He paid tribute to the efforts of Paul Coffa who quit his role as Australia 's national weightlifting coach in 1994 to take up the equivalent position with Nauru .
Paul Coffa is the Commonwealth Weightlifting Federation secretary general .
He paid tribute to the efforts of Paul Coffa , the Commonwealth Weightlifting Federation secretary general , who quit his role as Australia 's national weightlifting coach in 1994 to take up the equivalent position with Nauru .