Teuraiterai Tupaia

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Teuraiterai Tupaia
Personal information
NicknameTeura Tupaia
Born6 February 2000 [1]
Papeete, French Polynesia
Sport
CountryFlag of French Polynesia.svg  French Polynesia
Sport Javelin throw
Medal record
Men's Javelin throw
Representing Flag of France.svg  France
European Throwing Cup
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2022 Leiria U23 Javelin
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2021 Split U23 Javelin
French Athletics Championships
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2021 Angers Javelin
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2020 Albi Javelin

Teura'itera'i Tupaia (born 6 February 2000) is a French Polynesian athlete specialising in the Javelin throw. He is the younger brother of French athlete Kevin Mayer. [2]

Biography

Tupaia was born in Papeete in French Polynesia, and began athletics at the age of 11. [2] He participated in the athletics section of A.S. Aorai in French Polynesia until 2019. In 2020 he moved to France where he competed with the Entente de Haute-Alsace.

In 2020, he won silver at the 2020 French Athletics Championships in Albi with a throw of 73.07 m (personal record). [3]

He won gold in the under-23 category at the 2021 European Throwing Cup in Split with a throw of 80.46m, a mark above 80 meters that had not been reached by a French thrower since 2010 and 30 centimeters from the French record held by Stéphane Laporte. [4] [5] He withdrew from the 2021 European team championships due to an elbow injury. [6]

He won gold in the javelin competition at the 2021 French Athletics Championships in Angers.

He won gold at the 2022 European Throwing Cup in Leiria. [7]

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References

  1. "Teura'itera'i TUPAIA". World Athletics. Retrieved 29 October 2022.
  2. 1 2 "Challenger #11 : Teura Tupai" (in French). Tahiti Infos. 29 January 2019. Retrieved 29 October 2022.
  3. "Teura Tupaia vice-champion de France élite au javelot" (in French). Tahiti Infos. 12 September 2020. Retrieved 29 October 2022.
  4. "Coupe d'Europe des lancers : Teuraiterai Tupaia casse la baraque" (in French). Stadion. 9 May 2021. Retrieved 29 October 2022.
  5. "Teura Tupaia franchit la barre des 80 mètres au javelot" (in French). Tahiti Infos. 8 May 2021. Retrieved 29 October 2022.
  6. "Laura Valette et Teuraiterai Tupaia ne seront pas à Chorzow (Pologne). La hurdleuse et le lanceur de javelot seront remplacés par Laeticia Bapte et Rémi Conroy" (in French). L'Equipe. 27 May 2021. Retrieved 29 October 2022.
  7. "Teura Tupaia conserve son titre à la Coupe d'Europe des lancers" (in French). Tahiti Infos. 13 March 2022. Retrieved 29 October 2022.