About Darren Liddel
Born 1971. Darren Liddel is a New Zealand athlete.
Darren Liddel (born 6 May 1971) was an Olympic weightlifter for New Zealand.
At the 1998 Commonwealth Games in Kuala Lumpur he won three gold medals, one in each of the men's 105+ kg clean and jerk, snatch and combined total. He also competed at the 1994 Commonwealth Games in Victoria where he placed 5th in the men's 108+ kg.
Of his return to Te Atatū from Kuala Lumpur Liddel said: "Little did I know three weeks ago that I would be returning home to this kind of welcome. I’m speechless". The contest worsened a wrist injury, and within two years he had stopped weightlifting.
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Who is Darren Liddel?
New Zealand weightlifter
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Darren Liddel was born on 6 May 1971.
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