Elama Faʻatonu
Appearance
Personal information | |
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Born | Faga'alu, American Samoa[1] | April 30, 1994
Height | 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) |
Weight | 82 kg (181 lb) |
Sport | |
Country | ![]() |
Sport | Athletics |
Event | 100 metres |
Achievements and titles | |
Personal best | 11.48 (London 2012) |
Updated on 15 August 2012 |
Elama Faʻatonu (born 30 April 1994) is an American Samoan sprinter.[2] He competed in the 100 metres event at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London.[3] He ranked 7th in his qualifying heat and failed to advance though he set a personal best time of 11.48 seconds.
Football career
[edit]Fa'atonu played besides semi-professional as a striker for the FFAS Senior League club Utulei Youth,[4] as well for the American Samoa national under-17 football team.[5]
References
[edit]- ^ "Olympic Athletes Born in Faga'alu, Eastern, American Samoa". Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 3 September 2019.
- ^ "ELAMA FA'ATONU — PROUD TO BE AMERICAN SAMOAN". Archived from the original on 2013-10-29. Retrieved 2018-11-09.
- ^ "London 2012 profile". Archived from the original on 2013-01-03. Retrieved 2012-08-04.
- ^ Utulei needed to fight hard for it with Kaleopa Siligi and Elama Fa’atonu both scoring a goal apiece in the win.
- ^ Elama Fa’atonu profile at oceaniafootball.com
External links
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Categories:
- 1994 births
- Living people
- American sportspeople of Samoan descent
- American Samoan male sprinters
- Olympic track and field athletes for American Samoa
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2012 Summer Olympics
- American Samoan men's footballers
- Men's association football forwards
- People from Faga'alu
- American Samoa men's youth international footballers
- Oceanian athletics biography stubs
- Samoan sportspeople stubs