{{Use dmy dates|date=June 2020}} {{Short description|Australian weightlifter (born 1994)}} {{Infobox sportsperson | honorific_prefix = | name = Brandon Wakeling | honorific_suffix = | image = <!-- name.jpg --> | image_size = <!-- only when absolutely necessary --> | alt = | caption = | headercolor = | textcolor = <!-- Personal information --> | native_name = | native_name_lang = | birth_name = <!-- if different than name --> | full_name = Brandon Dean Wakeling<!-- if different than name/birth_name --> | nickname = {{Plainlist| * Brando * Brandy }} | nationality = <!-- will not display if national_team is defined --> | national_team = <!-- only for the country represented in international competition --> | ethnicity = | citizenship = | birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1994|2|2}} | birth_place = Campbelltown, New South Wales,<ref name="deadly_choices_profile">{{Cite web|title=Brandon Wakeling: Olympic weightlifter|url=https://deadlychoices.com.au/ambassadors/brandon-wakeling-olympic-weightlifter/|website=Deadly Choices|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200530123218/https://deadlychoices.com.au/ambassadors/brandon-wakeling-olympic-weightlifter/|archive-date=30 May 2020|access-date=30 May 2020}}</ref> Australia | death_date = <!-- {{death date and age|death year|death month|death day|birth year|birth month|birth day}} --> | death_place = | resting_place = | resting_place_coordinates = | monuments = | residence = | hometown = | education = | alma_mater = | occupation = | years_active = | employer = | agent = | height = 167 cm<!-- X cm, X m, or X ft Y in (automatic conversion) plus optional year and reference --> | weight = <!-- X kg, X lb, or X st Y lb (automatic conversion) plus optional year and reference --> | spouse = | life_partner = | other_interests = | website = <!-- {{URL|www.example.com}} --> | module = <!-- Sport --> | country = Australia | sport = Weightlifting | position = | disability = | disability_class = | weight_class = | weight_class_type = | rank = | event = | event_type = | universityteam = | collegeteam = | league = | league_type = | club = | team = | turnedpro = | turnedpro_type = | partner = | former_partner = | coach = Miles Wydall<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nswweightlifting.com.au/statistics/lifter/id/3627 |title=Brandon Wakeling Statistics |access-date=3 June 2024 |publisher=New South Wales Weightlifting Association }}</ref> | retired = | coaching = | module2 = <!-- Achievements and titles --> | worlds = | regionals = | nationals = | olympics = | paralympics = | commonwealth = | highestranking = | pb = <!-- Medal record --> | show-medals = | medaltemplates = {{MedalSport|Men's weightlifting}} {{MedalCountry|{{AUS}}}} {{MedalComp|Commonwealth Championships}} {{MedalSilver|2019 Apia|73 kg}} {{MedalComp|Oceania Championships}} {{MedalGold|2019 Apia|73 kg}} {{MedalSilver|2017 Gold Coast|69 kg}} {{MedalComp|Pacific Games}} {{MedalGold|2019 Apia|73 kg}} {{MedalComp|Arafura Games}} {{MedalBronze|2019 Darwin|73 kg}} | medaltemplates-title = | module3 = }} '''Brandon Dean Wakeling''' (born 2 February 1994) is an Australian weightlifter. He won the gold medal in the men's 73{{nbsp}}kg event at the 2019 Pacific Games held in Apia, Samoa. He represented Australia at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan.<ref name="five_weightlifters_announced_for_tokyo_2021">{{Cite news|date=22 June 2021|title=Five weightlifters announced for Australia's Tokyo Olympics team|work=Xinhuanet|url=http://www.xinhuanet.com/english/2021-06/22/c_1310021441.htm|access-date=18 July 2021}}</ref> He also represented Australia at the Commonwealth Games in 2018 and 2022.

== Career ==

In 2017, Wakeling won the silver medal in the men's 69{{nbsp}}kg event at the Oceania Weightlifting Championships held in Gold Coast, Australia. In the same month, he also competed in the men's 69{{nbsp}}kg event at the 2017 Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games held in Ashgabat, Turkmenistan.<ref name="weightlifting_asian_indoor_martial_arts_2017">{{Cite web|title=Weightlifting Results Book|url=http://www.ocagames.com/orb/files/3/54/AIMAG_WL_resultsBook.pdf|website=2017 Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200530101026/http://www.ocagames.com/orb/files/3/54/AIMAG_WL_resultsBook.pdf|archive-date=30 May 2020|access-date=30 May 2020}}</ref> He finished in 8th place.<ref name="weightlifting_asian_indoor_martial_arts_2017"/>

