2025 Oceania Cup + Youth & Junior Weightlifting Championships Results

While the 2025 European Weightlifting Championships were setting Chisinau, Moldova ablaze, some of the best athletes in the Oceanic region — newcomer and veteran alike — were performing at home.

The 2025 Oceania Cup and Youth & Junior Weightlifting Championships ran from Apr. 11 to 13 in Melbourne, Australia, and featured some surprising names you might recognize. We won't spoil the fun, though. Weightlifting House is proud to deliver results from both events below:

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Below are the results from the 2025 Oceana Youth and Junior Championships. Please note that these results are not incomplete; some weight category events did not have enough athletes to fill the podium.

• One Big Thing: The Oceania Weightlifting Federation (OWF) obtained permission to utilize the sport's 8 new bodyweight categories which officially take effect Jun. 1, 2025. 

Editor's Note: The formatting below reads as "Athlete (Country): Total (Snatch / Clean & Jerk)"

44KG

1. Ani Gavera (PNG): 103 (45/58)

48KG

1. Siena Lambert (AUS): 125 (56/69)
2. Bede Igo (PNG): 115 (52/63)
3. River Herman (NRU): 102 (45/57)

53KG

1. Ellie Zalcman (AUS): 126 (57/69)
2. Lynne Rarua (PNG): 115 (52/63)

58KG

1. Emma Booth (AUS): 130 (59/71)
2. Bless Harris (NRU): 125 (57/68)

63KG

1. Lily Austin (AUS): 163 (74/89)
2. Milah Dinh (VAN): 161 (71/85)
3. Claris Turaganivalu (FIJ): 138 (63/75)

69KG

1. Sefulu Seuao (SAM): 187 (83/104)
2. Saige Groves (AUS): 167 (70/97)

77KG

1. Isabel Grylls (AUS): 182 (80/102)
2. Indianna Wilson (AUS): 180 (85/95)

+77KG

1. Seine Stowers (SAM): 211 (96/115)
2. Anika Falasia (NZL): 200 (90/110)
3. Yvonne-Rose Menke (NRU): 158 (73/85)

56KG

1. Lawrence Reva Oala (PNG): 165 (70/95)

60KG

1. Alfred Degia (NRU): 203 (88/115)
2. Warren Sadiman (NCL): 123 (60/63)

65KG

1. Jacob Stanesby (AUS): 193 (88/105)

71KG

1. Faitasia Seuao (SAM): 246 (106/140)
2. Freeman Hale (SOL): 233 (105/128)

79KG

1. Sione Sasa (SAM): 280 (120/160)
2. Oliver Leng (AUS): 261 (115/146)
3. Samuel Honeywood (AUS): 236 (104/132)

88KG

1. Nehemia Elder (FIJ): 317 (142/175)
2. Kyle Itsimaera (NRU): 265 (125/140)
3. Niusila Opeloge (SAM): 265 (110/155)

+88KG

1. Peter-Junior Abouke (NRU): 230 (100/130)
2. Aloisio Sako (NCL): 218 (101/117)

48KG

1. Jo-Bth Deireragea (NRU): 141 (63/78)
2. Bede Igo (PNG): 115 (52/63)
3. Ani Gavera (PNG): 103 (45/58)

53KG

1. Chloe Perkins (AUS): 160 (71/89)
2. Idau Vagi (PNG): 131 (61/70)
3. Lynne Rarua (PNG): 115 (52/63)

58KG

1. Ashley Kolomoisky (AUS): 173 (77/96)
2. Juliana Ghetto (AUS): 171 (76/95)
3. Anoni Taulua Faumui (SAM): 168 (76/92)

63KG

1. Layla Bloom (AUS): 179 (75/104)
2. Milah Dinh (VAN): 161 (71/90)
3. Claris Turaganivalu (FIJ): 138 (63/75)

69KG

1. Olivia Selemaia (NZL): 223 (103/120)
2. Nya Hayman (AUS): 206 (95/111)
3. Taiamoni Pakoti (AUS): 200 (90/110)

77KG

1. Samantha Walker (AUS): 210 (100/110)
2. Miriama Taletawa (FIJ): 197 (87/110)
3. Briseis Crighton-Teau (COK): 137 (59/78)

