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{{short description|Solomon Islands weightlifter}}
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| birth_date= {{Birth date and age|1987|11|3}}
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| weight={{cvt|58|kg}}
| country= {{SOL}}
| sport =[[Olympic weightlifting|Weightlifting]]
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{{MedalCompetition| Oceania Weightlifting Championships}}
{{MedalSilver | 2008 Auckland | 58 kg}}
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'''Wendy Hale''' (born November 3, 1987<ref name="Weightlifter Wendy">[http://solomonstarnews.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=2402&change=100&changeown=102&Itemid=42 "Weightlifter Wendy"], ''Solomon Star'' July 25, 2008</ref>) is a [[Solomon Islands]] [[weightlifter]].
She won a silver medal and a bronze at the [[Commonwealth Youth Games]] in 2004, two silver medals at the [[Mini South Pacific Games]] in 2005, four gold medals at the [[Arafura Games]] in 2007, and two silver medals at the [[South Pacific Games]] in 2007.<ref name="Weightlifter Wendy" />
Hale [[Solomon Islands at the 2008 Summer Olympics|represented Solomon Islands]] at the [[2008 Summer Olympics]] in [[Beijing]]. She was her country's flagbearer during the opening ceremony.<ref>[http://solomonstarnews.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=2377&change=100&changeown=102&Itemid=42 "Hale carries our flag"], ''Solomon Star'', July 24, 2008</ref>
In the Olympic tournament she ranked 12th in the 58&nbsp;kg category, with a total of 173&nbsp;kg.<ref>{{cite web|title=HALE Wendy|publisher=International Weightlifting Federation|url=http://www.iwf.net/results/results_athlete_e.php?compid=2082}}</ref> In 2016 after the silver medalist [[Russia]]n [[Marina Shainova]] disqualified, she stepped up to the eleventh place.<ref>[http://www.espn.co.uk/olympics/weightlifting/story/_/id/16021315/retests-russian-2008-medalists-marina-shainova-nadezhda-evstyukhina-positive "Retests for two Russian weightlifting medalists come back positive"], ''www.espn.co.uk'', June 7, 2016</ref>
==Major results==
{|class = "wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
! rowspan=2 width=40|Year
! rowspan=2 width=250|Venue
! rowspan=2 width=60|Weight
!colspan=5| Snatch (kg)
!colspan=5| Clean & Jerk (kg)
!rowspan=2 width=40| Total
!rowspan=2 width=40| Rank
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! width=40|1!! width=40|2!! width=40|3!! width=40|Result!! width=40|Rank!! width=40|1!! width=40|2!! width=40|3!! width=40|Result!! width=40|Rank
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! colspan=15|Representing {{SOL}}
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! colspan=15|[[Weightlifting at the Summer Olympics|Olympic Games]]
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|[[Weightlifting at the 2008 Summer Olympics|2008]] || align=left| {{flagicon|CHN}} [[Beijing]], [[China]] || [[Weightlifting at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Women's 58 kg|58 kg]] ||74||'''78'''||<s>82</s>||'''78'''||11||'''95'''||<s>100</s>||<s>100</s>||'''95'''||11||'''173'''||'''11'''
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! colspan=15|[[World Weightlifting Championships|World Championships]]
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|[[2007 World Weightlifting Championships|2007]] || align=left| {{flagicon|THA}} [[Chiang Mai]], [[Thailand]] || [[2007 World Weightlifting Championships – Women's 58 kg|58 kg]] ||'''74'''||<s>78</s>||<s>78</s>||'''74'''||'''31'''||<s>96</s>||'''96'''||<s>101</s>||'''96'''||'''29'''||'''170'''||'''30'''
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! colspan=15|Oceania Championships
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|2008 || align=left| {{flagicon|NZL}} [[Auckland]], [[New Zealand]] || 58&nbsp;kg  ||65||70||'''75'''||'''75'''||'''{{Silver2}}'''||80||'''90'''||<s>95</s>||'''90'''||'''{{Silver2}}'''||'''165'''||'''{{Silver2}}'''
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! colspan=15|[[Weightlifting at the Commonwealth Games|Commonwealth Games]]
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|[[Weightlifting at the 2006 Commonwealth Games|2006]] || align=left| {{flagicon|AUS}} [[Melbourne]], [[Australia]]<ref name="www.melbourne2006.com.au">{{cite web|url=http://www.melbourne2006.com.au/Schedule%20and%20Results/By%20Sport/WeightLifting/Results/Result%20-%20WL10531XXXXXXX?ScheduleItemID=26997|title=Women's 53 kg - Result |publisher=www.melbourne2006.com.au|url-status = dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20061010054955/http://www.melbourne2006.com.au/Schedule%20and%20Results/By%20Sport/WeightLifting/Results/Result%20-%20WL10531XXXXXXX?ScheduleItemID=26997|archivedate=October 10, 2006 }}</ref> || 53&nbsp;kg ||<s>60</s>||60||'''62'''||'''62'''||5||75||'''80'''||<s>84</s>||'''80'''||5||'''142'''||'''5'''
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! colspan=15|[[Weightlifting at the Pacific Games|Pacific Games]]
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|[[Weightlifting at the 2007 Pacific Games|2007]] || align=left| {{flagicon|SAM}} [[Apia]], [[Samoa]] || 58&nbsp;kg ||{{n/a}}||{{n/a}}||{{n/a}}||'''79'''||'''{{Silver2}}'''||{{n/a}}||{{n/a}}||{{n/a}}||'''95'''||'''{{Silver2}}'''||'''174'''||'''{{Silver2}}'''
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==References==
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==External links==
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{{succession box
| before = [[Francis Manioru]]
| title = [[List of flag bearers for the Solomon Islands at the Olympics|Flagbearer]] for {{SOL}}
| years = [[2008 Summer Olympics|Beijing 2008]]
| after = [[Jenly Tegu Wini]]
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* [https://web.archive.org/web/20080917121852/http://results.beijing2008.cn/WRM/ENG/BIO/Athlete/9/242529.shtml Athlete Biography] at beijing2008
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[[Category:1987 births]]
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:Solomon Islands female weightlifters]]
[[Category:Olympic weightlifters for the Solomon Islands]]
[[Category:Weightlifters at the 2008 Summer Olympics]]
[[Category:Weightlifters at the 2006 Commonwealth Games]]
[[Category:Commonwealth Games competitors for the Solomon Islands]]
[[Category:Pacific Games silver medalists for the Solomon Islands]]
[[Category:Pacific Games medalists in weightlifting]]
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