Laulauga Tausaga-Collins (born 22 May 1998 in Hawaii) is an American discus thrower. With a personal best throw of 69.49 m, she won the gold medal at the 2023 World Athletics Championships.^[2] She also won the gold medal at the 2022 NACAC Championships.

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Laulauga Tausaga

Personal information
Nickname	Lagi Tausaga[1]
Born	(1998-05-22) 22 May 1998 (age 26) Hawaii, U.S.
Home town	Spring Valley, San Diego County, California, United States
Sport
Sport	Athletics
Event(s)	Discus throw Shot Put Hammer
College team	University of Iowa
Club	Chula Vista Elite Athlete Training Center
Medal record Women's athletics Representing the  United States World Championships 2023 Budapest Discus throw NACAC Championships 2022 Freeport Discus NACAC U23 Championships in Athletics 2019 Queretaro Discus Pan American U20 Athletics Championships 2017 Trujillo Discus

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Tausaga made the women's discus final at 2019 and 2022 world championships, won silver medals in discus at the 2019 match and 2019 NACAC U-23 Championships. Tausaga won discus at 2017 Pan American U20 Athletics Championships.

She won the gold medal at the 2023 World Championships in Budapest with a fifth throw of 69.49 m that raised her personal best by more than four metres, after finishing 12 and last in the discus final at the previous two world athletics championships.^[2]

International

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Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Event	Notes
Representing  United States
2023	World Championships	Budapest, Hungary	1st	Discus	69.49 m (227 ft 11+3⁄4 in)
2022	2022 NACAC Championships	Freeport, Bahamas	1st	Discus	63.18 m (207 ft 3+1⁄4 in)
	World Championships	Eugene, United States	12th	Discus	56.47 m (185 ft 3 in)
2019	World Championships	Doha, Qatar	12th	Discus	63.94 m (209 ft 9+1⁄4 in)
	The Match Europe v USA	Minsk, Belarus	2nd	Discus	63.71 m (209 ft 1⁄4 in)
	2019 NACAC U23 Championships in Athletics	Queretaro, Mexico	2nd	Discus	59.37 m (194 ft 9+1⁄4 in)
2017	2017 Pan American U20 Athletics Championships	Trujillo, Peru	1st	Discus	59.29 m (194 ft 6+1⁄4 in)

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Laulauga Tausaga-Collins is a 2019 NCAA Discus champion, 8-time NCAA Division 1 All-American, 6-time Big Ten Conference champion, & 12-time All-Big Ten Conference scorer.

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Tausaga won 2014 CIF San Diego Section Shot put title in 13.53 m (44 ft 4+1⁄2 in) and 2015 CIF San Diego Section Shot put title in 14.71 m (48 ft 3 in) while representing Mount Miguel High School. At the 2015 CIF California State Meet, she placed 3rd in the shot put 14.61 m (47 ft 11 in).