Back مانويل مينجينفيل ARZ Manuel Minginfel German Manuel Minginfel French マヌエル・ミンギンフェル Japanese Manuel Minginfel NB Manuel Minginfel Polish Мингинфел, Мануэль Russian
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| Nationality | Micronesian | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | September 28, 1978 Yap | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.58 m (5 ft 2 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 62 kg (137 lb) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Country |  Micronesia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Manuel Minginfel (born September 28, 1978)[1] is a former weightlifter representing the Federated States of Micronesia.
In the 62 kg category, he ranked 10th at the 2004 Summer Olympics,[1] 7th at the 2005 World Weightlifting Championships,[1] and 4th at the 2006 World Weightlifting Championships.[1]
At the 2008 Oceania Championships he won the gold medal in the 62 kg category.[1] He also represented the Federated States of Micronesia in weightlifting at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, China,[2] where he ranked 11th in the 62 kg category. He was also his country's flag bearer during the Games' opening ceremony.[3]
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.
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- ^ a b c d e "MINGINFEL Manuel". International Weightlifting Federation.
- ^ "Hale to Olympics", Solomon Star, July 14, 2008
- ^ "List of Flagbearers Beijing 2008" (PDF). www.olympic.org. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2008-08-08. Retrieved 2008-08-23.