Reanna Solomon

{{Short description|Nauruan weightlifter (1981–2022)}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2024}}

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|image = Reannasolomon.jpg

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|birth_date = 16 December 1981

|birth_place = Meneng, Nauru{{cite web|url=http://m2002.thecgf.com/results/default.asp?ath=5164|title=Official website of the 2002 Commonwealth Games|access-date=24 May 2008|archive-date=15 November 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211115023059/http://m2002.thecgf.com/results/default.asp?ath=5164|url-status=dead}}

|death_date = {{Death date and age|2022|7|1|1981|12|16|df=y}}

|death_place = Denigomodu, Nauru

|height = 1.65 m

|weight = {{Cvt|136|kg}}

|country = {{NRU}}

|sport = Weightlifting

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|medaltemplates = {{MedalCompetition|Commonwealth Games}}

{{MedalGold|2002 Manchester|75 kg+}}

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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.[http://www.thecgf.com/games/athlete.asp Official results] {{webarchive|url=https://archive.today/20020810160403/http://www.thecgf.com/games/athlete.asp|date=10 August 2002}} on the website of the Commonwealth Games{{cite magazine|url=http://www.pacificmagazine.net/news/2002/08/04/commonwealth-games-nauru-leads-pacific-in-manchester|title=Commonwealth Games: Nauru leads Pacific in Manchester|magazine=Pacific Magazine|date=4 August 2002}}{{Dead link|date=December 2022|bot=InternetArchiveBot|fix-attempted=yes}}

Solomon also took part in the 2004 Summer Olympic Games.{{cite web|url=http://www.oceaniasport.com/nauru/index.cgi?sID=16|title=History|publisher=National Olympic Committee of Nauru|access-date=7 June 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080721052535/http://www.oceaniasport.com/nauru/index.cgi?sID=16|archive-date=21 July 2008|url-status=dead}}

Solomon died from COVID-19 on 1 July 2022, at the age of 40.{{cite news|last=Oliver|first=Brian|date=6 July 2022|title=Commonwealth Games weightlifting champion dies of COVID-19 aged 40|work=InsideTheGames.biz|url=https://www.insidethegames.biz/articles/1125330/commonwealth-games-weightlifter-dies|access-date=6 July 2022}}{{cite web|url=https://www.wionews.com/sports/reanna-solomon-commonwealth-weightlifting-gold-medallist-dies-of-covid-aged-40-495187|title=Reanna Solomon, Commonwealth weightlifting gold medallist, dies of Covid aged 40|publisher=WIONews|date=7 July 2022|accessdate=18 July 2022}} The Oceania Weightlifting Federation released a statement in tribute to her.{{cite web|date=4 July 2022|title=Vale Reanna Solomon – Nauru|url=https://www.oceaniaweightlifting.com/news/post/1387/vale-reanna-solomon-nauru|access-date=6 July 2022|website=Oceania Weightlifting Federation|lang=en-AU}} Her death was the first in Nauru to be caused by COVID-19. President of Nauru Lionel Aingimea offered condolences to her family.{{cite web|date=4 July 2022|title=Covid-19: Nauru records first death; Niue records 10 community cases|url=https://www.loopnauru.com/node/113958|access-date=6 July 2022|website=Loop Nauru}} In August 2022, 2022 Commonwealth Games bronze medalist Maximina Uepa dedicated her medal to Solomon.{{cite news|last=Iveson|first=Alin|date=2 August 2022|title=Nauru weightlifter dedicates medal to ex-champion mother of five killed by COVID|work=InsideTheGames.biz|url=https://www.insidethegames.biz/articles/1126513/maximina-uepa-dedication|access-date=1 August 2024}}