BIO
Personal Info
Name: Damon Kelly
D.O.B: 1st December 1983
Resides: Brisbane, Queensland
Weight Class: +105kg (Super Heavyweight)
Best Lifts
Snatch: 176kg
Clean and Jerk 222kg
Front Squat: 250kg x 3
Back Squat: 310kg
Military Press: 125kg
Push Press: 170kg
Career History
2011
- Member of Australian Team for Oceania Championships and Arafura Games, Darwin, Australia
2010
- Gold Medal Delhi Commonwealth Games
- Commonwealth Games Clean and Jerk Record – 221kg
- Silver Medal Oceania Championships, Suva, Fiji
- Gold Medal National Championships, Launceston, Tasmania
2009
- Silver Medal Oceania Championships and Arafura Games, Darwin, Northern Territory
2008
- 9th place Beijing Olympic Games
- Gold Medal Commonwealth Championships, Limassol, Cyprus
- Gold Medal Oceania Championships, Auckland, New Zealand
- 6th Place World Univeristy Championships, Komotini, Greece
- Gold Medal National Championships, Sydney, New South Wales
- Best Lifter at National Championships
2007
- Gold Medal National Championships, Brisbane, Queensland
2006
- Silver Medal Melbourne Commonwealth Games
- Commonwealth Games Clean and Jerk Record – 217kg
- 20th place World Championships, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
- Silver and Bronze Medal World University Championships, Izmir, Turkey
- Gold Medal National Championships, Melbourne, Victoria
2005
- Bronze Medal Oceania Championships, Melbourne, Australia
- Bronze Medal National Championships, Brisbane, Queensland
2004
- Australian Representative at Mermet Cup International, Melbourne, Australia
- Silver Medal National Championships, Launceston, Tasmania
2003
- Australian Representative at Mermet Cup, Colorado Springs, United States of America
- 5th place World University Championships, Izmir, Turkey
- 6th place Junior World Championships, Hermosillo, Mexico
- Gold Medal Oceania Championships, Nuka’alofa, Tonga
- Gold Medal Junior Oceania Championships, Alofi, Niue
2002
- 9th place Junior World Championships, Havirov, Czech Republic
- Gold Medal Junior Oceania Championships, Melbourne, Australia
2001
- 13th place Junior World Championships, Thessaloniki, Greece
- Gold Medal Junior Oceania Championships, Tarawa, Kiribati