Lisa Misipeka

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'''Lisa Vasa Misipeka''' (born January 3, 1975) is an American Samoan athlete who specialises in the hammer throw. She was the first woman to represent American Samoa at the Olympics.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.olympedia.org/lists/99/manual |title=First female competitors at the Olympics by country |work=Olympedia |accessdate=14 June 2020}}</ref>

She won the bronze medal at the 1999 World Championships in Athletics. First place was 75.20m, second place 72.56m, and 9m behind first and 6.5m behind second was Misipeka in third with 66.06m. It was the first ever international medal for American Samoa, and the greatest difference in distance between the first three medal places. The flag bearer for American Samoa at the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens, Greece where she did not record a distance in the qualifying round of the women's hammer due to a knee injury and therefore did not advance to the final.

==Achievements== {| {{AchievementTable|Event=yes|class=wikitable style="text-align:center; font-size: 90%;}} |- !colspan="6"|Representing {{ASA}} |- |rowspan=3|1997 |rowspan=3|South Pacific Mini Games |rowspan=3|Pago Pago, American Samoa |bgcolor=gold|1st |Shot put |14.37 m |- |bgcolor=silver|2nd |Discus throw |43.32 m |- |bgcolor=gold|1st |Hammer throw |58.20 m |- |rowspan=4|1999 |rowspan=3|South Pacific Games |rowspan=3|Santa Rita, Guam |bgcolor=gold|1st |Shot put |15.13 m '''GR''' |- |bgcolor=gold|1st |Discus throw |46.00 m |- |bgcolor=gold|1st |Hammer throw |63.39 m '''GR''' |- |World Championships |Seville, Spain |bgcolor="cc9966" | 3rd |Hammer throw |66.06 m |- |2000 |Olympic Games |Sydney, Australia |14th |Hammer throw |61.74 m |- |2001 |World Championships |Edmonton, Canada |20th |Hammer throw |63.34 m |- |2003 |World Championships |Paris, France |21st |Hammer throw |64.42 m |- |2004 |Olympic Games |Athens, Greece |— |Hammer throw |NM |}

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==External links== * {{sports links}} * {{cite Sports-Reference |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/mi/lisa-misipeka-1.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200418010234/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/mi/lisa-misipeka-1.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=2020-04-18 |title=Lisa Misipeka}}

{{s-start}} {{s-sports|oly}} {{succession box | before = Maselino Masoe | title = Flagbearer for {{ASA}} | years = Sydney 2000<br>Athens 2004 | after = Silulu A'etonu }} {{s-end}} {{Footer Australia NC Hammer Women}} {{Authority control}}

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