Alesana Sione

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Alesana Sione
Personal information
Born (1966-07-28) July 28, 1966 (age 56)
Height1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
Weight127 kg (280 lb)
Sport
CountryFlag of American Samoa.svg  American Samoa
Sport Weightlifting, Wrestling

Alesana Sione (born 28 July 1966) is an Olympic weightlifter and wrestler from American Samoa.

Sione competed at the 1988 Summer Olympics in the wrestling 100 kg, but he lost both of his preliminary matches so did not advance to the next round. Twelve years later at the 2000 Summer Olympics he competed in the weightlifting 105 kg and came 20th out of the 24 starters. [1]

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