At the 2013 Pacific Mini Games, he made history by winning his country’s first ever gold medal in major sporting competition, when he won the 62 kg snatch. He also won 62 kg clean and jerk, and 62 kg combined event.[5]
tuau, lapua, lapua, also, tuvalu, weightlifting, federation, born, april, 1991, nanumaga, tuvaluan, weightlifter, personal, informationnationality, tuvaluborn, 1991, april, 1991, nanumaga, tuvaluheight140, weight62, sportsportweightliftingevent, kgmedal, recor. See also Tuvalu Weightlifting Federation Tuau Lapua Lapua born 15 April 1991 in Nanumaga is a Tuvaluan weightlifter 1 2 Tuau Lapua LapuaPersonal informationNationality TuvaluBorn 1991 04 15 April 15 1991 age 33 Nanumaga TuvaluHeight140 cm 4 ft 7 in Weight62 kg 137 lb SportSportWeightliftingEvent 62 kgMedal record Men s Weightlifting Representing Tuvalu Pacific Games 2011 Noumea 62 kg At the 2010 Commonwealth Games in Delhi India he finished in 15th position in the men s final for weightlifting 62 kg with a lift of 220 kg 3 In Weightlifting at the 2011 Pacific Games he won 62 kg Clean amp Jerk 62 kg Snatch 62 kg Total 4 He competed at the 2012 Summer Olympics in the Men s 62 kg where he finished with a rank of 12 1 At the 2013 Pacific Mini Games he made history by winning his country s first ever gold medal in major sporting competition when he won the 62 kg snatch He also won 62 kg clean and jerk and 62 kg combined event 5 At the 2014 Commonwealth Games he did not finish his event failing to record a lift in the snatch 6 References edit a b London 2012 Weightlifting 62 kg Men IOC 2012 Retrieved 9 December 2013 Tuau Lapua Lapua BBC Sport Retrieved 8 September 2012 Delhi 2010 Commonwealth Games Commonwealth Games Federation Retrieved 11 March 2013 XIV PACIFIC GAMES 09 05 2011 NCL Noumea Olystats 2011 Archived from the original on 21 July 2015 Retrieved 21 July 2015 Sport Tuvalu make history at Mini Games Radio New Zealand International 3 September 2013 Retrieved 21 July 2015 Glasgow 2014 Men s 62kg Group A g2014results thecgf com Retrieved 2020 12 19 External links editTuau Lapua Lapua at Olympedia nbsp Tuau Lapua Lapua at the Commonwealth Games Federation archived nbsp nbsp This Tuvaluan biographical article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte nbsp This biographical article relating to weightlifting in Oceania is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Tuau Lapua Lapua amp oldid 1212637078, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
