Maureen Tuimalealiifano

Maureen Tuimalealiifano (born 17 October 1970 in Saleimoa, Samoa) is a Samoan archer. She competed in the individual event at the 2012 Summer Olympics and was eliminated in the Round of 64 after she lost 0-6 to South Korea's Lee Sung-jin.[1][2] Starting the sport 8 months before the Olympics while she was manager at the Samoan Bank, she made rapid progress with the help (for 1 month) of a Chinese coach. Tuimalealiifano, is looking forward to getting sponsorship and competing at Rio 2016.[3]

Maureen Tuimalealiifano
Personal information
Born (1970-10-17) 17 October 1970
Height1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Weight70 kg (150 lb)
Sport
Country Samoa
SportArchery
Event(s)Individual
Updated on 5 August 2012.

References

  1. Sports Reference profile
  2. London 2012 profile Archived 1 August 2012 at the Wayback Machine
  3. Yuyutsu, Arya (27 September 2012). "S is for Sports: Fortius". Long-Hand blog. Retrieved 13 June 2015.


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