Kuinini Manumua

Kuinini Manumua
Personal information
Birth nameKuinini Juanita Mechteld Manumua
NicknameNini Manumua
Nationality
Born (2000-12-12) December 12, 2000 (age 24)
American Samoa
Years active2017–present
Sport
Country
SportWeightlifting
Medal record
Women's weightlifting
Representing  Tonga
Oceania Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2021 +87 kg
Representing  United States
Youth World Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2017 Bangkok +75 kg

Kuinini Juanita Mechteld Manumua (born 12 December 2000) is a Tongan-American weightlifter. She competed at the 2020 Summer Olympics in the Women's +87 kg category, the first athlete representing Tonga to do so. She placed in eighth.

Career

Kuinini Manumua was born on 12 December 2000[1] in American Samoa.[1][2] She was raised as a child in her parents' home country of Tonga, living in the village of Ha’alaufuli in Vava'u,[3] but her family moved to San Francisco when Manumua was 10.[2] As a high school freshman, Manumua began weightlifting as an extracurricular activity.[2] At the age of 17, Manumua qualified for the American youth world weightlifting team, and won bronze at the 2017 Youth World Weightlifting Championships in the women's +75 kg category, representing the United States of America.[2][4]

Manumua competed at the 2018 Junior World Weightlifting Championships, representing the United States of America in the women's +90 kg category.[1][5] She lifted 101 kg in snatch and 130 kg in clean & jerk, coming in fifth place.[1][5] Manumua's first participation representing Tonga was at the 2018 World Weightlifting Championships, where she competed in the women's +87 kg category.[6] Manumua placed 21st, lifting 98 kg in snatch and 129 kg in clean & jerk.[1][7]

Speaking to Matangi Tonga, Manumua explained that part of her reasoning for switching teams from the US to Tonga was that "I wanted to represent my little country so it can, hopefully, be the beginning of something for other Tongan girls like me, to feel inspired to do weightlifting. Or just lifting in general. In addition, I also wanted Tonga to have more recognition in sports, and I feel a lot of pride in representing Tonga."[3]

In 2019, Manumua competed for Tonga in the Oceania Weightlifting Championships in the women's +87 kg category.[1] She placed fifth place in snatch, lifting 80 kg.[1][8] Manumua also took part in the 2019 World Weightlifting Championships, representing Tonga in the Women's +87 kg group.[1] She lifted 96 kg in snatch and 115 kg in clean & jerk, placing 19th.[1][9]

In qualifications for the 2020 Summer Olympics in the women's +87 kg category, Manumua placed in 14th, initially failing to qualify.[10] There was controversy surrounding Manumua's exclusion, due to the fact that one of the athletes in the Oceania bracket who did qualify was Laurel Hubbard, who is a transgender female.[2][11][12][13] The San Francisco Chronicle wrote that "Manumua’s name started showing up as a cause celebre in right wing media".[2]

Hubbard, alongside one other Oceania athlete, Iuniarra Sipaia of Samoa, all qualified in the top 8, automatically giving them both a spot at the Games.[10][14] Outside of the top 8 athletes, each continent then had their next highest-placed athlete qualify.[10][14] The Oceania slot would have been granted to ninth placed[10] Charisma Amoe-Tarrant from Australia, however Samoa withdrew their weightlifters from the Olympic Games due to COVID-19 restrictions,[15] placing Amoe-Tarrant in the top 8. By this time, Manumua had been granted a Tripartite Commission invitation to represent Tonga.[2][11][12] This meant she could not take the spare slot of Oceania. Oceania's spare slot ended up being given to Guatemalan athlete Scarleth Ucelo.[16][17] Hubbard ultimately failed to finish the event after being unable to complete a clean snatch in her 3 attempts.[18][19][20] Manumua said of Hubbard's performance that "I feel bad for her that she bombed out. Bombing out at the Olympics has got to be a horrible feeling."[20]

Manumua's qualification made her the first woman to represent Tonga in weightlifting at the Olympic Games.[3] At the 2020 Olympic Games, she placed eighth, lifting 103 kg in snatch and 125 kg in clean & jerk.[18][19] Her eighth-placed result was the highest ranking out of the six Tongans who attended the 2020 Olympic Games.[20] Manumua told the San Francisco Chronicle shortly after her Olympic performance that she did "want to go to another [Olympic Game]", and that she wanted "to see how much better I can get in three years".[20]

Major results

Year Venue Weight Snatch (kg) Clean & Jerk (kg) Total Rank
1 2 3 Rank 1 2 3 Rank
Representing  Tonga
Olympic Games
2021 Japan Tokyo, Japan[18][19] +87 kg 100 103 106 8 125 125 128 9 228 8
World Championships
2019 Thailand Pattaya, Thailand[9] +87 kg 90 93 96 19 105 110 115 19 211 19
2018 Turkmenistan Ashgabat, Turkmenistan[7] +87 kg 98 98 98 23 125 129 132 22 227 23
Oceania Weightlifting
2019 Samoa Apia, Samoa[8] +87 kg 94 98 101 5 111 111 111 — — DNF
Representing  United States
Junior World Weightlifting Championships
2018 Uzbekistan Tashkent, Uzbekistan[21] +90 kg 98 98 101 5 125 130 134 5 231 5
Youth World Weightlifting Championships
2017 Thailand Bangkok, Thailand[22] +75 kg 88 91 93 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 109 116 117 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 210 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)

