Kokoro Frost
Samoan swimmer
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Thomas Kokoro Frost (born 14 September 2002) is a Samoan New Zealander swimmer who has represented Samoa at the Pacific Games, Commonwealth Games and World Aquatics Championships. He holds multiple age group and open Samoan records for swimming.[2]
Frost hails from the villages of Manase and Fasito’outa.[2] He was educated at Palmerston North Boys' High School and Kāpiti College.[3][4][5] He attended Victoria University of Wellington where he studied Intercultural Communications at undergraduate and postgraduate level.[6]
He began swimming in 2008.[7] He trains and competes for the Ōtaki Titans Swimming Club based on the Kāpiti Coast and is coached by his mother, Seuga Frost and Olympian Jonathan Winter.[6]
He competed at the 2019 Pacific Games in Apia,[8] where he made individual finals in the 50m and 100m backstroke.[9]
On 14 July 2022 he was selected as part of Samoa's team for the 2022 Commonwealth Games in Birmingham.[10][11] He competed in the 50m and 100m Butterfly, 50m and 100m backstroke, and both the mixed 4x100m Medley and Freestyle relays.[12][13][1]
In December 2022, he was a member of the Samoan team that competed in Melbourne for the 16th FINA World Swimming Championships (25m).[14]