American Samoa Olympic History
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American Samoa , whose NOK , the American Samoa National Olympic Committee , was founded in 1987, has participated in all Summer Olympics since 1988. 1994 was the only time a delegation was sent to the Winter Games so far. Young athletes took part in both of the youth summer games held so far.
Athletes from American Samoa could not win medals.
General overview
Summer games
The first Olympic team in the US American territory consisted of six participants in 1988 in Seoul, who competed in athletics, boxing, weightlifting and wrestling. In 1996 sailors took part for the first time, 2000 archers, 2008 judoka and swimmers.
The first Olympian was boxer Maselino Masoe , who took up welterweight on September 20, 1988 . The shot putter Lisa Misipeka was the first woman in the Pacific archipelago on July 31, 1996. There were no successes in any of the participations.
Winter games
1994 in Lillehammer with the bobsledders Brad Kiltz and Faauuga Muagututia participated for the first and so far only time winter sportsmen from American Samoa in the winter games.
Youth games
American Samoa took part in the 2010 Summer Youth Games in Singapore with four young people . Three boys and one girl competed in the sports of sailing, swimming, weight lifting, and wrestling.
In 2014 in Nanjing , five teenage athletes, all boys, took part. They competed in athletics and wrestling.
Overview of the participations
Summer games
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| 1896-1984 | not participated | ||||||||||||||||
| 1988 | 6th | 6th | 0 | Maselino Masoe | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | |||||||||
| 1992 | 3 | 3 | 0 | Mika Masoe | 2 | 3 | |||||||||||
| 1996 | 7th | 6th | 1 | Maselino Masoe | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||||||||
| 2000 | 4th | 3 | 1 | Lisa Misipeka | 2 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||
| 2004 | 3 | 2 | 1 | Lisa Misipeka | 2 | 1 | |||||||||||
| 2008 | 4th | 2 | 2 | Silulu A'etonu | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||||||||||
| 2012 | 4th | 3 | 1 | Ching Wei | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||||||||||
| 2016 | 4th | 3 | 1 | Tanumafili young blood | 2 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||
| total | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | ||||||||||||
Winter games
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| 1924-1992 | not participated | |||||||||
| 1994 | 2 | 2 | 0 | Faauuga Muagututia | 2 | |||||
| 1998-2018 | not participated | |||||||||
| total | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | |||||
Youth Summer Games
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| 2010 | 4th | 3 | 1 | Tu'iemanu Ripley | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||||
| 2014 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 4th | 1 | |||||||||
| total | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | |||||||||
Youth Winter Games
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| 2012-2016 | not participated | |||||||||
| total | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | |||||
Medalist
Gold medals
So far (as of 2017) no gold medal
Silver medals
So far (as of 2017) no silver medal
Bronze medals
So far (as of 2017) no bronze medal
See also
Web links
- American Samoa in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )
- American Samoa on Olympic.org - The Official website of the Olympic movement (English)
