Donny Tuimaseve
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| Full name | Donny Tuimaseve | |||||||||||||||||
| Nationality | Samoan | |||||||||||||||||
| Born | 17 April 1999 Vaiafai, Samoa | |||||||||||||||||
| Height | 184 cm (6 ft 0 in) | |||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 65 kg (143 lb) | |||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Athletics | |||||||||||||||||
| Event | Javelin throw | |||||||||||||||||
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Donny Tuimaseve (born 17 April 1999) is a Samoan athlete. He competed in the 2018 Commonwealth Games on the Gold Coast in Australia, as well as in the 2022 Pacific Mini Games.
Tuimaseve was born in Vaiafai on the island of Savaiʻi.[1]
He competed in the 2017 Pacific Mini Games, winning a gold medal with a throw of 63.73m.[2] At the Gold Coast Commonwealth Games in 2018 he came 10th in his qualifying round, with a throw of 67.78m.[3] Following the competition he took a three year break from the sport to work as a Mormon missionary in the Philippines.[2]
At the 2022 Pacific Mini Games in Saipan he won gold in the javelin with a throw of 69.05m.[2][4]
References
[edit]- ^ "Donny TUIMASEVE". Gold Coast 2018. Retrieved 12 July 2022.
- ^ a b c Loreta Kelemete (24 June 2022). "Samoan Javelin Thrower Returns from LDS Mission to Win Gold Medal at Pacific Mini Games 2022". Samoa Global News. Retrieved 12 July 2022.
- ^ "Commonwealth Games: Athletics - Men's Javelin results". BBC Sport. Retrieved 12 July 2022.
- ^ Matai'a Lanuola Tusani T - Ah Tong (23 June 2022). "Tuimaseve throws gold for Samoa". Samoa Observer. Retrieved 12 July 2022.
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