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Reanna Solomon (16 December 1981 – 1 July 2022) was a Nauruan weightlifter. She was the first female Nauruan athlete to win a Commonwealth Games gold medal, and remains one of the only three Nauruans ever to have won a Commonwealth Games gold, the others being Marcus Stephen and Yukio Peter.
Solomon competed in the 2002 Commonwealth Games. She lifted 127.5 kg in the Women's 75 kg+ Clean and Jerk, winning the gold medal, and won another gold medal by lifting 227.5 kg in the Women's 75 kg+ Combined. In the Women's 75 kg+ Snatch she took the bronze, lifting 100 kg.
Solomon also took part in the 2004 Summer Olympic Games.
Solomon died from COVID-19 on 1 July 2022, at the age of 40. The Oceania Weightlifting Federation released a statement in tribute to her. Her death was the first in Nauru to be caused by COVID-19. President of Nauru Lionel Aingimea offered condolences to her family. In August 2022, 2022 Commonwealth Games bronze medalist Maximina Uepa dedicated her medal to Solomon.




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Reanna Solomon at Olympedia
Reanna Solomon at the Commonwealth Games Federation (archived)

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