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New Zealand's Empire and Commonwealth Games weightlifting medallists

Games gold medalGold medal silver medalSilver medal bronze medalBronze medal
1950 Auckland
British Empire Games

Harold Cleghorn
(110 kg combined)

Bruce George
(75 kg combined)

 
1954 Vancouver
British Empire and Commonwealth Games
   

Harold Cleghorn
(110 kg combined)

Bruce George
(82.5 kg combined)

1962 Perth
British Empire and Commonwealth Games
 

Don Oliver
(110 kg combined)

 
1966 Kingston
British Empire and Commonwealth Games

Don Oliver
(110 kg combined)

   
1970 Edinburgh
British Commonwealth Games
 

John Bolton
(82.5 kg combined)

Tony Ebert
(75 kg combined)

Bruce Cameron
(67.5 kg combined)

1974 Christchurch
British Commonwealth Games

Graham May
(+110 kg combined)

Tony Ebert
(75 kg combined)

John Bolton
(110 kg combined)

Brian Marsden
(90 kg combined)

John Barrett
(110 kg combined)

Bruce Cameron
(67.5 kg combined)

Brian Duffy
(60 kg combined)

1978 Edmonton
Commonwealth Games

Precious McKenzie
(56 kg combined)

 

Brian Marsden
(90 kg combined)

Phillip Sue
(67.5 kg combined)

1986 Edinburgh
Commonwealth Games
 

Clayton Chelley
(56 kg combined)

 
1998 Kuala Lumpur
Commonwealth Games

Darren Liddel
(+105 kg clean and jerk)

Darren Liddel
(+105 kg snatch)

Darren Liddel
(+105 kg combined)

 

Nigel Avery
(105 kg snatch)

Nigel Avery
(105 kg combined)

2002 Manchester
Commonwealth Games

Nigel Avery
(+105 kg clean and jerk)

Nigel Avery
(+105 kg combined)

Nigel Avery
(+105 kg snatch)

Olivia Baker
(+75 kg snatch)

Olivia Baker
(+75 kg combined)

Olivia Baker
(+75 kg clean & jerk)

Terry Hughes
(62 kg clean & jerk)

Terry Hughes
(62 kg combined)

2006 Melbourne Commonwealth Games    

Keisha-Dean Soffe
(+75 kg combined)

2010 Delhi
Commonwealth Games
 

Stanislav Chalaev
(105 kg combined)

Richard Patterson
(85 kg combined)

 
2014 Glasgow
Commonwealth Games

Richard Patterson
(85 kg)

Stanislav Chalaev
(105 kg)

Tracey Lambrechs
(+75 kg)

2018 Gold Coast
Commonwealth Games

David Liti
(+105 kg)

   

This table lists New Zealand weightlifters who were awarded medals in the Empire or Commonwealth Games from 1950 to 2014.

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Peter Clayworth, Bodybuilding, weightlifting and powerlifting – Weightlifting, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/interactive/40886/new-zealands-empire-and-commonwealth-games-weightlifting-medallists (accessed 4 June 2026).

Story by Peter Clayworth, published 19 February 2013, updated 27 January 2015.