Eileen Floanna Maria Cikamatana (born 18 September 1999) is an Australian weightlifter who previously represented Fiji.
Career She competed in the women's 90 kg event at the 2018 Commonwealth Games, winning the gold medal. Cikamatana was named 2017 Fiji's sportswoman of the year, but was controversially omitted from consideration for the 2018 Fiji sports awards following her gold medal winning performance at the 2018 Commonwealth Games.
She also won the gold medal in the women's 87 kg event at the 2022 Commonwealth Games held in Birmingham, England, which made her the first woman to win a gold medal at the Commonwealth Games for two different countries.
In the wake of a dispute between Weightlifting Fiji and breakaway group Fiji Weightlifters Association, she committed to representing Australia under coach Paul Coffa in February 2019 and was able to return to international competition later that year. However, the circumstances over her transfer of allegiance made Cikamatana ineligible to qualify for the delayed 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo.
In 2024, she competed in the women's 81kg event at the Summer Olympics held in Paris, France. She lifted 262 kg in total and finished fourth missing out by 5 kg on a bronze medal.
Major results YearVenueWeight Snatch (kg) Clean & Jerk (kg) Total Rank123Rank123RankRepresenting Olympic Games 2024 Paris, France 81 kg 113 117 120 145 149 149 262 4World Weightlifting Championships2022 Bogotá, Colombia 87 kg 109111111140148148249 2023 Riyadh, Saudi Arabia 81 kg 110 110 115 5 143 146 150 256 2024 Manama, Bahrain 87 kg 113 117 117 144 144 149 257 2025 Førde, Norway 86 kg 112 112 115 4 140 146 146 252 IWF World Cup2019 Tianjin, China 81 kg 110110119146150150 JWR260 JWR2020 Rome, Italy 81 kg 110115120140150159255 2024 Phuket, Thailand 81 kg 110 114 114 4 145 149 153 263 Commonwealth Games2022 Birmingham, United Kingdom 87 kg 105110GR113129137145GR255GROceania Championships2021 Various, Oceania 87 kg 1021101171301401502502022 Saipan, Northern Mariana Islands 87 kg 1041101131301401452502023 Honiara, Solomon Islands 81 kg 1101151191401451512602024 Auckland, New Zealand 81 kg 113113113———————IWF Grand Prix2019 Lima, Peru 87 kg 110115115143148151 JWR266Representing Commonwealth Games2018 Gold Coast, Australia 90 kg 10310710721301401441233Oceania Championships2015 Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea 63 kg 757581695102104417052016 Suva, Fiji 69 kg 90 90 931101101122052017 Gold Coast, Australia 90 kg 102102111130136141243Junior World Championships2017 Tokyo, Japan 90 kg 97101103124129132229Youth World Championships2016 Penang, Malaysia 69 kg 9393964116117122215
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