Personal information | |
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Nationality | Nauruan |
Born | October 14, 1981 Boe District, Nauru |
Died | January 31 or February 1, 2004 (aged 22) Denigomodu District, Nauru |
Occupation | Weightlifter |
Years active | 1997–2004 |
Weight | 52.81 kg (116 lb) (1996) [1] |
Tyoni Batsiua (October 14, 1981 – 2004) was a Nauruan weightlifter. She won the Oceania Weightlifting Championships several times and earned six gold medals at the South Pacific Games. [2] She went on to compete in the World Weightlifting Championships and the 2002 Commonwealth Games. Her career was cut short in 2004 by her sudden death at age 22. [3]
Tyoni Batsiua was born in Nauru's Boe District in 1981. [3] [4] She was a member of the Eamwit tribe. [3]
Her first weightlifting success came as a teenager at the 1997 South Pacific Mini Games in Pago Pago. Two years later, she competed in the 1999 South Pacific Games in Guam, taking home three gold medals. [5] She won another three at the 2003 South Pacific Games in Fiji. [6] She also competed at the 1998 World Weightlifting Championships in Finland and the 2002 Commonwealth Games. [4] [7] [8]
In 2004, she planned to compete in the Summer Olympics in Athens, but late that January, she suffered serious injuries in a car accident. She died a few days later, on January 31 or February 1, 2004, at a hospital in Denigomodu District. [3] She left one daughter, named Oceana. [9] At the time of her death she held the junior and senior records in Oceania for the 58 kg class. [10] The Tyoni Batsiua Memorial Cup was established in Nauru in her honor. [11]
Personal information | |
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Nationality | Nauruan |
Born | October 14, 1981 Boe District, Nauru |
Died | January 31 or February 1, 2004 (aged 22) Denigomodu District, Nauru |
Occupation | Weightlifter |
Years active | 1997–2004 |
Weight | 52.81 kg (116 lb) (1996) [1] |
Tyoni Batsiua (October 14, 1981 – 2004) was a Nauruan weightlifter. She won the Oceania Weightlifting Championships several times and earned six gold medals at the South Pacific Games. [2] She went on to compete in the World Weightlifting Championships and the 2002 Commonwealth Games. Her career was cut short in 2004 by her sudden death at age 22. [3]
Tyoni Batsiua was born in Nauru's Boe District in 1981. [3] [4] She was a member of the Eamwit tribe. [3]
Her first weightlifting success came as a teenager at the 1997 South Pacific Mini Games in Pago Pago. Two years later, she competed in the 1999 South Pacific Games in Guam, taking home three gold medals. [5] She won another three at the 2003 South Pacific Games in Fiji. [6] She also competed at the 1998 World Weightlifting Championships in Finland and the 2002 Commonwealth Games. [4] [7] [8]
In 2004, she planned to compete in the Summer Olympics in Athens, but late that January, she suffered serious injuries in a car accident. She died a few days later, on January 31 or February 1, 2004, at a hospital in Denigomodu District. [3] She left one daughter, named Oceana. [9] At the time of her death she held the junior and senior records in Oceania for the 58 kg class. [10] The Tyoni Batsiua Memorial Cup was established in Nauru in her honor. [11]