Lesila Fiapule
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| Born | 22 October 2001[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Country |  Samoa | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Weightlifter | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Lesila Fiapule (born 22 October 2001) is a Samoan weightlifter who has represented Samoa at the Pacific Mini Games and Youth Olympic Games.
Fiapule was educated at Avele College and has been lifting since she was 15.[2] She represented Samoa at the 2018 Oceania Weightlifting Championships in Nouméa,[3] winning three bronze medals in the +90kg division. Later that year she represented Samoa at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics in Buenos Aires, Argentina.[2] At the 2019 Junior World Weightlifting Championships in Suva, Fiji she came 7th in the +87kg division.[4][5]
At the 2022 Pacific Mini Games in Saipan, Northern Marianas Islands, she won a gold and two silvers in the 87+ kg division.[6][7][8]
References[edit]
- ^ "Lesila Fiapule". Olympedia. Retrieved 17 July 2022.
- ^ a b Deidre Tautua-Fanene (27 September 2018). "Weightlifter Lesila Fiapule to represent Samoa". Samoa Observer. Retrieved 17 July 2022.
- ^ Deidre Tautua-Fanene (11 June 2018). "Weightlifters prepare for Oceania". Samoa Observer. Retrieved 17 July 2022.
- ^ "Sport: Dream becomes reality for Samoan weightlifters at Junior World Champs". RNZ. 10 June 2019. Retrieved 17 July 2022.
- ^ "Samoa weightlifters selected for Junior Worlds". Fiji Times. 28 May 2019. Retrieved 17 July 2022.
- ^ "Samoa bags more medals in weightlifting". Loop Samoa. 23 June 2022. Retrieved 17 July 2022.
- ^ "Team Samoa returning home with 21 medals from the Pacific Mini Games". Talamua. 27 June 2022. Retrieved 14 July 2022.
- ^ Loreta Kelemete (25 June 2022). "Samoa Women Lifters Dominate Heavyweight Division at Pacific Mini Games 2022". Samoa Global News. Retrieved 17 July 2022.
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