Richard John Edward Patterson (born 30 April 1983) is a weightlifting competitor for New Zealand.
At the 2010 Commonwealth Games in Delhi he won the silver medal in the men's 85 kg weightlifting event. Four years later, at the 2014 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow, he won the gold medal in the same event. He was New Zealand's flagbearer in the 2014 Commonwealth Games closing ceremony.
To qualify for the 2012 Summer Olympics Patterson had to rely on fellow New Zealand teammate Tavita Ngalu to lift 150 kg at the Oceania Championships. In a selfless act Ngalu did so while injured with ripped quadriceps and New Zealand's highest ranked weightlifter (Patterson) qualified for the Games.
Patterson married fellow weightlifter Phillipa Hale in Glasgow on 31 July 2014, after both had competed in the Commonwealth Games (Hale competed in the women's 53 kg event).
Major results
YearVenueWeight Snatch (kg) Clean & Jerk (kg) Total Rank123Rank123RankRepresenting Olympic Games2016 Rio de Janeiro, Brazil 85 kg 1451491491618118618715330152012 London, Great Britain 85 kg 1501501541418318619512336122008 Beijing, China 77 kg 130137137251701761761830021World Championships2009 Goyang, South Korea 85 kg 1401441471817818418417322172005 Doha, Qatar 77 kg 12512513023155155155———Commonwealth Games2014 Glasgow, Scotland 85 kg 147151154118418418413352010 Delhi, India 85 kg 142146150118118118923312006 Melbourne, Australia 77 kg 128135138415816616642934
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