Pinye Malaibi
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Nationality | Papua New Guinean |
| Born | 1962 (age 63–64) Eastern Highlands Province, Papua New Guinea |
| Weight | 67 kg (148 lb) |
| Sport | |
| Sport | Weightlifting |
Pinye Malaibi (born 1962) is a Papua New Guinean weightlifter. He competed in the men's lightweight event at the 1988 Summer Olympics.
Biography
Malaibi was born in 1962 in Eastern Highlands Province, Papua New Guinea.[1][2] He later moved to the capital, Port Moresby.[2] Weighing at 67 kilograms (148 lb), he competed in weightlifting events as a lightweight.[3] His career was sponsored by the Trukai rice company at several competitions.[4] Malaibi participated at the South Pacific Games in Nouméa, New Caledonia.[5]
In 1988, Malaibi was selected to represent Papua New Guinea at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea.[3][5] At the opening Olympic ceremony, he served as his country's flag bearer.[3] He was one of several Pacific weightlifters who competed in the men's lightweight event (67.5 kilograms (149 lb)) at the Olympics.[6] With lifts totaling 230 kilograms (510 lb), Malaibi finished in 19th place, ahead of only Mohamadamine Alaywan, Joseph Kaddu Kutfesa and Pete Fejeran.[7]
Two years after the Olympics, Malaibi competed for Papua New Guinea at the 1990 Commonwealth Games in Auckland, New Zealand.[5] He then competed at the 1991 South Pacific Games in Port Moresby.[5] This event was sponsored by Trukai, which produced commemorative bags of rice that featured biographical blurbs of weightlifters including Malaibi.[8]
References
- ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Pinye Malaibi Olympic Results". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 21 January 2020.
- ^ a b Foster 2002, p. 97. "... born in the Eastern Highlands, he now lives in Port Moresby."
- ^ a b c "Pinye Malaibi". Olympedia.
- ^ Foster 2002, p. 101. "Just as Trukai 'powers' or sponsors the body of Pinye Malaibi in overseas contests ..."
- ^ a b c d Foster 2002, p. 97.
- ^ Diaz, Tony (22 September 1988). "Pacific Islanders find common ground". Pacific Daily News. Vol. 19, no. 235. Seoul, South Korea. p. 46. Retrieved 12 September 2025 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Lightweight". Olympedia.
- ^ Foster 2002, p. 101.
Cited sources
- Foster, Robert J. (October 2002). "Commercial Mass Media: Notes on Agency, Bodies, and Commodity Consumption". Materializing the Nation: Commodities, Consumption, and Media in Papua New Guinea. Bloomington, Indiana, US: Indiana University Press. pp. 97, 101. ISBN 9780253215499. JSTOR j.ctt16gz5n4. IA materializingnat0000fost. Retrieved 12 September 2025.
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