Logona Esau

Logona Esau is a Tuvaluan weightlifter.

Biography

He was the first athlete from Tuvalu to win a medal at an international competition, when he took bronze at the Pacific Mini Games in Koror in 2005.[1] In 2007, he won silver in the men's 69 kg at the Pacific Games in Apia, lifting 141 kg.[2] In August 2008, he will take part in the World Weightlifting Championships.[3]

Esau represented Tuvalu at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, for his country's first ever participation in the Olympic Games, where he finished 23rd.[4] Esau was Tuvalu's flagbearer during the Games' opening ceremony.[5]

As of 2006, he was ranked 132nd in the world by the International Weightlifting Federation.[6]

References

  1. ^ "Manoa makes Olympic history for tiny Tuvalu", ABC Radio Australia, 17 July 2008
  2. ^ "Tuvalu Earns Silver at South Pacific Games", Tuvalu News, 29 August 2007
  3. ^ "Minginfel drops to bantamweight", Radio Australia, 18 July 2008
  4. ^ "Hale to Olympics", Solomon Star, 14 July 2008
  5. ^ "Tuvaluan lifter Esau looks forward to Olympic debut", Xinhua, 7 August 2008
  6. ^ "2006 Annual World Ranking", International Weightlifting Federation