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| Full name | Richard John Edward Patterson | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | (1983-04-30)30 April 1983 (age 42) Auckland, New Zealand | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.67 m (5 ft 6 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 84 kg (185 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Country | New Zealand | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Weightlifting | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Richard John Edward Patterson (born 30 April 1983) is aweightlifting competitor for New Zealand.
At the2010 Commonwealth Games inDelhi he won the silver medal in the men's 85 kg weightlifting event.[1] Four years later, at the2014 Commonwealth Games inGlasgow, he won the gold medal in the same event.[2] He was New Zealand's flagbearer in the2014 Commonwealth Games closing ceremony.[3]
To qualify for the2012 Summer Olympics Patterson had to rely on fellow New Zealand teammate Tavita Ngalu to lift 150 kg at the Oceania Championships. In a selfless act Ngalu did so while injured with rippedquadriceps and New Zealand's highest ranked weightlifter (Patterson) qualified for the Games.[4]
Patterson married fellow weightlifterPhillipa Hale in Glasgow on 31 July 2014, after both had competed in the Commonwealth Games (Hale competed in the women's 53 kg event).[3][5]
| Year | Venue | Weight | Snatch (kg) | Clean & Jerk (kg) | Total | Rank | ||||||
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| 1 | 2 | 3 | Rank | 1 | 2 | 3 | Rank | |||||
| Representing | ||||||||||||
| Olympic Games | ||||||||||||
| 2016 | 85 kg | 145 | 149 | 16 | 181 | 15 | 330 | 15 | ||||
| 2012 | 85 kg | 150 | 14 | 183 | 186 | 12 | 336 | 12 | ||||
| 2008 | 77 kg | 130 | 25 | 170 | 18 | 300 | 21 | |||||
| World Championships | ||||||||||||
| 2009 | 85 kg | 140 | 144 | 18 | 178 | 17 | 322 | 17 | ||||
| 2005 | 77 kg | 125 | 23 | — | — | — | ||||||
| Commonwealth Games | ||||||||||||
| 2014 | 85 kg | 147 | 151 | 1 | 184 | 1 | 335 | |||||
| 2010 | 85 kg | 142 | 146 | 150 | 1 | 181 | 2 | 331 | ||||
| 2006 | 77 kg | 128 | 135 | 4 | 158 | 4 | 293 | 4[6] | ||||
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