Damon Kelly

Damon Kelly

Personal information
Nationality	Australia
Born	1 December 1983 (1983-12-01) (age 27) Atherton, Queensland
Height	1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Weight	151 kg (330 lb)
Medal record Men's Weightlifting Commonwealth Games Silver 2006 Melbourne 105kg+ Commonwealth Games Gold 2010 New Delhi 105kg+ Oceania Championships Gold 2008 Auckland 105kg+

Damon Kelly (born 1 December 1983 in Atherton, Queensland) is an Australian weightlifter who competed at the 2008 Olympic Games finishing ninth.^[1] 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,^[2] having secured the sole position with a personal best lift on his final attempt at the Olympic Nomination Trials.

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.^[1] He has been undefeated at the Australian Championships since 2006 and is also the reigning Oceania champion.^[3] Kelly started weightlifting as a 15 year old at St Laurence's College in Brisbane where he also excelled at Rugby Union,^[1] playing in the First XV alongside Australian national rugby league team halfback Cooper Cronk, and Shot Put, setting the college record.

He trains at Cougars Weightlifting Club in Brisbane under coach Miles Wydall.^[1]

Personal bests

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

Lift	Weight
Front Squat	255.0 kg
Back Squat	310.0 kg

References

1. ^ ^{a b c d} http://www.olympics.com.au/Athletes/TheTeam/tabid/343/Athletes/TheTeam/tabid/344/Default.aspx?cId=25846&teamId=28 Olympic Profile - Damon Kelly, Weightlifting
2. ^ http://www.olympics.com.au/Athletes/TheTeam/tabid/343/Default.aspx?TeamID=28&SportID=27&DisciplineID=-1#teamTableContainer List of Australian Weightlifters at the 2008 Olympics
3. ^ "KELLY Damon". International Weightlifting Federation. http://www.iwf.net/results/results_athlete_e.php?compid=1064. 

Records

Records
Preceded by Nigel Avery	Men's 105kg+ Clean and Jerk Commonwealth Games Record Holder 23 March 2006 – present	Succeeded by incumbent

External links

• Athlete Biography at Beijing 2008

Persondata
Name	Kelly, Damon
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Short description
Date of birth	1 December 1983
Place of birth	Atherton, Queensland
Date of death
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