Steven Kari

{{short description|Papua New Guinean weightlifter}} {{Infobox sportsperson | name = Steven Kari | full_name = Steven Kukuna Kari | image = | image_size = | caption = | birth_name = | nationality = {{PNG}} | residence = | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1993|05|13}} | birth_place = Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea | height={{height|m=1.67}} | weight = {{convert|85|kg|lb|abbr=on}} | country = | sport = Weightlifting | event = -77kg, -85 kg, -94kg | turnedpro = | coach = | worlds = | regionals = | nationals = | olympics = | highestranking = | pb = | show-medals = no | medaltemplates = {{MedalSport|Men's weightlifting}} {{MedalCountry|{{PNG}}}} {{MedalComp|Commonwealth Games}} {{MedalGold|2014 Glasgow|94 kg}} {{MedalGold|2018 Gold Coast|94 kg}} {{MedalComp|Pacific Games}} {{MedalGold|2011 Nouméa|85 kg}} {{MedalGold|2015 Port Moresby|94 kg}} {{MedalGold|2019 Apia|96 kg}} {{MedalComp|Commonwealth Championships}} {{MedalGold|2011 Cape Town|85 kg}} {{MedalGold|2013 Penang|94 kg}} {{MedalGold|2017 Gold Coast|94 kg}} {{MedalGold|2019 Apia|96 kg}} {{MedalSilver|2012 Apia|85 kg}} {{MedalComp|Oceania Championships}} {{MedalGold|2011 Darwin|85 kg}} {{MedalGold|2013 Brisbane|94 kg}} {{MedalGold|2014 Le Mont-Dore|94 kg}} {{MedalGold|2015 Port Moresby|94 kg}} {{MedalGold|2017 Gold Coast|94 kg}} {{MedalGold|2018 Le Mont-Dore|94 kg}} {{MedalGold|2019 Apia|96 kg}} {{MedalSilver|2010 Suva|69 kg}} {{MedalSilver|2012 Apia|85 kg}} {{MedalBronze|2008 Auckland|62 kg}} {{MedalBronze|2025 Meyuns|+110 kg}} {{MedalComp|Arafura Games}} {{MedalGold|2011 Darwin|85 kg}} {{MedalGold|2019 Darwin|96 kg}} | updated = }}

'''Steven Kakuna Kari''' (born 13 May 1993 in Port Moresby) is a Papua New Guinean weightlifter competing in the men's 85 kg and later 94 kg category.

==85kg== The youngest member of the Papua New Guinea team, he finished 15th at the 2012 Summer Olympics.<ref>{{ Cite sports-reference |title = Steven Kari|url = https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ka/steven-kari-1.html|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20200418094650/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ka/steven-kari-1.html|url-status = dead|archive-date = 18 April 2020|access-date = 11 August 2012}}</ref> Kari won the gold medal at the 2011 Pacific Games.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.savalinews.com/2011/09/06/weightlifting-gold-lifts-samoa-at-pacific-games/|title=Weightlifting gold lifts Samoa at Pacific Games |last=Rivers|first=Renate |date=September 6, 2011 |publisher=Savali News|accessdate=11 August 2012}}</ref>

==94kg== Kari won gold at the 2014 Commonwealth Games in the Men's 94 kg class.<ref>{{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20140801171642/http://results.glasgow2014.com/athlete/weightlifting/1024087/sk_kari.html Steven Kakuna Kari's biography at Glasgow 2014 official website.]}}</ref>

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Kari, Steven}} Category:Papua New Guinean male weightlifters Category:1993 births Category:Living people Category:Weightlifters at the 2012 Summer Olympics Category:Olympic weightlifters for Papua New Guinea Category:Weightlifters at the 2010 Summer Youth Olympics Category:Sportspeople from Port Moresby Category:Weightlifters at the 2014 Commonwealth Games Category:Commonwealth Games gold medallists for Papua New Guinea Category:Medallists at the 2014 Commonwealth Games Category:Pacific Games gold medalists for Papua New Guinea Category:Pacific Games medalists in weightlifting Category:Commonwealth Games gold medallists in weightlifting