Lisa Misipeka



Lisa Misipeka ( January 31975 ) is an athlete from American Samoa, who specializes in the shot put and hammer throw . She took part in the three Olympic Games, but won no medals here. She is a national record holder in the shot put, hammer throw and discus throw. In the discus, they must honor to share it with Talafulu Misa .

At the 1996 Olympics in Atlanta Misipeka participated in the shot put. With a throw of 13.74m, they remained below the qualifying criterion for the final.

Misipeka was thereafter primarily on the hammer throw. In 1999 she was at the World Cup in the SpanishSeville third hammer throw at the part. With a throw of 66.06 m she finished behind Mihaela Melinte (gold with 75.20 m) and Olga Koezenkova (silver with 72.56 m). Misipeka this was the first athlete from American Samoa to a medal at a major international tournament.

In 2000, at the Sydney Olympics she again took part in the hammer throw. With a throw of 61.74 m she did not go beyond the qualifications. At the 2004 Olympics in Athens Misipeka again took part in the hammer throw. They failed to draw them in so that she was eliminated in the qualifying round. Again a valid throw on ==Personal records [ Edit] == ==Performance [ edit] ==