Lesila Fiapule

Lesila Fiapule
Personal information
Born22 October 2001[1]
Sport
Country Samoa
SportWeightlifter
Medal record
Women's Weightlifter
Representing  Samoa
Pacific Mini Games
Gold medal – first place 2022 Saipan +87kg snatch
Silver medal – second place 2022 Saipan +87kg clean & jerk
Silver medal – second place 2022 Saipan +87kg total
Oceania Weightlifting Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2018 +90kg snatch
Bronze medal – third place 2018 +90kg clean & jerk
Bronze medal – third place 2018 +90kg total

Lesila Fiapule (born 22 October 2001) is a Samoan weightlifter who has represented Samoa at the Pacific Mini Games and Youth Olympic Games.

Fiapule was educated at Avele College and has been lifting since she was 15.[2] She represented Samoa at the 2018 Oceania Weightlifting Championships in Nouméa,[3] winning three bronze medals in the +90kg division. Later that year she represented Samoa at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics in Buenos Aires, Argentina.[2] At the 2019 Junior World Weightlifting Championships in Suva, Fiji she came 7th in the +87kg division.[4][5]

At the 2022 Pacific Mini Games in Saipan, Northern Marianas Islands, she won a gold and two silvers in the 87+ kg division.[6][7][8]

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  2. ^ a b Deidre Tautua-Fanene (27 September 2018). "Weightlifter Lesila Fiapule to represent Samoa". Samoa Observer. Retrieved 17 July 2022.
  3. ^ Deidre Tautua-Fanene (11 June 2018). "Weightlifters prepare for Oceania". Samoa Observer. Retrieved 17 July 2022.
  4. ^ "Sport: Dream becomes reality for Samoan weightlifters at Junior World Champs". RNZ. 10 June 2019. Retrieved 17 July 2022.
  5. ^ "Samoa weightlifters selected for Junior Worlds". Fiji Times. 28 May 2019. Retrieved 17 July 2022.
  6. ^ "Samoa bags more medals in weightlifting". Loop Samoa. 23 June 2022. Retrieved 17 July 2022.
  7. ^ "Team Samoa returning home with 21 medals from the Pacific Mini Games". Talamua. 27 June 2022. Retrieved 14 July 2022.
  8. ^ Loreta Kelemete (25 June 2022). "Samoa Women Lifters Dominate Heavyweight Division at Pacific Mini Games 2022". Samoa Global News. Retrieved 17 July 2022.