1 July 2022(2022-07-01) (aged 40) Denigomodu, Nauru
Height
1.65 m (5 ft 5 in)
Weight
136 kg (300 lb)
Sport
Country
Nauru
Sport
Weightlifting
Medal record
Commonwealth Games
2002 Manchester
75 kg+
Reanna Solomon (16 December 1981 – 1 July 2022) was a Nauruan weightlifter. She was the first female Nauruan athlete to win a Commonwealth Games gold medal, and remains one of the only three Nauruans ever to have won a Commonwealth Games gold, the others being Marcus Stephen and Yukio Peter.
Solomon competed in the 2002 Commonwealth Games. She lifted 127.5 kg in the Women's 75 kg+ Clean and Jerk, winning the gold medal, and won another gold medal by lifting 227.5 kg in the Women's 75 kg+ Combined. In the Women's 75 kg+ Snatch she took the bronze, lifting 100 kg.[2][3]
Solomon also took part in the 2004 Summer Olympic Games.[4]
Solomon died from COVID-19 on 1 July 2022, at the age of 40.[5][6] The Oceania Weightlifting Federation released a statement in tribute to her.[7] Her death was the first in Nauru to be caused by COVID-19.[5] President of Nauru Lionel Aingimea offered condolences to her family.[8] In August 2022, 2022 Commonwealth Games bronze medalist Maximina Uepa dedicated her medal to Solomon.[9]
^"Official website of the 2002 Commonwealth Games". Archived from the original on 15 November 2021. Retrieved 24 May 2008.
^Official results Archived 10 August 2002 at archive.today on the website of the Commonwealth Games
^"COMMONWEALTH GAMES: Nauru leads Pacific in Manchester"[permanent dead link], Pacific Magazine, 4 August 2002
^National Olympic Committee of Nauru
^ abOliver, Brian (6 July 2022). "Commonwealth Games weightlifting champion dies of COVID-19 aged 40". InsideTheGames.biz. Retrieved 6 July 2022.
^"Reanna Solomon, Commonwealth weightlifting gold medallist, dies of Covid aged 40". WIONews. 7 July 2022. Retrieved 18 July 2022.
^"VALE REANNA SOLOMON – NAURU". Oceania Weightlifting Federation. 4 July 2022. Retrieved 6 July 2022.
^"Covid-19: Nauru records first death; Niue records 10 community cases". Loop Nauru. 4 July 2022. Retrieved 6 July 2022.
^"Nauru weightlifter dedicates medal to ex-champion mother of five killed by COVID". InsideTheGames.biz. 2 August 2022. Retrieved 15 August 2022.
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