Brandon Wakeling
Personal information
Full nameBrandon Dean Wakeling
Nicknames
  • Brando
  • Brandy
Born (1994-02-02) 2 February 1994
Campbelltown, New South Wales,[1] Australia
Height167 cm (5 ft 6 in)
Sport
CountryAustralia
SportWeightlifting
Medal record
Men's weightlifting
Representing  Australia
Commonwealth Championships
Silver medal – second place2019 Apia73 kg
Oceania Championships
Gold medal – first place2019 Apia73 kg
Silver medal – second place2017 Gold Coast69 kg
Pacific Games
Gold medal – first place2019 Apia73 kg
Arafura Games
Bronze medal – third place2019 Darwin73 kg

Brandon Dean Wakeling (born 2 February 1994) is an Australian weightlifter. He won the gold medal in the men's 73 kg event at the 2019 Pacific Games held in Apia, Samoa. He represented Australia at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan.[2] He also represented Australia at the Commonwealth Games in 2018 and 2022.

Career

In 2017, Wakeling won the silver medal in the men's 69 kg event at the Oceania Weightlifting Championships held in Gold Coast, Australia. In the same month, he also competed in the men's 69 kg event at the 2017 Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games held in Ashgabat, Turkmenistan.[3] He finished in 8th place.[3]

He represented Australia at the 2018 Commonwealth Games held in Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia and he competed in the men's 69 kg event.[4][5] He finished in 7th place.[1][4] At the 2018 World Weightlifting Championships held in Ashgabat, Turkmenistan, he competed in the men's 73 kg event without winning a medal.[6] He finished in 36th place.[6]

In 2019, he won the bronze medal in the men's 73 kg event at the Arafura Games.[7] In the same year, he also represented Australia at the 2019 Pacific Games and he won the gold medal in the men's 73 kg event.[8][9][10] At this event, he set a new Oceania Clean & Jerk record with a lift of 167 kg.[11] In the men's 73 kg event at the 2019 World Weightlifting Championships he finished in 31st place.[12] In 2019, he also competed in the men's 73 kg event at the 6th International Qatar Cup held in Doha, Qatar where he finished in 9th place.[13]

Wakeling represented Australia at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan. He competed in the men's 73 kg event. He finished outside the top ten.[14] He competed in the men's 73 kg event at the 2022 Commonwealth Games held in Birmingham, England.

Personal life

He studied marketing at Griffith University.[4]

References

  1. 1 2 "Brandon Wakeling: Olympic weightlifter". Deadly Choices. Archived from the original on 30 May 2020. Retrieved 30 May 2020.
  2. ↑ "Five weightlifters announced for Australia's Tokyo Olympics team". Xinhuanet. 22 June 2021. Retrieved 18 July 2021.
  3. 1 2 "Weightlifting Results Book" (PDF). 2017 Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games. Archived (PDF) from the original on 30 May 2020. Retrieved 30 May 2020.
  4. 1 2 3 "Brandon Wakeling". 2018 Gold Coast. Archived from the original on 30 May 2020. Retrieved 30 May 2020.
  5. ↑ "Brandon Wakeling". Commonwealth Games. 3 April 2018. Archived from the original on 30 May 2020. Retrieved 30 May 2020.
  6. 1 2 "2018 World Weightlifting Championships Results Book" (PDF). Web Archive. Archived (PDF) from the original on 11 November 2018.
  7. ↑ "Accidental weightlifter Wakeling lifts Arafura bronze". 2019 Arafura Games. 21 April 2019. Archived from the original on 31 May 2020. Retrieved 31 May 2020.
  8. ↑ "Wakeling smashes records on the way to Pacific Games gold". Australian Olympic Committee. 11 July 2019. Archived from the original on 27 March 2020. Retrieved 31 May 2020.
  9. ↑ Smith, Matthew (11 July 2019). "Weightlifting and squash among medal events on day four at 2019 Pacific Games". InsideTheGames.biz. Retrieved 30 May 2020.
  10. ↑ "Pacific Games Apia - Sam 09.07.2019 - 15.07.2019 Contents (Senior)" (PDF). www.oceaniaweightlifting.com. Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 July 2019. Retrieved 18 July 2019.
  11. ↑ Smith, Matthew (11 July 2019). "Samoan hero Ioane sets Oceania record on way to three weightlifting golds at 2019 Pacific Games". InsideTheGames.biz. Retrieved 30 May 2020.
  12. ↑ "2019 World Weightlifting Championships Results Book" (PDF). International Weightlifting Federation. Archived (PDF) from the original on 25 July 2021. Retrieved 25 July 2021.
  13. ↑ "6th International Qatar Cup". IWF. Archived from the original on 29 May 2020. Retrieved 29 May 2020.
  14. ↑ "Australian Olympic Team for Tokyo 2021". The Roar. Retrieved 7 March 2022.
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