Eileen Cikamatana

FAST FACTS

Sport: Weightlifting
Event: Women's 81kg
State: Victoria
Club: Oceania Weightlifting Institute Gym
Born: 1999

ABOUT EILEEN

Eileen Cikamatana is the first woman to win individual Commonwealth Games gold medals for two different countries - Australia and Fiji.

She claimed gold at the Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games, competing for Fiji in the women's 90kg weight division. Then at Birmingham 2022 she won gold for Australia in the 87kg class - snatching 110kg with a clean & jerk of 145kg for a 255kg total (all Commonwealth Games records).

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