Philomena Tofaeono
Philomena Tofaeono on the first day of the Youth Olympic Games |
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Full name | Philomena Luavaasiitia Tofaeono |
Nickname | “Va'a; Luava'a " |
birthday | February 23, 2000 |
place of birth | Pago Pago, American Samoa |
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height | 175 cm |
Playing position | Back center |
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Throwing hand | Right |
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society | CaBoom Athletic Club of Ili'ili |
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from ... to | society |
- | CaBoom Athletic Club of Ili'ili |
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American Samoa |
Philomena Luavaasiitia "Luava'a" Tofaeono (born February 23, 2000 in Pago Pago ) is an American-Samoan beach handball player .
Luava'a Tofaeono starts for the CaBoom Athletic Club of Ili'ili . The central player, who can be used both defensively and offensively, belongs to the founding generation of handball, especially beach handball, in American Samoa. She was part of the squad of her association that won the title at the U-17 Oceania Beach Handball Championships against the favored Australian team and thus qualified for the 2018 Summer Youth Olympic Games . In Buenos Aires , too, Tofaeono was part of the squad that finished eleventh.
The following year Tofaeono was part of the American Samoas senior team. At the continental championships of Oceania 2019 and the parallel Australian championships, in which the team from American Samoa competed as a club team, the team won the silver medals in both competitions. In the context of the continental championships, the team from American Samoa only had to admit defeat to Australia and won not only against the representation of the Cook Islands , but also the team from New Zealand .
Since September 2019, Tofaeono has also been coaching the newly founded U15 girls' national beach handball team of their association together with Naomi A'asa .
Web links
Single receipts
- ↑ U17 Beach Handball Boys and Girls claimsoft gold sliver at Oceania Champs (English)
- ↑ Our beach handball team to Argentina 2018 (English)
- ↑ Detailed statistics of the Youth Olympic Games (English)
- ↑ Beach Handball - Oceania Qualifiers & Aust Champs 2019
- ↑ CJ Sagapolutele Floor Sr. Accessed on 15 September 2019 .
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SURNAME | Tofaeono, Philomena |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Tofaeono, Philomena Luavaasiitia; Tofaeono, Luava'a |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American-Samoan beach handball player |
DATE OF BIRTH | February 23, 2000 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Pago Pago |