Felise Vaha'i Sosaia
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| Born | 30 July 1999[1] (age 23) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Country |  Wallis and Futuna | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Javelin throw | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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Felise Vaha'i Sosaia (born 30 July 1999) is a Wallisian athlete who specialises in the javelin throw.
Sosaia is from Mata Utu.[2] After practicing athletics in Wallis at the Kafika stadium, he left in 2016 for New Caledonia to study at the Jules Garnier high school in Nouméa.[3] He then trained for a professional diploma in youth, popular education and sport in Koutio in parallel with his sports training.[4]
At the 2019 Pacific Games in Apia he won a gold in the javelin with a throw of 62.41m.[5][6] In July 2021, he won the French javelin championships.[3][7] He won a bronze medal at the 2022 Mediterranean Games.[8] At the 2022 European Athletics Championships he came 9th in his heat, and did not qualify for the final.[9]
