# Steven Kari
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{{short description|Papua New Guinean weightlifter}}
{{Infobox sportsperson
| name = Steven Kari
| full_name = Steven Kukuna Kari
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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1993|05|13}}
| birth_place = [Port Moresby](/source/Port_Moresby), [Papua New Guinea](/source/Papua_New_Guinea)
| height={{height|m=1.67}}
| weight = {{convert|85|kg|lb|abbr=on}}
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| sport = Weightlifting
| event = -77kg, -85 kg, -94kg
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{{MedalSport|Men's [weightlifting](/source/Olympic_weightlifting)}}
{{MedalCountry|{{PNG}}}}
{{MedalComp|[Commonwealth Games](/source/Commonwealth_Games)}}
{{MedalGold|[2014 Glasgow](/source/Weightlifting_at_the_2014_Commonwealth_Games)|[94 kg](/source/Weightlifting_at_the_2014_Commonwealth_Games_%E2%80%93_Men's_94_kg)}}
{{MedalGold|[2018 Gold Coast](/source/Weightlifting_at_the_2018_Commonwealth_Games)|[94 kg](/source/Weightlifting_at_the_2018_Commonwealth_Games_%E2%80%93_Men's_94_kg)}}
{{MedalComp|[Pacific Games](/source/Pacific_Games)}}
{{MedalGold|[2011 Nouméa](/source/Weightlifting_at_the_2011_Pacific_Games)|85 kg}}
{{MedalGold|[2015 Port Moresby](/source/Weightlifting_at_the_2015_Pacific_Games)|94 kg}}
{{MedalGold|[2019 Apia](/source/Weightlifting_at_the_2019_Pacific_Games)|96 kg}}
{{MedalComp|[Commonwealth Championships](/source/Commonwealth_Weightlifting_Championships)}}
{{MedalGold|[2011 Cape Town](/source/2011_Commonwealth_Weightlifting_Championships)|85 kg}}
{{MedalGold|[2013 Penang](/source/2013_Commonwealth_Weightlifting_Championships)|94 kg}}
{{MedalGold|[2017 Gold Coast](/source/2017_Commonwealth_Weightlifting_Championships)|94 kg}}
{{MedalGold|[2019 Apia](/source/2019_Commonwealth_Weightlifting_Championships)|96 kg}}
{{MedalSilver|[2012 Apia](/source/2012_Commonwealth_Weightlifting_Championships)|85 kg}}
{{MedalComp|[Oceania Championships](/source/Oceania_Weightlifting_Championships)}}
{{MedalGold|[2011 Darwin](/source/2011_Oceania_Weightlifting_Championships)|85 kg}}
{{MedalGold|[2013 Brisbane](/source/2013_Oceania_Weightlifting_Championships)|94 kg}}
{{MedalGold|[2014 Le Mont-Dore](/source/2014_Oceania_Weightlifting_Championships)|94 kg}}
{{MedalGold|2015 Port Moresby|94 kg}}
{{MedalGold|[2017 Gold Coast](/source/2017_Oceania_Weightlifting_Championships)|94 kg}}
{{MedalGold|[2018 Le Mont-Dore](/source/2018_Oceania_Weightlifting_Championships)|94 kg}}
{{MedalGold|[2019 Apia](/source/2019_Oceania_Weightlifting_Championships)|96 kg}}
{{MedalSilver|2010 Suva|69 kg}}
{{MedalSilver|[2012 Apia](/source/2012_Oceania_Weightlifting_Championships)|85 kg}}
{{MedalBronze|2008 Auckland|62 kg}}
{{MedalBronze|[2025 Meyuns](/source/2025_Oceania_Weightlifting_Championships)|+110 kg}}
{{MedalComp|[Arafura Games](/source/Arafura_Games)}}
{{MedalGold|[2011 Darwin](/source/Weightlifting_at_the_2011_Arafura_Games)|85 kg}}
{{MedalGold|2019 Darwin|96 kg}}
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'''Steven Kakuna Kari''' (born 13 May 1993 in [Port Moresby](/source/Port_Moresby)) is a [Papua New Guinea](/source/Papua_New_Guinea)n [weightlifter](/source/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](/source/Weightlifting_at_the_2012_Summer_Olympics_%E2%80%93_Men's_85_kg).[{{ 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}}] Kari won the gold medal at the [2011 Pacific Games](/source/Weightlifting_at_the_2011_Pacific_Games).[{{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](/source/Savali_News)|accessdate=11 August 2012}}]
==94kg==
Kari won gold at the [2014 Commonwealth Games](/source/2014_Commonwealth_Games) in the [Men's 94 kg](/source/Weightlifting_at_the_2014_Commonwealth_Games_%E2%80%93_Men's_94_kg) class.[{{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.]}}]
== References ==
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==External links==
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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
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