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Lesila Fiapule

Lesila Fiapule

Samoan weightlifter (born 2001)

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

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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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