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Eroni Leilua
Eroni Leilua (born 15 April 1993) is a Samoan sailing (sport), sailor. He competed in the Sailing at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Laser, Laser event at the 2020 Summer Olympics, becoming the first Samoan to represent the country in that event. Biography Leilua is from Vaivase Uta in Upolu. He grew up in Samoa but moved to Auckland, New Zealand at the age of 12 with his family. He subsequently studied commerce and physical education at the University of Otago. He represented Samoa at two Pacific Games and a world sailing championship before competing in the 2020 Tokyo Olympics. At the 2011 Pacific Games in Nouméa he won bronze (alongside Myka Stanley) in the team laser competition. At the 2019 Pacific Games in Apia he came fourth in the individual Laser Radial, but won gold (alongside Nicky Touli) in the men's team competition. References External links * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Leilua, Eroni 1993 births Living people University of Otago alumni Samoan male sailors (sport) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sailing (sport)
The sport of sailing involves a variety of competitive sailing formats that are sanctioned through various sailing federations and yacht clubs. Racing disciplines include matches within a fleet of sailing craft, between a pair thereof or among teams. Additionally, there are specialized competitions that include setting speed records. Racing formats include both closed courses and point-to-point contests; they may be in sheltered waters, coast-wise or on the open ocean. Most competitions are held within defined classes or ratings that either entail one type of sailing craft to ensure a contest primarily of skill or rating the sailing craft to create classifications or Handicapping, handicaps. On the water, a sailing competition among multiple vessels is called a regatta. A Regatta consists of multiple individual races. The boat crew that performs best in over the series of races is the overall winner. There is a broad variety of kinds of races and sailboats used for racing from Y ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
