Matile Sitagata

Career

Matile only started training for powerlifting after the 2011 Pacific Games which were held in Nouméa, New Caledonia in September. Her first international competition was in December 2012 at the Oceania Powerlifting Championships where she exploded onto the scene with a gold medal in the Junior 84+kg class and a fantastic new Junior World Record in the deadlift of 220 kg. She retained her Junior World crown in June 2014 in Potchefstroom, South Africa.

Besides winning the gold medal in the 84+kg class she set four Junior World Records and broke an Open WR with 237.5 kg in the deadlift.

Achievements

• At her first powerlifting competition in December 2011 it was obvious that she was a real talent and that she was going to be a great champion. At her first World Championships held in Suzdal Russia Matile won Gold in the 84+kg class with 455 kg Total and was crowned Junior World Champion for the first time. Later that year in Auckland New Zealand she again won the Oceania Junior Champion trophy in the 84+kg class and also came away with the Best Junior lifter award. Later that year in Melbourne she won her first Open Oceania title in the 84+kg class though she was still a junior and smashed her own Junior WR set in 2012 with an easy 222.5 kg second attempt. In 2015 she was denied the chance to win her third Junior World crown in Finland due to funding limitations but made up for this by breaking numerous records in Portuguese Moresby Proportional navigation guidance at the 2015 Pacific Games.