Champion 2009 Rarotonga, 2011 Noumea, 2015 2013 Penang. Competed at 2 Olympic Port Moresby. Competed at the 2012 Games – 2008 Beijing, 2012 London. London Olympic Games. Currently rank- ing 1st in Oceania. Morea Baru - PNG - Born in 1990 David Katoatau – KIRIBATI - Born in - 62kg category Oceania champion 1984 – 105Kg category Gold medal- 2015. 2 gold medals at the 2015 Pacific list at the 2014 Glasgow Commonwealth Games in Port Moresby. 2013 Oceania Games. Oceania Champion in the 94Kg Champion in the 56kg category . Cur- category 2009, 2011. Oceania Champion rently ranking number 1st in the Oce- in the 105Kg category 2013, 2014, 2015. ania and Commonwealth. Commonwealth Champion in the 105Kg category 2013, 2014, 2015. Competed at 2 Olympic Games - 2008 Beijing and 2012 London. Currently ranking 1st in Oceania. Manuel Minginfel – FSM - Born in Damon Kelly – AUSTRALIA - Born 1978 - 69kg category Silver medal at in 1983 +105Kg category 2006 the 2006 San Domingo World Champi- Commonwealth Games silver medal- onships. Oceania Champion in the 62Kg list. 2010 Commonwealth Games Gold & 69Kg category - 2003, 2004, 2005, Medallist, 2014 Commonwealth Games 2006, 2007, 2008, 2011, 2012, 2015. Bronze Medallist. Oceania Champion Competed at 4 Olympic Games – 2000 2003, 2008, 2012, 2013. Silver medallist Sydney, 2004 Athens, 2008 Beijing, 2015 Commonwealth Championships. 2012 London. Won 16 gold medals at Competed at 2 Olympic Games – 2008 the Pacific Games and Mini Games – Beijing and 2012 London. 2003 Suva, 2005 Palau, 2007 Apia, 2009 Rarotonga, 2011 Noumea, 2013 Wallis & Futuna and 2015 Port Moresby. Petunu Opeloge – SAMOA - Born in Itte Detenamo, Nauru – Born in 1994 – 85kg category 1986 - 105+Kg category Holds 2015 Oceania Champion and triple gold every record in the 105+kg category in medallist at the 2015 Pacific Games in the Oceania and the Commonwealth. Port Moresby. Currently ranking number Competed at 3 Olympic Games so far 1st in Oceania. - 2004 Athens, 2008 Beijing, 2012 Lon- don, Commonwealth Games medallist: Bronze 2006 Melbourne, Silver 2010 Delhi, Silver 2014 Glasgow 2005 World Junior Championships – Korea – bronze medallist. Has won every Pacific Games and Mini Games since 2003. Suva 2003, Palau 2005, Apia 2007, Rarotonga 2009, Noumea 2011, Wallis & Futuna 2013, Port Moresby 2015 - a total of 21 Gold medals. Oceania Champion 2006 to 2011 and 2014 to 2015. Competed at the 2012 London Olympic Games. Currently rank- ing 1st in Oceania. Athletes to Watch Out For Women Thelma Toua - PNG - Born in 1991 Phillipa Malone – Born in 1989 - 48Kg category Won 3 gold medals AUSTRALIA 63Kg Category 2015 at the 2015 Pacific Games in Port Mo- Oceania Champion in the 63Kg cat- resby. 2015 Oceania Champion. Bronze egory. Won three gold medals at the medallist at the 2015 Commonwealth 2015 Pacific Games in Port Moresby. Championships. Currently ranking 1st in Oceania. Erika Ropati-Frost - Born in 1987 Apolonia Vaivai – Fiji Born in 1991 AUSTRALIA 53Kg category 2015 69Kg category Gold Medalist at Oceania Champion in the 53kg cat- 2015 Commonwealth Championships, egory. Won 2 gold medals at the 2015 Bronze medallist at the 2014 Com- Pacific Games in Port Moresby. Bronze monwealth Games, Triple silver med- medallist at the 2006 Commonwealth allist at each of the Pacific Games and Games in Melbourne in the 48kg cat- Mini Games. 2013 Wallis & Futuna and egory. 2015 Pacific Games in Port Moresby. Jenly Wini – SOLOMON ISLANDS Mary Opeloge - Samoa Born in – Born 1983 - 58kg category Oce- 1992 75Kg Category Silver medallist ania Champion 2013, 2014, 2015. at the 2014 Commonwealth Games Won 3 gold medals at the 2015 Pacific in Glasgow. Oceania Champion 2007 Games in Port Moresby, 3 gold med- to 2015. Mary has won the Oceania als at the 2013 Mini Games in Wallis title for 9 consecutive years. Triple gold & Futuna. Gold medallist at the 2015 medallist at each of the Pacific Games Commonwealth Championships in- and Mini Games - 2011 Noumea, 2013 India. Competed at the 2012 London Wallis & Futuna, 2015 Port Moresby. Olympic Games. Currently ranking 1st Commonwealth Champion 2013, in Oceania 2015. .