{{Short description|Australian weightlifter (born 1983)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=June 2015}} {{Use Australian English|date=June 2015}} {{Infobox sportsperson | name = Damon Kelly | image = Damon_Kelly_1_-_Craig_Franklin.jpg | caption = | full_name = Damon Joseph Kelly | nickname = | nationality = {{AUS}} | birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1983|12|01}} | birth_place = Atherton, Queensland | death_date = | death_place = | height = 1.83 m | weight = 151 kg | show-medals = no | medaltemplates = {{MedalSport|Men's weightlifting}} {{MedalCountry|{{AUS}}}} {{MedalComp|Commonwealth Games}} {{MedalGold|2010 New Delhi|+105kg}} {{MedalSilver|2006 Melbourne|+105kg}} {{MedalBronze|2014 Glasgow|+105kg}} {{MedalComp|Commonwealth Championships}} {{MedalGold|2012 Apia|+105kg}} {{MedalGold|2016 Penang|+105kg}} {{MedalSilver|2015 Pune|+105kg}} {{MedalComp|Oceania Championships}} {{MedalGold|2008 Auckland|+105kg}} {{MedalGold|2012 Apia|+105kg}} {{MedalGold|2013 Brisbane|+105kg}} {{MedalSilver|2009 Darwin|+105kg}} {{MedalSilver|2010 Suva|+105kg}} {{MedalSilver|2011 Darwin|+105kg}} {{MedalSilver|2016 Suva|+105kg}} {{MedalSilver|2017 Gold Coast|+105kg}} {{MedalComp|Arafura Games}} {{MedalSilver|2009 Darwin|+105kg}} {{MedalSilver|2011 Darwin|+105kg}} }}
'''Damon Joseph Kelly''' (born 1 December 1983) is an Australian weightlifter who competed at the 2008 Olympic Games finishing ninth.<ref name="OlympicProfile">{{cite web |url=http://www.olympics.com.au/Athletes/TheTeam/tabid/343/Athletes/TheTeam/tabid/344/Default.aspx?cId=25846&teamId=28 |title=Official Site of the 2008 Australian Olympic Team: Athletes: The Team: Damon Kelly |accessdate=2008-08-12 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080723203515/http://www.olympics.com.au/Athletes/TheTeam/tabid/343/Athletes/TheTeam/tabid/344/Default.aspx?cId=25846&teamId=28 |archivedate=23 July 2008 |df=dmy-all}} Olympic Profile - Damon Kelly, Weightlifting</ref> Damon recorded lifts of 165 kg in the Snatch and 221 kg in the Clean and Jerk with a total of 386 kg. He was the biggest member of the Australian Olympic Team and was Australia's only male weightlifter at the Games,<ref>http://www.olympics.com.au/Athletes/TheTeam/tabid/343/Default.aspx?TeamID=28&SportID=27&DisciplineID=-1#teamTableContainer {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080620072353/http://www.olympics.com.au/Athletes/TheTeam/tabid/343/Default.aspx?TeamID=28&SportID=27&DisciplineID=-1 |date=20 June 2008 }} List of Australian Weightlifters at the 2008 Olympics</ref> having secured the sole position with a personal best lift on his final attempt at the Olympic Nomination Trials.
He competed for Australia again at the 2012 Summer Olympics, finishing 16th with a total of 381 kg (216 in the clean and jerk, and 165 in the snatch).<ref>{{Cite web |title=Damon Kelly Bio, Stats, and Results |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ke/damon-kelly-1.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200418080812/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ke/damon-kelly-1.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=2020-04-18 |website=Olympics at Sports-Reference.com |accessdate=2015-07-11}}</ref>
Kelly won a silver medal at the 2006 Commonwealth Games in the 105 kg+ division and Gold at the 2010 Commonwealth Games in Delhi and holds the Commonwealth Games record for the Clean and Jerk.<ref name="OlympicProfile" /> He has been undefeated at the Australian Championships since 2006 and is also the reigning Oceania champion.<ref>{{cite web |title=Damon Kelly profile at |publisher=International Weightlifting Federation |url=http://www.iwf.net/results/results_athlete_e.php?compid=1064 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110513203450/http://www.iwf.net/results/results_athlete_e.php?compid=1064 |archivedate=13 May 2011 |df=dmy}}</ref> At the 2014 Commonwealth Games, he finished third, 12 kg behind the winner.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Glasgow 2014 - Men's +105kg Group A |url=http://g2014results.thecgf.com/PEVU/PEVU_WLM025A01.html |website=g2014results.thecgf.com |accessdate=2015-07-11}}</ref>
He started weightlifting as a 14-year-old at St Laurence's College in Brisbane where he also excelled at Rugby Union, playing in the First XV alongside Australian national rugby league team halfback Cooper Cronk, and Shot Put, setting the college record.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Glasgow 2014 - Damon Kelly Profile |url=http://g2014results.thecgf.com/athlete/weightlifting/1030791/d_kelly.html |website=g2014results.thecgf.com |accessdate=2015-07-11}}</ref> He trains at Cougars Weightlifting Club in Brisbane under coach Miles Wydall.<ref name="OlympicProfile" />
==Personal bests== {| class="wikitable" !Lift||Weight||Date |- |''Snatch''||176.0 kg||11 October 2010 |- |''Clean & Jerk''||222.0 kg||7 June 2008 |- |'''''Total'''''||397.0 kg||11 October 2010 |}
{| class="wikitable" !Lift||Weight |- |''Front Squat''||270.0 kg |- |''Back Squat''||315.0 kg |- |}
==References== {{reflist|2}}
==External links== * {{sports links}} * {{2010 Commonwealth Games profile|460046}} * {{2014 Commonwealth Games profile|weightlifting/1030791/d_kelly}} * {{2018 Commonwealth Games profile|weightlifting/athlete-profile-n6025221-damon-kelly}} * {{Commonwealth Games Australia|damon-kelly}} * {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080909123728/http://results.beijing2008.cn/WRM/ENG/BIO/Athlete/3/231013.shtml |date=dmy |title=Athlete Biography at Beijing 2008}}
{{s-start}} {{s-ach|rec}} {{succession box | before= {{flagicon|NZL}} Nigel Avery | title=Men's 105kg+ Clean and Jerk Commonwealth Games Record Holder | years=23 March 2006 – 31 July 2014 | after= {{flagicon|CAN}} George Kobaladze }} {{s-end}}
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