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Nationality | Solomon Islands | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Honiara, Solomon Islands | 9 June 1983||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.55 m (5 ft 1 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 58 kg (128 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Sport | Weightlifting | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Event | -58 kg | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Coached by | Leslie Ata | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Jenly Tegu Wini (born 9 June 1983 in Honiara, Solomon Islands) is Solomon Islander weightlifter. She competed in the 2012 Summer Olympics at the women's 58 kg category. She was flagbearer of Solomon Islands sports team in the opening ceremony.[1] In the event, Wini finished in 17th.
She won the 2013 Oceania Championships in her weight category becoming the first female weightlifter from Solomon Islands to achieve this feat.[2]
She also competed at the 2014 Commonwealth Games, finishing 8th in the women's 58 kg.[3] She was also the Solomon Islands flagbearer at this event.[2]
She competed at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro in the women's 58 kg. She finished in 15th place.[4] She was the flagbearer for the Solomon Islands during the opening ceremony.[5]
In 2018, she made history by becoming the first Solomon Islands athlete to win a Commonwealth Games medal, claiming bronze in the women's 58kg weightlifting event on the Gold Coast.[6]