Personal life

Manumua is a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.[23]

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i "MANUMUA Kuinini Juanita Mechteld". Tokyo 2020 Olympics. Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 2 August 2021. Retrieved 2 August 2021.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g Killion, Ann (10 July 2021). "S.F.'s Kuinini "Nini" Manumua will represent Tonga as a weightlifter in Olympics". San Francisco Chronicle. Archived from the original on 2 August 2021. Retrieved 2 August 2021.
  3. ^ a b c Gee, Eleanor (15 July 2021). "Kuinini Manumu'a proud to represent Tonga at Olympics". Matangi Tonga. Archived from the original on 2 August 2021. Retrieved 2 August 2021.
  4. ^ English, Nick (11 April 2017). "Kuinini Manumua Wins Bronze For America At Youth World Weightlifting Championships". BarBend. Archived from the original on 2 August 2021. Retrieved 2 August 2021.
  5. ^ a b "Team USA Makes History at Junior Worlds". teamusa.org (Press release). United States Olympic & Paralympic Committee. 19 July 2018. Archived from the original on 2 August 2021. Retrieved 2 August 2021.
  6. ^ Graber, Mike (29 October 2018). "2018 Weightlifting World Championships Preview: What You Need To Know". BarBend. Archived from the original on 2 August 2021. Retrieved 2 August 2021.
  7. ^ a b "2018 IWF World Championships - Result Book" (PDF). iwf.net. International Weightlifting Federation. pp. 35–37. Archived from the original (PDF) on 11 November 2018.
  8. ^ a b "2019 IWF World Championships - Result Book" (PDF). oceaniaweightlifting.com. International Weightlifting Federation. p. 35. Archived (PDF) from the original on 29 July 2021.
  9. ^ a b "2019 IWF World Championships - Result Book" (PDF). iwf.sport. International Weightlifting Federation. pp. 35–37. Archived (PDF) from the original on 25 July 2021.
  10. ^ a b c d "Tokyo 2020 Absolute Ranking Lists" (PDF). iwf.net. International Weightlifting Federation. 28 June 2021. p. 7. Archived from the original (PDF) on 28 June 2021. Retrieved 28 June 2021.
  11. ^ a b Hope, Nick (25 June 2021). "Tokyo 2020: Tongan weightlifter Nini Manumua granted wildcard Olympic place". BBC News. Archived from the original on 2 August 2021. Retrieved 2 August 2021.
  12. ^ a b Ingle, Sean (28 June 2021). "Tongan weightlifter will be in Tokyo to compete against NZ's Laurel Hubbard". ABC News. Archived from the original on 2 August 2021. Retrieved 2 August 2021.
  13. ^ "Weightlifter Laurel Hubbard will be first trans athlete to compete at Olympics". The Guardian. 20 June 2021. Archived from the original on 2 August 2021. Retrieved 2 August 2021.
  14. ^ a b "Tokyo 2020 Qualifying Guide". Weightlifting House. 22 February 2019. Archived from the original on 19 March 2020. Retrieved 4 January 2020.
  15. ^ "Tokyo 2020 Olympics: Samoa withdraws weightlifters over Covid-19 curbs but other athletes to attend". Reuters. July 2021. Archived from the original on 2 August 2021. Retrieved 1 July 2021.
  16. ^ "IWF Reallocated All Quotas of Member Federations with Multiple ADRVs". iwf.net. International Weightlifting Federation. 6 July 2021. Archived from the original on 2 August 2021. Retrieved 20 July 2021.
  17. ^ "Final List of Qualified Athletes" (PDF). iwf.net. International Weightlifting Federation. Archived (PDF) from the original on 23 July 2021. Retrieved 19 July 2021.
  18. ^ a b c "Weightlifting - Group A Results". Tokyo 2020 Olympics. Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 2 August 2021. Retrieved 2 August 2021.
  19. ^ a b c "Women's +87 kg Results" (PDF). Tokyo 2020 Olympics. Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2 August 2021. Retrieved 2 August 2021.
  20. ^ a b c d Killion, Ann (2 August 2021). "'She's carrying so many firsts;' San Francisco's Kuinini Manumua 8th in weightlifting". San Francisco Chronicle. Archived from the original on 3 August 2021. Retrieved 3 August 2021.
  21. ^ "2018 IWF Junior World Championship - Results Book" (PDF). iwf.sport. International Weightlifting Federation. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2 August 2021. Retrieved 2 August 2021.
  22. ^ "2017 IWF Youth World Championship - Results Book" (PDF). pzpc.pl. International Weightlifting Federation. pp. 29–31. Archived (PDF) from the original on 30 January 2021. Retrieved 2 August 2021.
  23. ^ Manumua, Kuinini. "A Weightlifter's Guide to Standing Strong". churchofjesuschrist.org. Retrieved 7 November 2021.

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