Lesila Fiapule Explained

Birth Date:	22 October 2001^[1]
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Sport:	Weightlifter

Lesila Fiapule (born 22 October 2001) is a Samoan weightlifter who has represented Samoa at the Pacific Mini Games and Youth Olympic Games.

Fiapule was educated at Avele College and has been lifting since she was 15.^[2] She represented Samoa at the 2018 Oceania Weightlifting Championships in Nouméa,^[3] winning three bronze medals in the +90kg division. Later that year she represented Samoa at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics in Buenos Aires, Argentina.^[2] At the 2019 Junior World Weightlifting Championships in Suva, Fiji she came 7th in the +87kg division.^{[4] [5]}

At the 2022 Pacific Mini Games in Saipan, Northern Marianas Islands, she won a gold and two silvers in the 87+ kg division.^{[6] [7] [8]}

Notes and References

1. Web site: Lesila Fiapule . Olympedia . 17 July 2022.
2. Web site: Weightlifter Lesila Fiapule to represent Samoa . Samoa Observer . Deidre Tautua-Fanene . 27 September 2018 . 17 July 2022.
3. Web site: Weightlifters prepare for Oceania . Samoa Observer . Deidre Tautua-Fanene . 11 June 2018 . 17 July 2022.
4. Web site: Sport: Dream becomes reality for Samoan weightlifters at Junior World Champs . RNZ . 10 June 2019 . 17 July 2022.
5. Web site: Samoa weightlifters selected for Junior Worlds . Fiji Times . 28 May 2019 . 17 July 2022.
6. Web site: Samoa bags more medals in weightlifting . Loop Samoa . 23 June 2022 . 17 July 2022.
7. Web site: Team Samoa returning home with 21 medals from the Pacific Mini Games . Talamua . 27 June 2022 . 14 July 2022.
8. Web site: Samoa Women Lifters Dominate Heavyweight Division at Pacific Mini Games 2022 . Samoa Global News . Loreta Kelemete . 25 June 2022 . 17 July 2022.