Asenate Manoa

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Asenate Manoa
Personal information
Born (1992-05-23) 23 May 1992 (age 31)
Kioa, Fiji
Sport
CountryFlag of Tuvalu.svg  Tuvalu
SportAthletics
Event(s) 100 metres
Triple jump
Powerlifting
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s) 100m - 13.48s [1]
Medal record
Women's Powerlifting
Representing Flag of Tuvalu.svg  Tuvalu
Pacific Games
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2015 Port Moresby -72kg
Women's Athletics
Representing Flag of Tuvalu.svg  Tuvalu
Pacific Mini Games
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2009 Rarotonga Triple jump
Updated on 17 July 2022.

Asenate Manoa (born 23 May 1992) is a Tuvaluan track and field athlete who represented Tuvalu at the 2008 Summer Olympics, at the 2009 World Championships & 2011 World Championships and at the 2012 Summer Olympics. Manoa represented Tuvalu in the sport of powerlifting at the Pacific Games 2015 and won a bronze medal in the 72 kg Female category. She was the first woman to represent Tuvalu at the Olympics. [2]

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Manoa was born on Kioa island in Fiji. [3]

Beijing Olympics, 2008

Asenate "Nancy" Manoa competed for Tuvalu as its first female Olympian, competing in the Beijing Olympics as part of the women's 100 meters races. [4] Manoa was 16 years old when she first competed in Beijing. After initially training on the runway of Funafuti International Airport, [5] Manoa trained in Suva, Fiji in preparation for the games. She was mentored by members of Fiji's track team, and worked at the offices of the regional Olympic administrator, ONOC. She had never used starting blocks or run on a synthetic track before arriving in Beijing. [6] Slight of figure, she weighs 101 lbs (46 kg).

She competed in the 100m sprint. Her time of 14.05 secs. was the slowest in her heat, [7] but was a Tuvaluan national record. [5]

The Guardian described her as "impossibly tiny for an international sprinter", and noted that, in the Beijing National Stadium, she was "running in front of an audience 10 times the size of her country's population". [5]

2009 World Championships in Athletics

She competed in the 100 metres at the 2009 World Championships, with a time of 13.75 secs. in the preliminary heat. [8]

2011 World Championships in Athletics

She competed in the 100 metres at the 2011 World Championships, with a time of 13.92 secs. in the preliminary heat. [9]

London Olympics, 2012

She trained in Brisbane, Australian, in her preparation for the 2012 Summer Olympics in London. [10] In the Women's 100 metres, she took her national record to 13.48 secs. [1]

Pacific Games 2015

Manoa took up powerlifting. [11] She had success at the Pacific Games 2015 in her category: 72 kg Female - TOTAL 340 kg - bronze medal. [12]

2017 Pacific Mini Games

Manoa participated in the women’s long jump event at the 2017 Pacific Mini Games; finishing 11th in the event with a jump of 4.60 m. [13]

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