Darren Liddel

Darren Liddel was an Olympic weightlifter for New Zealand.
At the 1998 [Commonwealth Games] in Kuala Lumpur he won three gold medals, one in each of the men's 105+ kg clean and jerk, snatch and combined total. He also competed at the 1994 Commonwealth Games in Victoria, [British Columbia|Victoria] where he placed 5th in the men's 108+ kg.
Of his return to Te Atatū from Kuala Lumpur Liddel said: "Little did I know three weeks ago that I would be returning home to this kind of welcome. I’m speechless". The contest worsened a wrist injury, and within two years he had stopped weightlifting.