Nigel Avery

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| caption=Avery in 2024

| birth_date= {{birth date and age|df=yes|1967|8|31}}

| birth_place=Auckland, New Zealand

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| height={{height|m=1.88}}

| weight={{cvt|120|kg}}

| country= New Zealand

| sport =Weightlifting

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{{MedalGold| 2002 Manchester| }} 105+kg Clean&Jerk

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Nigel Seton Avery (born 31 August 1967 in Auckland, New Zealand) is a New Zealand former weightlifter.

Personal life

Avery was born on 31 August 1967 in Auckland, New Zealand.{{cite web |title=Nigel Avery |url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/94976 |publisher=Olympedia |access-date=31 July 2024}} His father is Graeme Avery.{{cite news |title=Medal winner says thanks a Millennium |url= https://natlib.govt.nz/records/44320325 |access-date=31 July 2024 |work=National Library of New Zealand |date=8 August 2002}} He is married to former athlete Shelley Avery and they have three daughters.{{cite web |title=Nigel Avery |url=https://olympic.org.nz/athletes/nigel-avery |publisher=New Zealand Olympic Committee |access-date=31 July 2024}}

Avery has appeared on the TV One programme Downsize Me! to show the effect of a high-fat diet on a very fit person.{{cite web|url=http://www.downsizeme.tv/index.cfm?&action=watchme&episodeid=2 |title=Downsize Me! Episode 2 |access-date=8 November 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111005192919/http://www.downsizeme.tv/index.cfm?&action=watchme&episodeid=2 |archive-date= 5 October 2011 }}

Sporting career

At the 1998 Commonwealth Games in Kuala Lumpur, he won a bronze medal in the 105+ kg snatch and the 105+ kg combined total.

He went to the 2002 Commonwealth Games in Manchester where he 2 gold medals in the 105+ kg clean and jerk and 105+ kg combined total, and gained a silver medal in the 105+ kg snatch. He was the Closing Ceremony flag bearer for New Zealand.

He competed at the 2000 Olympic Games in Sydney placing 17th in the 105+ kg men.

From 1991 to 1996, he was a member of the New Zealand bobsleigh team.{{Cite web |url=http://www.olympic.org.nz/Resource.aspx?ID=2844 |title=The Olympic Experience – Nigel Avery – Youth / Growing Up |access-date=2 October 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081020234647/http://www.olympic.org.nz/Resource.aspx?ID=2844 |archive-date=20 October 2008 |url-status=dead }}

Avery was the chef de mission for the New Zealand Olympic team at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris.{{cite news |title=One month til Paris Olympics: Chef de Mission Nigel Avery |url= https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/ninetonoon/audio/2018944526/one-month-til-paris-olympics-chef-de-mission-nigel-avery |access-date=14 July 2024 |work=RNZ |date=27 June 2024}}