86KG

1. Seine Stowers (SAM): 211 (96/115)
2. Yvonne-Rose Menke (NRU): 158 (73/85)

+86KG

1. Anika Falasia (NZL): 200 (90/110)
2. Marquina Cook (NRU): 153 (68/85)

60KG

1. Alfred Degia (NRU): 203 (88/115)
2. Velena Ulea (PNG): 173 (70/103)
3. Lawrence Reva Oala (PNG): 165 (70/95)

65KG

1. Johannes Adam (NRU): 236 (100/136)
2. Falevaa Tafi (SAM): 235 (105/130)
3. Robert Lafisi (SOL): 221 (95/126)

71KG

1. Faitasia Seuao (SAM): 246 (106/140)
2. Freeman Hale (SOL): 233 (105/128)

79KG

1. Sione Sasa (SAM): 280 (120/160)
2. Daniel Shaw (FIJ): 265 (115/150)
3. Spartan Teimitsi (NRU): 262 (115/147)

88KG

1. Nehemiah Elder (FIJ): 317 (142/175)
2. Kyle Itsimaera (NRU): 265 (125/140)
3. Niusila Opeloge (SAM): 265 (110/155)

98KG

1. Emmanuel Ulimasao (SAM): 302 (131/171)
2. Zion Tokona (FIJ): 278 (117/161)

110KG

1. Tomasi Saukuru (FIJ): 290 (130/160)
2. Peter-Junior Abouke (NRU): 230 (100/130)

+110KG

1. Fomai Faimanifo (SAM): 291 (126/165)
2. Aloisio Sako (NCL): 218 (101/117)

Below you'll find the top performers at the 2025 Oceania Cup, which ran concurrently with the Youth & Junior Weightlifting Championships.

Editor's Note: The Cup lists final rankings across bodyweights by Sinclair. We've included the top 10 men and women below.

Eileen Cikamatana (VIC)

• Bodyweight: 86.00KG
• Snatch: 106, 112, 117x
• Clean & Jerk: 143, 148, 151x
• Total: 260
• Sinclair: 293.68

Zoe Pukekura (NSW)

• Bodyweight: 62.70KG
• Snatch: 87, 90, 92
• Clean & Jerk: 110, 115, 118
• Total: 210
• Sinclair: 275.2

Kiana Elliott (SA)

• Bodyweight: 61.55
• Snatch: 93x, 93, 95
• Clean & Jerk: 105, 108, 111
• Total: 206
• Sinclair: 272.81

Hidilyn Diaz (PHI)

• Bodyweight: 62.95
• Snatch: 85, 90x, 90
• Clean & Jerk: 110, 114, 118x
• Total: 204
• Sinclair: 266.74

Lesila Fiapule (SAM)

• Bodyweight: 128.25
• Snatch: 101, 106, 111
• Clean & Jerk: 141, 146, 150x
• Total: 257
• Sinclair: 261.57

Iuniarra Sipaia (SAM)

• Bodyweight: 139.80
• Snatch: 101, 106, 112x
• Clean & Jerk: 145, 150, 154x
• Total: 256
• Sinclair: 257.91

Avatu Opeloge (SAM)

• Bodyweight: 77.00
• Snatch: 92, 96, 99x
• Clean & Jerk: 121x, 121, n/a
• Total: 217
• Sinclair: 256.47

Darcy Kay (QLD)

• Bodyweight: 63.00
• Snatch: 88, 91, 93x
• Clean & Jerk: 105, 112x, 112x
• Total: 196
• Sinclair: 256.16

Madison Farley (GBR)

• Bodyweight: 71.90
• Snatch: 87, 90, 92
• Clean & Jerk: 114, 118x, 118x
• Total: 206
• Sinclair: 251.31

Olivia Shelton-Smoothy (QLD)

• Bodyweight: 76.55
• Snatch: 93, 96x, 98x
• Clean & Jerk: 119, 123x, 123x 
• Total: 212
• Sinclair: 251.22

John Tafi (SAM)

• Bodyweight: 70.55
• Snatch: 130, 135, 140x
• Clean & Jerk: 160, 166, 175x
• Total: 301
• Sinclair: 420.41

Sanele Mao (SAM)

• Bodyweight: 137.50
• Snatch: 180x, 180, 190x
• Clean & Jerk: 220x, 220x, 220
• Total: 400
• Sinclair: 418.02

Ezekiel Moses (NRU)

• Bodyweight: 73.95
• Snatch: 130, 140x, 140x
• Clean & Jerk:165, 175x, 175
• Total: 305
• Sinclair: 413.68

Jack Opeloge (SAM)

• Bodyweight: 107.80
• Snatch: 160x, 160x, 160
• Clean & Jerk: 200, 207, 215x
• Total: 367
• Sinclair: 413.14

Morea Baru (PNG)

• Bodyweight: 65.00
• Snatch: 115, 120, 124
• Clean & Jerk: 150x, 150, 156
• Total: 280
• Sinclair: 412.90

Oliver Saxton (SAM)

• Bodyweight: 97.75
• Snatch: 150, 160, 165x
• Clean & Jerk: 180, 185, 190
• Total: 350
• Sinclair: 410.12

Maeu Nanai Livi (SAM)

• Bodyweight: 109.60
• Snatch: 161, 166, 170x
• Clean & Jerk: 190, 200, 205x
• Total: 366
• Sinclair: 409.47

Suamili Nanai (WA)

• Bodyweight: 154.45
• Snatch: 160, 170, 180x
• Clean & Jerk: 190, 205x, 215
• Total: 385
• Sinclair: 393.27

Myren Madden (GBR)

• Bodyweight: 96.25
• Snatch: 140, 144, 148x
• Clean & Jerk: 175, 180x, 183
• Total: 327
• Sinclair: 385.81

Jackson Roberts-Young (NSW)

• Bodyweight: 109.95
• Snatch: 140x, 140, 145
• Clean & Jerk: 185, 192, 200
• Total: 345
• Sinclair: 385.52