Nathaniel Sulupo (born 18 February 1998) is a Samoan New Zealander athlete who has represented Samoa at the Pacific Games.
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| Born | 18 February 1998[1] | |||||||||||||||||
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| Country |  Samoa | |||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Shot put / Discus throw | |||||||||||||||||
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Sulupo was born in New Zealand and grew up in Lower Hutt. He was educated at St Patrick's College, Silverstream and initially played rugby.[2] He took up the discus at age 15 and subsequently trained at the Sola Power Throwing Academy in Lower Hutt under former Samoan shot-putter Shaka Sola.[3][4]
He represented Samoa at the 2015 Commonwealth Youth Games in Apia,[5] placing 7th with a throw of 51.67 metres.[4]
At the 2019 Pacific Games in Apia he won bronze in both the shot put and discus.[6][7]
References
edit- ^ "Nathaniel SULUPO". World Athletics. Retrieved 17 July 2022.
- ^ "Young Wgtn thrower aiming high". NZ Catholic. 4 July 2016. Retrieved 17 July 2022.
- ^ Dewi Preece (17 November 2021). "Lower Hutt athletics academy throwing its way to the top". 1News. Retrieved 17 July 2022.
- ^ a b Caitlin Salter (10 September 2015). "Tragedy before trip to Samoa for young athletes". Stuff. Retrieved 17 July 2022.
- ^ "Youth Games Begin in Samoa". Government of Samoa. 7 September 2015. Retrieved 17 July 2022.
- ^ Thomas Airey (19 July 2019). "More medals in athletics for young Samoans". Samoa Observer. Retrieved 17 July 2022.
- ^ "Wallis and Futuna scoop gold and silver in men's discus". Samoa 2019. 18 July 2019. Retrieved 17 July 2022.
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