Wakeling represented Australia at the 2018 Commonwealth Games held in Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia and he competed in the men's 69{{nbsp}}kg event.<ref name="athlete_profile_gold_coast_2018">{{Cite web|title=Brandon Wakeling|url=https://results.gc2018.com/en/weightlifting/athlete-profile-n6025345-brandon-wakeling.htm|website=2018 Gold Coast|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200530102743/https://results.gc2018.com/en/weightlifting/athlete-profile-n6025345-brandon-wakeling.htm|archive-date=30 May 2020|access-date=30 May 2020}}</ref><ref name="commonwealth_games_au_profile_2018">{{Cite web|title=Brandon Wakeling|url=https://commonwealthgames.com.au/athletes/brandon-wakeling/|website=Commonwealth Games|date=3 April 2018 |url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200530173156/https://commonwealthgames.com.au/athletes/brandon-wakeling/|archive-date=30 May 2020|access-date=30 May 2020}}</ref> He finished in 7th place.<ref name="deadly_choices_profile"/><ref name="athlete_profile_gold_coast_2018"/> At the 2018 World Weightlifting Championships held in Ashgabat, Turkmenistan, he competed in the men's 73{{nbsp}}kg event without winning a medal.<ref name="world_weightlifting_championships_results_book_2018">{{Cite web|title=2018 World Weightlifting Championships Results Book|url=https://www.iwf.net/wp-content/uploads/downloads/2018/11/Results_Book_2018_Ashgabat.pdf|website=Web Archive|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181111043844/https://www.iwf.net/wp-content/uploads/downloads/2018/11/Results_Book_2018_Ashgabat.pdf|archive-date=11 November 2018|url-status=live}}</ref> He finished in 36th place.<ref name="world_weightlifting_championships_results_book_2018"/>

In 2019, Wakeling won the bronze medal in the men's 73{{nbsp}}kg event at the Arafura Games.<ref name="accidental_weightlifter_arafura_bronze_2019">{{Cite news|date=21 April 2019|title=Accidental weightlifter Wakeling lifts Arafura bronze|work=2019 Arafura Games|url=https://arafuragames.nt.gov.au/news/accidental-weightlifter-wakeling-lifts-arafura-bronze/|url-status=live|access-date=31 May 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200531222945/https://arafuragames.nt.gov.au/news/accidental-weightlifter-wakeling-lifts-arafura-bronze/|archive-date=31 May 2020}}</ref> In the same year, he also represented Australia at the 2019 Pacific Games and he won the gold medal in the men's 73{{nbsp}}kg event.<ref name="wakeling_smashes_records_pacific_games_gold_2019">{{Cite news|date=11 July 2019|title=Wakeling smashes records on the way to Pacific Games gold|work=Australian Olympic Committee|url=https://www.olympics.com.au/news/wakeling-smashes-records-on-the-way-to-pacific-games-gold|url-status=live|access-date=31 May 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200327020337/https://www.olympics.com.au/news/wakeling-smashes-records-on-the-way-to-pacific-games-gold|archive-date=27 March 2020}}</ref><ref name="weightlifting_squash_among_medal_events_pacific_2019">{{Cite news|last=Smith|first=Matthew|date=11 July 2019|title=Weightlifting and squash among medal events on day four at 2019 Pacific Games|work=InsideTheGames.biz|url=https://www.insidethegames.biz/articles/1081927/best-of-day-four-at-samoa-2019|access-date=30 May 2020}}</ref><ref name="wl-res-sam-2019">{{cite web |accessdate=18 July 2019 |title=Pacific Games Apia - Sam 09.07.2019 - 15.07.2019 Contents (Senior) |website=www.oceaniaweightlifting.com |url=http://www.oceaniaweightlifting.com/Portals/0/results/owf-results/2019PG.pdf?ver=2019-07-18-123626-010 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20190718143949/http://www.oceaniaweightlifting.com/Portals/0/results/owf-results/2019PG.pdf?ver=2019-07-18-123626-010 |archivedate=18 July 2019 }}</ref> At this event, he set a new Oceania Clean & Jerk record with a lift of 167{{nbsp}}kg.<ref name="samoan_hero_ioane_sets_oceania_record_2019">{{Cite news|last=Smith|first=Matthew|date=11 July 2019|title=Samoan hero Ioane sets Oceania record on way to three weightlifting golds at 2019 Pacific Games|work=InsideTheGames.biz|url=https://www.insidethegames.biz/articles/1081915/samoa-2019-weightlifting|access-date=30 May 2020}}</ref> In the men's 73{{nbsp}}kg event at the 2019 World Weightlifting Championships he finished in 31st place.<ref name="results_book_world_weightlifting_championships_2019">{{Cite web|title=2019 World Weightlifting Championships Results Book|url=https://iwf.sport/wp-content/uploads/downloads/2019/09/job_934-Pattaya_2019.pdf|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210725001808/https://iwf.sport/wp-content/uploads/downloads/2019/09/job_934-Pattaya_2019.pdf|archive-date=25 July 2021|access-date=25 July 2021|website=International Weightlifting Federation}}</ref> In 2019, he also competed in the men's 73{{nbsp}}kg event at the 6th International Qatar Cup held in Doha, Qatar where he finished in 9th place.<ref name="sixth_international_qatar_cup_results_2019">{{Cite web|title=6th International Qatar Cup|url=https://www.iwf.net/new_bw/results_by_events/?event=495|website=IWF|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200529131150/https://www.iwf.net/new_bw/results_by_events/?event=495|archive-date=29 May 2020|access-date=29 May 2020}}</ref>

Wakeling represented Australia at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan. He competed in the men's 73{{nbsp}}kg event. He finished outside the top ten.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Australian Olympic Team for Tokyo 2021 |url=https://www.theroar.com.au/olympics/australian-olympic-team/ |access-date=2022-03-07 |website=The Roar |language=en-US}}</ref> He competed in the men's 73{{nbsp}}kg event at the 2022 Commonwealth Games held in Birmingham, England.

== Personal life ==

He studied marketing at Griffith University.<ref name="athlete_profile_gold_coast_2018"/>

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