Sanitesi Latu (born 22 December 1950) is a former Tongan Athlete who has represented Tonga at the Commonwealth Games, Pacific Games, and Pacific Mini Games.
Latu was born in Toloa on the island on Tongatapu.[1]
He competed in the 1969 South Pacific Games in Port Moresby as a high jumper,[2] without success. At the 1971 South Pacific Games in Papeete he won bronze in the Decathlon.[3] He then competed in the 1974 British Commonwealth Games in Christchurch, New Zealand, coming 5th in the decathlon.[4] [5] After the Commonwealth Games he moved to Melbourne, Australia, where he worked as a storeman and gained permanent residency.[6] He contested the 1975 South Pacific Games in Tumon, Guam, winning gold in both the 110 metres hurdles and the Decathlon.[3] In 1974 and 1978 he was Australian champion in the decathlon. His Australian residency meant he was unable to compete in the 1979 South Pacific Games.[7] [8]
At the 1982 Commonwealth Games he retired from the decathlon. At the 1985 South Pacific Mini Games in Rarotonga he won gold in the shot put and bronze in the discus.[3] At the 1987 South Pacific Games in Nouméa he won bronze in the shot put.[3] At the 1989 South Pacific Mini Games in Nukuʻalofa he won bronze in the shot put.[3]
In December 2009 he was inducted into the Tonga National Sports Hall of Fame.[1]
