Lisa Misipeka

Lisa Misipeka

Personal information
Full name	Lisa Vasa Misipeka
Nationality	American Samoa
Born	(1975-01-03) January 3, 1975 (age 42)
Height	1.68 m (5 ft 6 in)
Weight	110 kg (240 lb)
Sport
Sport	Athletics
Medal record Women's athletics Representing  American Samoa World Championships 1999 Seville Hammer throw (South) Pacific Games 1999 Santa Rita Shot put 1999 Santa Rita Discus throw 1999 Santa Rita Hammer throw (South) Pacific Mini Games 1997 Pago Pago Shot put 1997 Pago Pago Hammer throw 1997 Pago Pago Discus throw
Updated on 28 April 2013.

Lisa Vasa Misipeka (born January 3, 1975) is an American Samoan athlete who specialises in the hammer throw. She won the bronze medal at the 1999 World Championships in Athletics. First place was 75.20m, second place 72.56m, and 9m behind first and 6.5m behind second was Misipeka in third with 66.06m. It was the first ever international medal for American Samoa, and the greatest difference in distance between the first three medal places. The flag bearer for American Samoa at the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens, Greece where she did not record a distance in the qualifying round of the women's hammer due to a knee injury and therefore did not advance to the final.

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