Lisa Misipeka
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Full name | Lisa Vasa Misipeka | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Nationality | American Samoa | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | January 3, 1975 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.68 m (5 ft 6 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 110 kg (240 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Sport | Athletics | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Updated on 28 April 2013. |
Lisa Vasa Misipeka (born January 3, 1975) is an American Samoan athlete who specialises in the hammer throw. She won the bronze medal at the 1999 World Championships in Athletics. First place was 75.20m, second place 72.56m, and 9m behind first and 6.5m behind second was Misipeka in third with 66.06m. It was the first ever international medal for American Samoa, and the greatest difference in distance between the first three medal places. The flag bearer for American Samoa at the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens, Greece where she did not record a distance in the qualifying round of the women's hammer and therefore did not advance to the final.
Achievements
Year | Competition | Venue | Position | Event | Notes |
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Representing American Samoa | |||||
1997 | South Pacific Mini Games | Pago Pago, American Samoa | 1st | Shot put | 14.37 m |
2nd | Discus throw | 43.32 m | |||
1st | Hammer throw | 58.20 m | |||
1999 | South Pacific Games | Santa Rita, Guam | 1st | Shot put | 15.13 m GR |
1st | Discus throw | 46.00 m | |||
1st | Hammer throw | 63.39 m GR | |||
World Championships | Seville, Spain | 3rd | Hammer throw | 66.06 m | |
2000 | Olympic Games | Sydney, Australia | 14th | Hammer throw | 61.74 m |
2001 | World Championships | Edmonton, Canada | 20th | Hammer throw | 63.34 m |
2003 | World Championships | Paris, France | 21st | Hammer throw | 64.42 m |
2004 | Olympic Games | Athens, Greece | — | Hammer throw | NM |
External links
- Lisa Misipeka profile at IAAF
- Sports reference biography
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Preceded by | Flagbearer for American Samoa Sydney 2000 Athens 2004 |
Succeeded by Silulu A'etonu |
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- American Samoan hammer throwers
- Athletes (track and field) at the 1996 Summer Olympics
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2000 Summer Olympics
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2004 Summer Olympics
- Olympic track and field athletes of American Samoa
- South Carolina Gamecocks women's track and field athletes
- University of South Carolina alumni
- World Championships in Athletics medalists
- American Samoan sportswomen
- Female hammer throwers
- World Championships in Athletics athletes for American Samoa
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