ʻAna Poʻuhila
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Nationality | Tongan | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Neiafu, Tongatapu | October 18, 1979||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 96 kg (212 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Sport | Athletics | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Event(s) | Shot put | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Club | Bays Cougars (New Zealand) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Coached by | Didier Poppe | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Updated on 29 April 2013. |
ʻAna Kilistina Poʻuhila (born October 18, 1979 in Longoteme, Tongatapu, Tonga) is a Tongan athlete.
Biography
She represented the Kingdom of Tonga in the shot put event during the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing. She had the honour of being the flagbearer for her country at the opening ceremony. Originally a sprinter, she is now known for breaking the national Tongan shot put record in 2008 during her European Olympic preparation tour with a put of 18.03 metres in Albertville.
As she threw over the Olympic qualifying distance of 17.20 metres ten times she qualified for the 2008 Olympics on merit. However, she did not advance beyond the qualification round as her put of 16.42 metres placed her in only the 27th position. She had previously competed in the 2004 Summer Olympics for the event of shot put, but her throw of 15.33 metres did not allow her to qualify for the final round.
On July 2, 2009, she broke the Tongan national record in hammer throwing, with a throw of 53,53m.[1]
She placed 14th in the shot put qualifier of the 2012 Summer Olympics with a put of 15.80 m.[2]
Personal best
Event | Performance | Wind | Venue | Date |
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100 metres | 13.57 | -0.2 | Edmonton | August 5, 2001 |
Shot Put | 18.03 | Albertville | July 7, 2008 | |
Discus Throw | 53.10 | Cook Island | August 24, 2009 | |
Hammer Throw | 53.53 | France | July 2, 2009 | |
Javelin Throw | 45.45 | Noumea New Caledonia | April 3, 2008 |
Achievements
Year | Competition | Venue | Position | Event | Notes |
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Representing ![]() | |||||
2000 | Oceania Championships | Adelaide, Australia | 1st | Shot put | 14.36 m |
3rd | Discus throw | 38.41 m | |||
3rd | Hammer throw | 35.29 m | |||
1st | Javelin throw | 42.32 m | |||
2001 | South Pacific Mini Games | Middlegate, Norfolk Island | 1st | Shot put | 15.13 m |
3rd | Discus throw | 42.28 m | |||
2002 | Oceania Championships | Christchurch, New Zealand | 1st | Shot put | 15.66 m |
2nd | Discus throw | 45.11 m | |||
2003 | South Pacific Games | Suva, Fiji | 1st | Shot put | 15.89 m GR |
2nd | Discus throw | 48.14 m | |||
2004 | Olympic Games | Athens, Greece | 32nd | Shot put | 15.33 m |
Oceania Championships | Townsville, Australia | 1st | Shot put | 14.89 m | |
3rd | Discus throw | 45.49 m | |||
2005 | South Pacific Mini Games | Koror, Palau | 1st | Shot put | 16.92 m GR |
3rd | Discus throw | 45.69 m | |||
2006 | Oceania Championships | Apia, Samoa | 1st | Shot put | 16.57 m CR |
2nd | Discus throw | 52.48 m | |||
2007 | Pacific Games | Apia, Samoa | 1st | Shot put | 16.60 m |
2nd | Discus throw | 48.92 m | |||
2009 | Pacific Mini Games | Rarotonga, Cook Islands | 1st | Shot put | 16.53 m |
1st | Discus throw | 53.10 m | |||
1st | Hammer throw | 50.70 m GR | |||
2011 | Pacific Games | Nouméa, New Caledonia | 1st | Shot put | 15.72 m |
2nd | Discus throw | 48.22 m | |||
3rd | Hammer throw | 47.27 m | |||
2012 | Olympic Games | London, Great Britain | 30th | Shot put | 15.80 m |
Honours
- National honours
Order of Queen Sālote Tupou III, Member (31 July 2008).[3]
References
- ^ "'Ana Po'uhila Tonga's record-breaking hammer thrower", Matangi Tonga, July 12, 2009
- ^ "Ana Pouhila - Events and results". London 2012. The London Organising Committee of the Olympic Games and Paralympic Games Limited. Archived from the original on 2 September 2012. Retrieved 28 August 2012.
- ^ "Royal orders presented at Palace". Matangi Tonga. 1 August 2008. Archived from the original on 21 January 2021. Retrieved 2 January 2022.
External links
- This article has no link in Wikidata
- "List of Flagbearers Beijing 2008 at Olympic.org" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2008-08-08. Retrieved 2008-08-10.
- Let The Games Begin at HPTC Oceania
- Biography on the official website of the Beijing Olympics
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- 1979 births
- Living people
- Tongan female shot putters
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2004 Summer Olympics
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2008 Summer Olympics
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2012 Summer Olympics
- Olympic athletes of Tonga
- People from Tongatapu
- Female hammer throwers
- Tongan female discus throwers
- Members of the Order of Queen Sālote Tupou III