Fred Oala

Fred Karoho Oala (born ) is a Papua New Guinean former weightlifter.

Biography Oala is partly Motu-Koitabu from Kairuku. At the 2013 Oceania Weightlifting Championships in Brisbane he won a total of three medals. He won the bronze medal in both the senior male and youth divisions, and gold the gold medal in the junior division. In addition to these achievements, he was awarded the Best Youth Male Lifter title.

He participated at the 2014 Commonwealth Games in the 56 kg event. Days before the event his weightlifting shoes, that were held together with yellow tape, fell apart. With help from a volunteer he received a pair to borrow and the volunteer ordered for him a new pair of weightlifting shoes from a specialist supplier.

From late 2014 he started training at Oceania Weightlifting Institute Centre (OWIC) in Noumea, New Caledonia where he replaced Stevan Kari. In this perion changed from the 56 kg division to the 62 kg division to the 69 kg division.

He continued training in 2015 and 2016 at the Oceania Weightlifting Institute Centre.

In 2016 he won the gold medal at the 2016 Oceania Weightlifting Championships.

Major competitions

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