Asenate Manoa

Asenate Manoa
Personal information
Born (1992-05-23) 23 May 1992 (age 32)
Kioa, Fiji
Sport
Country Tuvalu
SportAthletics
Event(s)100 metres
Triple jump
Powerlifting
Achievements and titles
Personal best100m - 13.48s[1]
Medal record
Women's Powerlifting
Representing  Tuvalu
Pacific Games
Bronze medal – third place 2015 Port Moresby -72kg
Women's Athletics
Representing  Tuvalu
Pacific Mini Games
Bronze medal – third place 2009 Rarotonga Triple jump
Updated on 17 July 2022

Asenate Manoa (born 23 May 1992) is a Tuvaluan track and field athlete who represented Tuvalu at the 2008 Summer Olympics, at the 2009 World Championships & 2011 World Championships and at the 2012 Summer Olympics. Manoa represented Tuvalu in the sport of powerlifting at the Pacific Games 2015 and won a bronze medal in the 72 kg Female category. She was the first woman to represent Tuvalu at the Olympics.[2]

Manoa was born on Kioa island in Fiji.[3]

  1. ^ "London 2012 Athletics, 100M Women". IOC. 2012. Retrieved 9 December 2013.
  2. ^ "First female competitors at the Olympics by country". Olympedia. Retrieved 14 June 2020.
  3. ^ Athlete Biography: MANOA Asenate, Retrieved on 24 March 2014