Morea Baru

Morea Baru

Personal information
Nationality	Papua New Guinean
Born	(1990-04-15) 15 April 1990 Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea
Height	1.62 m (5 ft 4 in)
Weight	61 kg (134 lb)
Sport
Country	Papua New Guinea
Sport	Weightlifting
Medal record Men's weightlifting Representing Papua New Guinea Pacific Games Gold medal – first place 2015 Port Moresby 62 kg Gold medal – first place 2019 Apia 61 kg Silver medal – second place 2011 Nouméa 56 kg Commonwealth Games Silver medal – second place 2018 Gold Coast 62 kg Silver medal – second place 2022 Birmingham 61 kg Commonwealth Championships Gold medal – first place 2017 Gold Coast 62 kg Gold medal – first place 2019 Apia 61 kg Oceania Championships Gold medal – first place 2013 Brisbane 56 kg Gold medal – first place 2015 Port Moresby 62 kg Gold medal – first place 2016 Suva 62 kg Gold medal – first place 2017 Gold Coast 62 kg Gold medal – first place 2018 Le Mont-Dore 62 kg Gold medal – first place 2019 Apia 61 kg Gold medal – first place 2021 Oceania 61 kg Gold medal – first place 2022 Saipan 61 kg Gold medal – first place 2024 Auckland 61 kg Gold medal – first place 2025 Meyuns 65 kg Silver medal – second place 2014 Le Mont-Dore 62 kg

Morea Baru (born 15 April 1990) is a Papua New Guinean Olympic weightlifter. He competed at three Summer Olympics achieving the best result of fifth place in 2024 in Paris, France.

Career

He competed at the 2016 Oceania Weightlifting Championship in Suva, Fiji and won with a total lift of 283 kg. Baru also participated at the Australian International Open in March 2016 and also took top honours with a total of 291 kg. He competed at the 2014 Commonwealth Games and finished fourth.

Baru finished in top ten for three times at the Olympics. He was sixth in 2016 in Rio de Janeiro, tenth in 2021 in Tokyo and fifth in 2024 in Paris. He is also a nine-time Oceania champion.

Major results

Year	Venue	Weight	Snatch (kg)				Clean & Jerk (kg)				Total	Rank
			1	2	3	Rank	1	2	3	Rank
Summer Olympics
2016	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	62 kg	122	126	129	—	159	164	168	—	290	6
2021	Tokyo, Japan	61 kg	113	118	118	—	147	153	153	—	265	10
2024	Paris, France	61 kg	118	122	122	—	150	157	161	—	279	5
World Championships
2015	Houston, United States	62 kg	115	120	120	28	150	150	158	25	270	27
2019	Pattaya, Thailand	61 kg	120	124	124	20	156	156	160	11	276	16
2022	Bogotá, Colombia	61 kg	110	115	118	26	143	148	150	24	258	25
2023	Riyadh, Saudi Arabia	61 kg	120	123	123	21	153	156	156	16	276	19
Oceania Championships
2010	Suva, Fiji	56 kg	85	90	90	6	110	115	115	5	200	5
2011	Darwin, Australia	62 kg	95			5	130			3rd place, bronze medalist(s)	225	4
2012	Apia, Samoa	62 kg	100	105	105	3rd place, bronze medalist(s)	130	135	135	4	235	4
2013	Brisbane, Australia	56 kg	94	98	98	1st place, gold medalist(s)	121	128	132	1st place, gold medalist(s)	222	1st place, gold medalist(s)
2014	Mont-Dore, New Caledonia	62 kg	115	119	122	2nd place, silver medalist(s)	150	155	155	2nd place, silver medalist(s)	269	2nd place, silver medalist(s)
2015	Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea	62 kg	118	121	124	1st place, gold medalist(s)	155	158	158	2nd place, silver medalist(s)	276	1st place, gold medalist(s)
2016	Suva, Fiji	62 kg	120	125	125	1st place, gold medalist(s)	162	163	163	1st place, gold medalist(s)	283	1st place, gold medalist(s)
2017	Gold Coast, Australia	62 kg	120	124	125	1st place, gold medalist(s)	156	162	162	1st place, gold medalist(s)	282	1st place, gold medalist(s)
2018	Mont-Dore, New Caledonia	62 kg	110	115	120	1st place, gold medalist(s)	141	150	160	1st place, gold medalist(s)	280	1st place, gold medalist(s)
2019	Apia, Samoa	61 kg	115	120	124	1st place, gold medalist(s)	150	160	164	1st place, gold medalist(s)	284	1st place, gold medalist(s)
2021	Various, Oceania	61 kg	110	115	120	1st place, gold medalist(s)	140	145	150	1st place, gold medalist(s)	265	1st place, gold medalist(s)
2022	Saipan, Northern Mariana Islands	61 kg	101	110	120	1st place, gold medalist(s)	133	140	151	1st place, gold medalist(s)	261	1st place, gold medalist(s)
2024	Auckland, New Zealand	61 kg	112	112	120	1st place, gold medalist(s)	150	160	160	1st place, gold medalist(s)	262	1st place, gold medalist(s)
Commonwealth Games
2010	Delhi, India	56 kg	85	90	95	—	115	120	125	—	205	10
2014	Glasgow, Great Britain	62 kg	115	120	120	—	149	149	150	—	270	4
2018	Gold Coast, Australia	62 kg	123	127	130	—	159	159	163	—	286	2nd place, silver medalist(s)
2022	Birmingham, England	61 kg	114	118	121	—	152	165	165	—	273	2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Pacific Games
2011	Nouméa, New Caledonia	56 kg	95	100	100	2nd place, silver medalist(s)	125	130	135	2nd place, silver medalist(s)	220	2nd place, silver medalist(s)
2015	Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea	62 kg	118	121	124	1st place, gold medalist(s)	155	158	158	2nd place, silver medalist(s)	276	1st place, gold medalist(s)
2019	Apia, Samoa	61 kg	115	120	124	1st place, gold medalist(s)	150	160	164	1st place, gold medalist(s)	284	1st place, gold medalist(s)
2023	Honiara, Solomon Islands	61 kg	118	123	126	1st place, gold medalist(s)	155	155	155	—	—	—