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'''Jack Hitila Opeloge''' (born 21 August 2000) is a Samoan weightlifter who has represented Samoa at the Pacific Games and Commonwealth Games.
Opeloge comes from a weightlifting family.<ref name=Family>{{cite web |url=https://www.rnz.co.nz/international/programmes/champions-of-the-pacific/audio/2018817082/meet-the-opeloges-samoa-s-first-family-of-weightlifting |title=Meet the Opeloges: Samoa's first family of weightlifting |publisher=RNZ |date=20 October 2021 |access-date=27 October 2021}}</ref> His brother Niusila and his sister Ele both won gold at the 2010 Commonwealth Games, in New Delhi, while his brother Don Opeloge won silver at the 2018 Commonwealth Games.<ref name=Family/>
At the 2019 Pacific Games in Apia he won a gold, silver and bronze medal in the 81 kg division.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.rnz.co.nz/international/pacific-news/394265/sport-samoa-surge-into-2nd-on-pacific-games-medal-table |title=Sport: Samoa surge into 2nd on Pacific Games medal table |publisher=RNZ |date=13 July 2019 |access-date=15 July 2022}}</ref> At the 2021 Oceania Weightlifting Championships he won gold in the 102 kg division. At the 2022 Oceania Online Cup he came second to his brother Don.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.samoaobserver.ws/category/samoa/97753 |title=Opeloge brothers seal top spot in regional tournament |publisher=Samoa Observer |author=Marc Membrere |date=28 March 2022 |access-date=15 July 2022}}</ref>
In 2022 he was one of six Samoan weightlifters to qualify for the 2022 Commonwealth Games.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://samoaglobalnews.com/team-samoa-weightlifting-qualified-set-and-loaded-for-commonwealth-games-2022/ |title=Team Samoa Weightlifting – Qualified, Set and Loaded for Commonwealth Games 2022 |publisher=Samoa Global News |date=16 March 2022 |access-date=13 July 2022}}</ref> He won silver in the 109 kg division after the cancellation of the 102 kg division.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://samoaglobalnews.com/birmingham-22-jack-opeloge-wins-silver-for-samoa/ |title=Birmingham 2022: Jack Opeloge Wins Silver for Samoa |publisher=Samoa Global News |date=4 August 2022 |access-date=4 August 2022}}</ref>
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==External links== * {{IWF|12963|Jack HITILA OPELOGE}} * {{2022 Commonwealth Games profile|59442|Jack HITILA OPELOGE}}
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