Lusitania Tatafu Explained

Lusitania Tatafu
Fullname:Karoline Lusitania Tatafu
Nickname:Lusi
Birth Date:20 February 1998
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Sport:Archery
Event:Recurve
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Updated:26 July 2016

Karoline Lusitania "Lusi" Tatafu (born 20 February 1998[1]) is a Tongan recurve archer who competed at the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics and the 2016 Summer Olympics.

Tatafu made her international debut at the 2012 New Zealand National Championships, and was awarded a universality place to compete at the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics.[2] In 2015 she achieved a silver medal at the New Zealand National Championships, and the following year made her senior Olympic debut at the 2016 Summer Olympics, participating in the women's individual event.[3] She finished the 72-arrow ranking round in 63rd position out of 64 and was eliminated by South Korea's Chang Hye-jin in the event's first knock-out round.[3] [4]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Karoline Lusitania Tatafu. Rio 2016. Organizing Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games Rio 2016. 19 April 2020. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20160826115122/https://www.rio2016.com/en/athlete/karoline-lusitania-tatafu. 26 August 2016.
  2. Web site: Tonga: Bronze and gold for Tonga at the 2014 NZ Nationals Archery Tournament. Pasifika Media Association. 23 January 2014. 24 January 2020. https://web.archive.org/web/20160818010856/http://pacific-media.org/archives/31098. 18 August 2016.
  3. Web site: Tongan archers and swimmer take the lead for kingdom in Rio Olympic Games competition. Kaniva News. Philip. Cass. 9 August 2016. 24 January 2020.
  4. Web site: S. Korean archers reach round of 16 in individual events. Yonhap News Agency. 10 August 2016. 24 January 2020.