Peniamina Percival Explained

Nationality:	Samoan and American
Birth Place:	Moto'otua, Samoa
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Sport:	Judo

Peniamina Percival (born 8 November 1994) is a judoka from Samoa. He competed at the 2020 Summer Olympics, in the Judo – Men's 81 kg.^{[1] [2]} His coach at the olympics was his brother Iosefa Percival.^[3] He trains at a local Dojo in Osaka and Tenri University judo club.^[4]

Early and personal life

Percival is from Tiapapata in Apia and was born to a Samoan father and American mother. He attended Brandeis University in Waltham, Massachusetts where he studied environmental studies and international studies. Prior to that he had begun judo aged 13. In 2016 he had a semester in Japan and obtained his first judo black belt. He sells traditional handmade bonecarvings, and also is a music producer and DJ for the Original Samoan Krump Kingz, by the name of 685 Metal.^[5]

He won a bronze medal at the 2019 Pacific Games in Apia.^[6]

Notes and References

1. Web site: Peniamina Percival . 25 July 2021 . EuroSport.
2. Web site: Judo - PERCIVAL Peniamina . dead . 4 September 2021 . Tokyo 2020 Olympics . . en-us . 13 August 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210813140916/https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/olympic-games/en/results/judo/athlete-profile-n1492184-percival-peniamina.htm.
3. Web site: First-Time Olympian Ben Percival '18 Heads to Tokyo . Brandeis University . 7 July 2021 . 7 December 2021.
4. Web site: Samoan athlete holds onto Tokyo dreams despite pandemic . NHK World - Japan . 22 July 2021 . 7 December 2021.
5. Web site: Samoa's young rappers get a chance to shine . Samoa Observer . Sapeer Mayron . 13 December 2018 . 7 December 2021.
6. Web site: Olympic hopeful proud to fly Samoan flag . Samoa Observer . Thomas Airey . 21 February 2020 . 15 July 2022.