Tuau Lapua Lapua

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Tuau Lapua Lapua Weightlifting
Nationality: TuvaluTuvalu Tuvalu
Date of birth: April 15, 1991
Place of birth: Nanumanga , Tuvalu
Size: 1.40 m
Medal table
Pacific games 0 × gold 2 × silver 1 × bronze
Mini Pacific Games 1 × gold 1 × silver 1 × bronze
Medals

Tuau Lapua Lapua (born April 15, 1991 in Nanumanga ) is a weightlifter from Tuvalu .

Career

At the Commonwealth Games 2010 in Delhi , India , he came in 15th place in the final (up to 62 kg), weighing 220 kg.

In the Pacific Games in 2011 he won the bronze medal in pushing (up to 62 kg), the silver medal in snatch (up to 62 kg) and silver in the overall standings.

At the 2012 Summer Olympics , he came in 12th.

He made sports history at the 2013 Mini Pacific Games in Wallis and Futuna by winning the first ever gold medal for his country. In the snatch (up to 62 kg) he came first. He won a second medal (bronze) in pushing and silver in combination. In the 2016 Oceania Championships, he finished 5th.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b London 2012 Weightlifting, 62 kg Men . In: IOC . 2012. Retrieved December 9, 2013.
  2. ↑ Tuau Lapua Lapua . BBC Sports. Retrieved September 8, 2012.
  3. ↑ Delhi 2010 Commonwealth Games Archived copy ( memento of the original from July 25, 2002) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Commonwealth Games Federation. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.thecgf.com
  4. ↑ XIV. PACIFIC GAMES (05/09/2011 - NCL: Noumea) . 2011. Archived from the original on July 21, 2015. Retrieved July 21, 2015.
  5. ↑ Sports: Tuvalu make history at Mini Games . In: Radio New Zealand International . September 3, 2013. Accessed July 21, 2015.

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personal data
SURNAME Lapua, Tuau Lapua
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Tuvaluan weightlifter
DATE OF BIRTH April 15, 1991
PLACE OF BIRTH Nanumanga