This man is proud to be an Olympian! And not a half-bad dancer, either…

 

Meet David Katoatau, a weightlifter from the central pacific island of Kiribati.

The 32-year-old Olympian executed some lifts during the games that made him very excited. Check out the weightlifter busting some CRAZY moves after one lift on Monday, via Brazilian journalist Vinicius Covas.

Turns out, the big guy does this after every single lift. Here he is after winning Gold in the 2014 Commonwealth Games.

There’s a reason for Katoatau’s over-the-top exuberance. The dances are done to draw attention to the lifter’s homeland, which is being hit hard by extreme coastal erosion. Katoatau said that Kiribati, “will be wiped off the face of the earth in 30 years.” He told Reuters:

Most people don’t know where Kiribati is. I want people to know more about us so I use weightlifting, and my dancing, to show the world.

I wrote an open letter to the world last year to tell people about all the homes lost to rising sea levels. I don’t know how many years it will be before it sinks.

You can read the complete letter here. A small time investment to make in exchange for the treat of watching those killer dance moves.

[h/t Elle]

source: Mediaite