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Asenate Manoa (Nancy Manoa) was a Tuvaluan athlete who represented Tuvalu at the 2008 Summer Olympics, at the 2009 World Championships & 2011 World Championships and at the 2012 Summer Olympics. Her event was the 100 metres sprint. Manoa then became a powerlifter and won a bronze medal at the Pacific Games 2015 in the 72 kg category. Manoa was born 23 May 1992 on Kioa island in Fiji; Kioa was purchased by settlers from Tuvalu, who migrated from Tuvalu between 1947 and 1983.