Nuuausala Tuilefano

Nuuausala Tuilefano

Personal information
Nickname	Nu’u
Born	Nu’uausala Sialataua Maloata Tuilefamo
Sport
Country	American Samoa
Sport	Shot put
Medal record Women's Shot put Representing   American Samoa Pacific Games 2019 Apia Shot put

Nu'uausala Sialataua Maloata Tuilefano (born 29 January 2000) is an American Samoan shotputter, who has represented American Samoa at the Pacific Games and Samoa at the Commonwealth Games. ^[1]

Tuilefano grew up in Oceanside, California and was educated at El Camino High School ^[2] and Coffeyville Community College. ^[3] She later attended the University of Houston, where she was part of their track and field team. ^[3] In 2021 she set a new UH record in the shotput, with a throw of 16.49m. ^[4]

She represented American Samoa at the 2019 Pacific Games in Apia, winning silver in the shotput with a throw of 13.12m. ^{[5] [6]}

On 14 July 2022 she was selected as part of Samoa's team for the 2022 Commonwealth Games in Birmingham. ^{[7] [8]}

References

1. Nuuausala Tuilefano at World Athletics
2. "Nu'uausala Tuilefano". UH Track and Field. Retrieved 16 July 2022.
3. James Mueller (25 August 2020). "UH track and field team adds 26 signees to 2020-21 squad". The Cougar. Retrieved 16 July 2022.
4. Armando Yanez (19 April 2021). "Long-standing UH track and field record broken in competitions at LSU". The Cougar. Retrieved 16 July 2022.
5. "Welcome back to our Pacific Games team". Talanei. 22 July 2019. Retrieved 16 July 2022.
6. "Gold for Tonga in women's shot put". 2019 Samoa. Retrieved 16 July 2022.
7. Gutu Faasau (13 July 2022). "SASNOC announces Team Samoa for Commonwealth Games". Samoa Observer. Retrieved 13 July 2022.
8. "Team Samoa for Commonwealth Games 2022 in Birmingham Announced". Samoa Global News. 13 July 2022. Retrieved 13 July 2022.