Jeremiah Wallwork

{{Short description|Samoan weightlifter (born 1972)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=January 2020}} {{Infobox sportsperson | name = Jeremiah Wallwork | full_name = | image = | caption = | nationality = Samoan | sport = Weightlifting | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1972|8|29|df=yes}} | birth_place = | death_date = | death_place = }}

'''Tuaopepe Asiata Jerry Wallwork''' (born 29 August 1972) is a Samoan weightlifter. He competed in the men's heavyweight I event at the 1992 Summer Olympics.<ref name="SportsRef">{{cite Sports-Reference |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/wa/jeremiah-wallwork-1.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200418060157/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/wa/jeremiah-wallwork-1.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=18 April 2020 |title=Jeremiah Wallwork Olympic Results |accessdate=31 January 2020}}</ref>

Tuaopepe is the son of weightlifter Paul Wallwork and the brother of Attorney-General Su'a Hellene Wallwork.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.samoaobserver.ws/category/samoa/13722 |title=Tuaopepe Jerry Wallwork - The force behind weightlifting |publisher=Samoa Observer |author=Deidre Tautua-Fanene |date=31 December 2017 |access-date=31 December 2022}}</ref> in June 2017 he was appointed to the board of the International Weightlifting Federation.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.samoaobserver.ws/category/samoa/23864 |title=Global role for local Tuaopepe |publisher=Samoa Observer |author=Deidre Tautua-Fanene |date=29 June 2017 |access-date=31 December 2022}}</ref>

In December 2022 the ''Samoa Observer'' named Tuaopepe one of its people of the year.<ref name=SOPOTY>{{cite web |url=https://www.samoaobserver.ws/category/samoa/101296 |title=People of the Year" The weight on his shoulders, Tuaopepe Jerry Wallwork |publisher=Samoa Observer |author=Shalveen Chand |date=31 December 2022 |access-date=31 December 2022}}</ref>

He was awarded the Order of Merit of Samoa in the 2023 Samoa Honours and Awards.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://talamua.com/2023/06/02/15-conferred-merit-awards-for-their-service-to-samoa-and-people/ |title=15 Conferred Merit Awards for their Service to Samoa and People |publisher=Talamua |author= Lagi Keresoma |date=2 June 2023 |access-date=2 June 2023}}</ref>

In April 2025 he was elected president of the Samoa Association of Sports and National Olympic Committee.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.samoaobserver.ws/category/samoa/113797 |title=Tuaopepe elected to lead SASNOC |publisher=Samoa Observer |author=Matai'a Lanuola Tusani T - Ah Tong |date=2 April 2025 |access-date=2 September 2025}}</ref>

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