{{Short description|Retired athlete and sports administrator from Samoa}} '''Dawn Therese Rasmussen''' is a retired athlete and sports administrator from Samoa. She was also the first physical education teacher in the country.<ref name=":0">{{Cite news|url=http://www.spc.int/70-inspiring-pacific-women/dawn-rasmussen/|title=Dawn Rasmussen|date=2017-07-27|work=Pacific Community|access-date=2018-04-03|language=en-US}}</ref>
Rasmussen has represented Samoa in netball, hockey, tennis and athletics, including attending five Pacific Games, beginning in 1963. She later helped establish sports organisations for school athletics, junior tennis, hockey, netball and women's rugby union.<ref name=":0" />
Rasmussen was the first physical education teacher in Samoa and trained PE teachers at the Western Samoa Teachers Training College, then at the National University of Samoa.<ref name=":0" /> She served as the delegate for Samoa to the International Federation of Physical Education (FIEP) for some years.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.usp.ac.fj/index.php?id=9897|title=International Federation of Physical Education: Samoa 2012 Conference|website=www.usp.ac.fj|language=en|access-date=2018-04-03}}</ref> In 2010 she completed a master's degree in teaching and learning at the University of Canterbury, New Zealand.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.samoatimes.co.nz/sikolasipi-mai-le-%E2%80%9Csaofaiga-o-aoaoga-i-le-iunivesite-aoao-o-papaigalagala%E2%80%9D/|title=Sikolasipi mai le "Saofaiga o Aoaoga i le Iunivesite Aoao o Papaigalagala" - Samoa Times: Samoan Community Newspaper|date=2010-10-25|work=Samoa Times: Samoan Community Newspaper|access-date=2018-04-03|language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{cite thesis |last=Rasmussen |first=Dawn |year=2010 |type=Masters thesis |title=Implementing the Samoa Secondary Schools Health and Physical Education Curriculum: A Peg in the Ground. "O Le Ma'a Tulimanu Sa Lafoai'ina E Tufuga" |publisher=UC Research Repository, University of Canterbury |hdl=10092/5700 |doi=10.26021/9386 |url=https://ir.canterbury.ac.nz/handle/10092/5700}}</ref>
in 2016 Rasmussen was inducted into Samoa's Sports Hall of Fame.<ref name=":0" />
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