ʻAta Maama Tuutafaiva

ʻAta Maama Tu’utafaiva (born 25 May 1997 in Haʻafeva) is a Tongan athlete who has represented Tonga at the Commonwealth Games, Pacific Games and Pacific Mini Games.

ʻAta Maama Tuutafaiva

Personal information
Nationality	Tonga
Born	(1997-05-25) 25 May 1997 (age 27)[1] Haʻafeva
Sport
Sport	Athletics
Event(s)	Shot put Discus
Medal record Women's Athletics Representing  Tonga Oceania Championships 2014 Rarotonga Shot put 2022 Mackay Shot put 2024 Suva Shot put 2015 Cairns Shot put 2017 Suva Shot put 2019 Townsville Shot put Pacific Games 2019 Apia Shot put 2023 Honiara Shot put 2019 Apia Discus throw 2015 Port Moresby Shot put Pacific Mini Games 2017 Port Vila Shot put 2022 Saipan Shot put 2022 Saipan Discus throw

At the 2015 Pacific Games in Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea she won bronze in the shot put.^[2] At the 2017 Pacific Mini Games in Port Vila she won gold in the shot put.^[3] In 2018 she competed as a finalist in the 2018 Commonwealth Games.^[4] At the 2019 Pacific Games in Apia she won gold in the shot put with her personal best of 16.61 m. She also won bronze in the Discus.^[2] Previously, her best was 15.36m, made in Gold Coast during the Commonwealth Games’ final. In 2019, she became the Emerging Athlete of the Year – Female for Oceania Athletics Association. She won gold again in the shot put at the 2022 Pacific Mini Games in Saipan, Northern Mariana Islands.^[5]

References

1. "Ata Maama TUUTAFAIVA". World Athletics. Retrieved 28 July 2022.
2. "Gold for Tonga in women's shot put". 2019 Samoa. 15 July 2019. Retrieved 28 July 2022.
3. Pacific, Loop (12 December 2017). "Tonga wins gold in shot put". Loop Tonga. Retrieved 26 July 2019.
4. "Athletics | Athlete Profile: Ata Maama TUUTAFAIVA - Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games". results.gc2018.com. Retrieved 26 July 2019.
5. "Tonga claims gold in women's shot-put in Saipan". Loop Tonga. 22 June 2022. Retrieved 28 July 2022.