Niusila Opeloge is a weightlifter from Samoa. He was suspended for a doping violation in 2007 for two years. He is considered a PED enhanced lifter. Family Opeloge comes from a weightlifting family. His sister, Ele Opeloge is also a gold medalist at the Commonwealth Games, winning hers on the same day. Career Opeloge took up weightlifting in 1999. At the 2002 Commonwealth Games in Manchester, England he won a bronze in the 85 kg snatch event. At the 2010 Commonwealth Games, in New Delhi, India he won gold in the 105 kg to give Samoa its third gold medal of the Games. In the process, he also became the first Samoan to win medals in any sport at two Commonwealth Games. Opeloge was suspended in 2007 for two years due to a doping. The use of banned substances in Weightlifting is prohibited and is considered cheating. References Living people Samoan male weightlifters Weightlifters at the 2010 Commonwealth Games Commonwealth Games gold medallists for Samoa Commonwealth Games bronze medallists for Samoa Commonwealth Games medallists in weightlifting 1980 births Doping cases in weightlifting Medallists at the 2010 Commonwealth Games