Career
He also competed at the 1994 in Victoria where he placed 5th in the men"s 108+ kg. On his return home from the 1998 he received a hero"s welcome in Te Atatu. At the time he said: "Little did I know three weeks ago that I would be returning home to this kind of welcome.
I’m speechless".
After the 1998 he was troubled by a worsening wrist injury, and within 2 years he had stopped weightlifting.
