Luisa Peters
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FullnameLuisa Fatiaki Taitapu Peters
Born27 June 1993
Rarotonga, Cook Islands
Rarotonga, Cook Islands
Height165 cm (5 ft 5 in)[1]
Weight100 kg (220 lb)
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| Full name | Luisa Fatiaki Taitapu Peters | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 27 June 1993 Rarotonga, Cook Islands | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 165 cm (5 ft 5 in)[1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 100 kg (220 lb) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Country |  Cook Islands | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Weightlifting | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Event | +75 kg | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | Oceania Weightlifting Institute[2] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Coached by | Paul Coffa (club) Unakea Kauvai (national)[2] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Luisa Fatiaki Taitapu Peters (born 27 June 1993) is a police officer and retired[3] weightlifter from the Cook Islands, who competes in the +75 kg weight division. She participated in two Olympics (2012, 2016) and three Commonwealth Games (2010, 2014, 2018) with the best result of fifth place in 2018. She won a bronze medal at the 2015 Pacific Games.
Peters took up weightlifting aged 16. In 2016, she was elected on a four-year term as a vice president of the Oceania Weightlifting Federation, becoming its first female official.[2]
In 2025, she was elected as the Cook Islands Sports and National Olympic Committee’s first female president.[4]
