Manueli Tulo

Manueli Tulo

Personal information
Born	(1990-03-25) March 25, 1990 Levuka
Height	1.51 m (4 ft 11+1⁄2 in)
Weight	56 kg (123 lb)
Sport
Country	Fiji
Sport	Weightlifting
Event	56kg
Medal record Men's Weightlifting Representing Fiji Pacific Games Gold medal – first place 2011 Nouméa 56 kg Gold medal – first place 2015 Port Moresby 56 kg Bronze medal – third place 2007 Apia 56 kg Commonwealth Championships Bronze medal – third place 2016 Penang 56 kg Oceania Championships Gold medal – first place 2009 Darwin 56 kg Gold medal – first place 2010 Suva 56 kg Gold medal – first place 2011 Darwin 56 kg Gold medal – first place 2012 Apia 56 kg Gold medal – first place 2014 Le Mont-Dore 56 kg Gold medal – first place 2015 Port Moresby 56 kg Gold medal – first place 2016 Suva 56 kg Gold medal – first place 2017 Gold Coast 56 kg Arafura Games Gold medal – first place 2009 Darwin 56 kg Gold medal – first place 2011 Darwin 56 kg
Updated on 28 January 2022

Manueli Tulo (born 25 March 1990) is a Fijian weightlifter who competed for Fiji at the 2012 Summer Olympics and at the 2016 Summer Olympics. Both times he competed in the Men's 56kg event, finishing 13th both times. His wife Maria Liku also represented Fiji in weightlifting at the 2012 Summer Olympics, while his younger sister, Seruwaia Malani, competed at the 2014 Commonwealth Games.

Career

In 2009, he won the 2008 Fiji Sportsman of the Year award, having won Fiji's first gold medal at the Commonwealth Youth Games in 2008. Also in 2009, he finished 4th at the Commonwealth Championship.

He came 3rd in the 2016 Commonwealth Championship, after finishing 5th in the 2015 edition.

Tulo won a gold medal at the 2016 Oceania Weightlifting Championships. He also won a gold medal at the Australian Open Championships when he snatched 108 kg, clean and jerked 134 kg for a total of 242 kg. That year he finished 5th in the Commonwealth Championships.

Tulo finished 8th at the 2017 World Championships, with a total of 238 kg (103 kg snatch, 135 kg clean & jerk). This was a great improvement over his previous World Championship finishes of 21st, 22nd and 26th (in 2011, 2015 and 2010 respectively).

At the 2018 Commonwealth Games, he finished 4th, with a total of 239 kg (104 kg snatch, 135 kg clean & jerk).