Trevor Misipeka
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Trevor Misipeka (born 17 June 1979) is a professional American football arena football player from Temecula, California, United States. He currently plays for the Quad City Steamwheelers in the Arena Football League's af2 league.[1]
He is chiefly known for his performance in the 100 metres in the 2001 World Athletics Championships, held in Edmonton, Canada. He represented American Samoa and had originally intended to compete in the shotput, only to discover that the IAAF's policy of allowing competitors from small countries to enter without meeting qualifying standards had recently been changed, and now applied only to track events and not field ones.[2] Having already arrived at the championships, he was asked by the Samoan federation to enter something, so chose the 100 metres.[3] Weighing over 133 kg (290 lb), he unsurprisingly finished last in his heat, recording a time of 14.28 seconds, nearly four seconds behind the winner Kim Collins. It was one of the slowest times ever seen in the World Championships.[3] He was nicknamed "Trevor the Tortoise"[2] in a similar vein to other popular sporting failures such as Eddie "The Eagle" Edwards and Eric "The Eel" Moussambani.
After the championships he completed a business degree at California Baptist University and then turned to indoor football, playing for San Diego Riptide from 2002 until 2005.
[edit] References
- ^ Jeffries, Stuart (3rd September 2007). Flying high. The Guardian. Retrieved on 2007-09-03.
- ^ a b Trevor the Tortoise trails in last. BBC News Online (5th August 2001). Retrieved on 2007-09-03.
- ^ a b Life in the slow lane. BBC News Online (18th August 2003). Retrieved on 2007-09-03.
