| Margaret Satupai | |
| Full Name: | Tasele Margaret Iva Satupai |
| National Team: | Samoa |
| Citizenship: | Samoa |
| Birth Date: | 9 July 1992 |
| Sport: | Shot put; discus |
Margaret Satupai (born 9 July 1992) is a Samoan athlete, who holds the Samoan records in shotput and discus and won a bronze medal for shot put in the 2010 Commonwealth Games.
Tasele Margaret Iva Satupai was born on 9 July 1992.[1] She grew up in Melbourne where she trained with Oakleigh Little Athletics.[2] She began her international career with an unsuccessful performance at the Junior World Championships in Bydgoszcz in 2008.[3] [4] A year later she was fourth in the discus throw and second in the shot put at the Junior World Championships.[5] [6] She achieved great success in 2010.[7] She achieved high positions at the Junior World Championships and won two medals in the Australian and Oceania Championships.[8] At the end of the season 2010 she was third in the shot put at the Commonwealth Games, winning a bronze medal.[9] [10] [11] [12]
During her career she repeatedly improved Samoan records across age categories and, as of 2021, both her discus and shot put distances were still unbeaten.[13] Her record-breaking shot put throw of 16.43m was made at the Commonwealth Games in 2010; her discus throw of 52.67m was made at the Australian Junior Championships in 2011.
| Representing the | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 | South Pacific Games | Apia, Samoa | 3rd | Shot put | 13.60 m | |
| 6th | Discus | 42.86 m | ||||
| 2008 | Oceania Youth Championships | Saipan, Northern Mariana Islands | bgcolor=gold | 1st | Shot put | 14.27 m |
| bgcolor=gold | 1st | Discus | 45.08 m | |||
| bgcolor=gold | 1st | Hammer throw | 34.58 m | |||
| Oceania Championships | Saipan, Northern Mariana Islands | bgcolor=gold | 1st | Shot put | 13.94 m | |
| bgcolor=silver | 2nd | Discus | 46.57 m | |||
| 3rd | Hammer throw | 36.11 m | ||||
| World Junior Championships | Bydgoszcz, Poland | 21st | Shot put | 14.54 m | ||
| 2009 | World Youth Championships | Brixen, Italy | bgcolor=silver | 2nd | Shot put | 14.96 m |
| 4th | Discus | 49.06 m | ||||
| Pacific Mini Games | Rarotonga, Cook Islands | bgcolor=silver | 2nd | Shot put | 14.52 m | |
| bgcolor=silver | 2nd | Discus | 50.94 m | |||
| 5th | Hammer throw | 38.67 m | ||||
| 2010 | Oceania Junior Championships | Cairns, Australia | bgcolor=gold | 1st | Shot put | 16.34 m |
| Oceania Championships | Cairns, Australia | bgcolor=gold | 1st | Shot put | 15.95 m | |
| bgcolor=silver | 2nd | Discus | 51.42 m | |||
| World Junior Championships | Moncton, Canada | 4th | Shot put | 15.62 m | ||
| 7th | Discus | 51.31 m | ||||
| Commonwealth Games | Delhi, India | 3rd | Shot put | 16.43 m | ||
| 2011 | Pacific Games | Nouméa, New Caledonia | bgcolor=silver | 2nd | Shot put | 15.12 m |
| bgcolor=gold | 1st | Discus | 52.05 m | |||
| bgcolor=silver | 2nd | Hammer throw | 49.71 m | |||