Jeremiah Wallwork

Last updated

Jeremiah Wallwork
Personal information
NationalitySamoan
Born (1972-08-29) 29 August 1972 (age 53)
Sport
Sport Weightlifting

Tuaopepe Asiata Jerry Wallwork (born 29 August 1972) is a Samoan weightlifter. He competed in the men's heavyweight I event at the 1992 Summer Olympics. [1]

Tuaopepe is the son of weightlifter Paul Wallwork and the brother of Attorney-General Su'a Hellene Wallwork. [2] in June 2017 he was appointed to the board of the International Weightlifting Federation. [3]

In December 2022 the Samoa Observer named Tuaopepe one of its people of the year. [4]

He was awarded the Order of Merit of Samoa in the 2023 Samoa Honours and Awards. [5]

In April 2025 he was elected president of the Samoa Association of Sports and National Olympic Committee. [6]

References

  1. ↑ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Jeremiah Wallwork Olympic Results". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 31 January 2020.
  2. ↑ Deidre Tautua-Fanene (31 December 2017). "Tuaopepe Jerry Wallwork - The force behind weightlifting". Samoa Observer. Retrieved 31 December 2022.
  3. ↑ Deidre Tautua-Fanene (29 June 2017). "Global role for local Tuaopepe". Samoa Observer. Retrieved 31 December 2022.
  4. ↑ Shalveen Chand (31 December 2022). "People of the Year" The weight on his shoulders, Tuaopepe Jerry Wallwork". Samoa Observer. Retrieved 31 December 2022.
  5. ↑ Lagi Keresoma (2 June 2023). "15 Conferred Merit Awards for their Service to Samoa and People". Talamua. Retrieved 2 June 2023.
  6. ↑ Matai'a Lanuola Tusani T - Ah Tong (2 April 2025). "Tuaopepe elected to lead SASNOC". Samoa Observer. Retrieved 2 September 2025.


This page is based on this Wikipedia article
Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license; additional terms may apply.
Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.