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Lisa Misipeka

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Lisa Vasa Misipeka (born January 3, 1975) is an American Samoan athlete who specialises in the hammer throw. She was the first woman to represent American Samoa at the Olympics. She won the bronze medal at the 1999 World Championships in Athletics. First place was 75.20m, second place 72.56m, and 9m behind first and 6.5m behind second was Misipeka in third with 66.06m. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in 21 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 19 in 2024). Lisa Misipeka is the 5,358th most popular athlete (down from 5,135th in 2024), the 6th most popular biography from American Samoa (down from 5th in 2019) and the most popular Athlete.

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Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Lisa Misipeka ranks 5,358 out of 6,025Before her are Lisa Theresa Hauser, Alleyne Francique, Olga Brusnikina, Khedafi Djelkhir, Damian Warner, and Mark Plaatjes. After her are Zhang Shan, Gabriele Magni, Lee Dong-jun, Alina Rotaru-Kottmann, Danny McFarlane, and Nienke Kingma.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1975, Lisa Misipeka ranks 1,176Before her are Daniel Santos, Keith Van Horn, Andrea Huber, Viktória Mohácsi, Melanie Blatt, and Aleksandr Panov. After her are Kenny Doughty, Alessandro Juliani, Thomas Bimis, Mohammed Gargo, Gakuya Horii, and Kristi Harrower.

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In American Samoa

Among people born in American Samoa, Lisa Misipeka ranks 6 out of 5Before her are Lolo Matalasi Moliga (1947), Tulsi Gabbard (1981), Umaga (1973), Togiola Tulafono (1947), and Nicky Salapu (1980). After her are Ramin Ott (1986), Tilali Scanlan (1999), and Kuinini Manumua (2000).

Among ATHLETES In American Samoa

Among athletes born in American Samoa, Lisa Misipeka ranks 1After her are Kuinini Manumua (2000).