Teuraiterai Tupaia
French Polynesian athlete (born 2000)
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Teura'itera'i Tupaia (born 6 February 2000) is a French Polynesian athlete specialising in the Javelin throw.
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| Nickname | Teura Tupaia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 6 February 2000[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Country |  French Polynesia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Javelin throw | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Biography
Tupaia was born in Papeete in French Polynesia, and began athletics at the age of 11.[2] He participated in the athletics section of A.S. Aorai in French Polynesia until 2019. In 2020 he moved to France where he competed with the Entente de Haute-Alsace.
In 2020, he won silver at the 2020 French Athletics Championships in Albi with a throw of 73.07 m (personal record).[3]
He won gold in the under-23 category at the 2021 European Throwing Cup in Split with a throw of 80.46m, a mark above 80 meters that had not been reached by a French thrower since 2010 and 30 centimeters from the French record held by Stéphane Laporte.[4][5] He withdrew from the 2021 European team championships due to an elbow injury.[6]
He won gold in the javelin competition at the 2021 French Athletics Championships in Angers.
He won gold at the 2022 European Throwing Cup in Leiria.[7]
