Tauama Timoti

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Tauama Timoti
Personal information
Born (1959-02-23) February 23, 1959 (age 64)
Height1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Weight108 kg (238 lb)
Sport
CountryFlag of American Samoa.svg  American Samoa
Sport Weightlifting

Tauama Timoti (born 23 February 1959) is a weightlifter from American Samoa.

Timoti competed at the 1988 Summer Olympics in the heavyweight class, he finished 16th out of the 20 starters. [1] [2]

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