Manuel Minginfel

Main articles: Weightlifting at the 2008 Summer Olympics and Weightlifting at the 2008 Summer Olympics - Qualification

Manuel Minginfel

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Personal information
Nationality	Micronesian
Born	(1978-09-28) September 28, 1978 Yap
Height
Weight	62 kg (137 lb)
Sport
Country	F.S. Micronesia
Medal record Manuel Minginfel Medal record Men's Weightlifting Representing Federated States of Micronesia Oceania Championships 2006 Apia – 62 kg 2007 Apia – 62 kg 2008 Auckland – 62 kg Pacific Games 2007 Apia -56 kg 2011 Nouméa -62 kg

Manuel Minginfel (born September 28, 1978) is a weightlifter representing the Federated States of Micronesia.

In the 62 kg category, he ranked 10th at the 2004 Summer Olympics, 7th at the 2005 World Weightlifting Championships, and 4th at the 2006 World Weightlifting Championships.

At the 2008 Oceania Championships he won the gold medal in the 62 kg category. He also represented the Federated States of Micronesia in weightlifting at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, China, where he ranked 11th in the 62 kg category. He was also his country's flag bearer during the Games' opening ceremony.

He competed in the 2012 Summer Olympics where he ranked #10 in the Men's 62 kg category.

Minginfel is a native of Yap. He set a new record snatch in the men's 56 kilo category at the South Pacific Games in Samoa in 2007.

Men

Athlete	Event	Snatch		Clean & Jerk		Total	Rank
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Manuel Minginfel	-62 kg	120 kg	15th	155 kg	10th	275 kg	11th

External links

• United States Office of Insular Affairs: Micronesian Weightlifter Sets New Record at South Pacific Games in Samoa
• United States Office of Insular Affairs: Micronesian Weightlifter Going to Beijing Olympics
• Athlete Biography at beijing2008