Manuila Raobu

Manuila Raobu
Personal information
Born18 September 2000
Funafuti, Tuvalu
Sport
Country Tuvalu
SportWeightlifting
Medal record
Men's Weightlifting
Representing  Tuvalu
Pacific Games
2023 Honiara73kg snatch
2023 Honiara73kg snatch
2023 Honiara73kg total
Pacific Mini Games
2022 Saipan73kg snatch
2022 Saipan73kg total
Oceania Championships
2022 Saipan73kg

Manuila Raobu (born 18 September 2000) is a Tuvaluan Weightlifter representing Tuvalu at the Commonwealth Games and Pacific Games.

At the 2016 Oceania Weightlifting Championships, he came first in the 56kg youth category. He was part of Tuvalu's team for the 2018 Commonwealth Games on the Gold Coast, where he was Tuvalu's flagbearer at the opening ceremony. He later competed at the 2015, 2019 and the 2023 Pacific Games.

During the COVID-19 pandemic, he was stranded in Samoa. While there, he trained with Samoan weightlifters under Tuaopepe Jerry Wallwork. At the Oceania Championships 2019, he came in position five and position three in Oceania Junior Championship.

At the 2022 Pacific Mini Games in Saipan, Northern Mariana Islands, he won two gold medals in the 73kg category and gold in the 2022 Oceania Weightlifting Championships held simultaneously.

At the 2023 Pacific Games in Honiara, Solomon Islands, he won three silver medals in the 73kg category.