Richie Patterson
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| Full name | Richard John Edward Patterson | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | (1983-04-30) 30 April 1983 (age 41) Auckland, New Zealand | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.67 m (5 ft 6 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 84 kg (185 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Country | New Zealand | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Weightlifting | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Richard John Edward Patterson (born 30 April 1983) is a weightlifting competitor for New Zealand.
At the 2010 Commonwealth Games in Delhi he won the silver medal in the men's 85 kg weightlifting event.[1] Four years later, at the 2014 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow, he won the gold medal in the same event.[2] He was New Zealand's flagbearer in the 2014 Commonwealth Games closing ceremony.[3]
To qualify for the 2012 Summer Olympics Patterson had to rely on fellow New Zealand teammate Tavita Ngalu to lift 150 kg at the Oceania Championships. In a selfless act Ngalu did so while injured with ripped quadriceps and New Zealand's highest ranked weightlifter (Patterson) qualified for the Games.[4]
Patterson married fellow weightlifter Phillipa Hale in Glasgow on 31 July 2014, after both had competed in the Commonwealth Games (Hale competed in the women's 53 kg event).[3][5]
Major results
| Year | Venue | Weight | Snatch (kg) | Clean & Jerk (kg) | Total | Rank | ||||||
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Representing  New Zealand
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| Olympic Games | ||||||||||||
| 2016 |  Rio de Janeiro, Brazil |
85 kg | 145 | 149 | 16 | 181 | 15 | 330 | 15 | |||
| 2012 |  London, Great Britain |
85 kg | 150 | 14 | 183 | 186 | 12 | 336 | 12 | |||
| 2008 |  Beijing, China |
77 kg | 130 | 25 | 170 | 18 | 300 | 21 | ||||
| World Championships | ||||||||||||
| 2009 |  Goyang, South Korea |
85 kg | 140 | 144 | 18 | 178 | 17 | 322 | 17 | |||
| 2005 |  Doha, Qatar |
77 kg | 125 | 23 | — | — | — | |||||
| Commonwealth Games | ||||||||||||
| 2014 |  Glasgow, Scotland |
85 kg | 147 | 151 | 1 | 184 | 1 | 335 | 
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| 2010 |  Delhi, India |
85 kg | 142 | 146 | 150 | 1 | 181 | 2 | 331 | 
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| 2006 |  Melbourne, Australia |
77 kg | 128 | 135 | 4 | 158 | 4 | 293 | 4[6] | |||
References
- ^ "Richard Patterson". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 9 December 2017. Retrieved 25 July 2012.
- ^ Shannon, Kris (29 July 2014). "Commonwealth Games: Patterson lifts gold". The New Zealand Herald. Retrieved 29 July 2014.
- ^ a b Anderson, Ian (4 August 2014). "Patterson to fly NZ flag at closing ceremony". Fairfax New Zealand. Retrieved 4 August 2014.
- ^ "Patterson seeks a shirt to give to hero Ngalu". stuff.co.nz. 24 July 2012. Retrieved 25 July 2012.
- ^ "Wedding bells for weightlifting golden boy". Television New Zealand. 29 July 2014. Retrieved 30 July 2014.
- ^ "Men's 77 kg - Result". www.melbourne2006.com.au. Archived from the original on 10 October 2006.
External links
- Richie Patterson at the International Weightlifting Federation
- Richie Patterson at Olympedia
- Richie Patterson at the New Zealand Olympic Committee