Tuau Lapua Lapua
Tuau Lapua Lapua is a Tuvaluan weightlifter.
At the 2010 Commonwealth Games in Delhi, India, he finished in 15th position in the men’s final for weightlifting, with a lift of 220 kg.
In Weightlifting at the 2011 Pacific Games he won: -62 kg Clean & Jerk, -62 kg Snatch, -62 kg Total.
He competed at the 2012 Summer Olympics in the Men's 62 kg where he finished with a rank of 12.
At the 2013 Pacific Mini Games, he made history by winning his country’s first ever gold medal in major sporting competition, when he won the 62 kg snatch. He also won 62 kg clean and jerk, and 62 kg combined event.
