2008 Summer Olympics / Participant (Samoa)

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With its participation in the Summer Olympics in Beijing in 2008 , Samoa has been represented at the Olympic Games without interruption since 1984 and has competed for the 7th time. Samoa sent six athletes in six sports. The flag bearer at the opening ceremony was the weightlifter Ele Opeloge .

In August 2016, during a large-scale follow-up examination of the athletes from 2008, it was found that the previous silver and bronze winners, the Ukrainian Olha Korobka and the Kazakh Marija Grabowezkaja, had achieved their successes by means of doping . As a result, both were disqualified and their medals were redistributed. Ele Opeloge received silver and became the first Olympic champion in her home country.

Participants by sport

Archery

Joseph Muaausa was able to qualify for Beijing because of his second place at the Oceania Championships.

• Joseph Muaausa

  Men, singles

Boxing

• Satupaitea Farani Tavui

  Light heavyweight (up to 81 kg)

Weightlifting

• Ele Opeloge (silver )

  Women, class over 75 kg

canoe

Canoe race

• Rudolf Berking-Williams

  Men, single kayak 500 m, single kayak 1000 m

athletics

• Aunese Curreen

  Men, 800 meters

swim

Emma Hunter , who is only 17 , is the first Samoan swimmer to take part in the Olympic Games.

• Emma Hunter

Web links

• Samoan Olympic team from 2008 in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Samoan weightlifter Ele Opeloge could be about to win her country's first ever Olympic medal . Retrieved November 28, 2016.