Teuraiterai Tupaia
Personal information
NicknameTeura Tupaia
Born6 February 2000[1]
Papeete, French Polynesia
Sport
Country French Polynesia
SportJavelin throw
Medal record
Men's Javelin throw
Representing  France
European Throwing Cup
Gold medal – first place 2022 Leiria U23 Javelin
Gold medal – first place 2021 Split U23 Javelin
French Athletics Championships
Gold medal – first place 2021 Angers Javelin
Silver medal – second place 2020 Albi Javelin

Teura'itera'i Tupaia (born 6 February 2000) is a French Polynesian athlete specialising in the Javelin throw. He is the younger brother of French athlete Kevin Mayer.[2]

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]

References

  1. ↑ "Teura'itera'i TUPAIA". World Athletics. Retrieved 29 October 2022.
  2. 1 2 "Challenger #11 : Teura Tupai" (in French). Tahiti Infos. 29 January 2019. Retrieved 29 October 2022.
  3. ↑ "Teura Tupaia vice-champion de France élite au javelot" (in French). Tahiti Infos. 12 September 2020. Retrieved 29 October 2022.
  4. ↑ "Coupe d'Europe des lancers : Teuraiterai Tupaia casse la baraque" (in French). Stadion. 9 May 2021. Retrieved 29 October 2022.
  5. ↑ "Teura Tupaia franchit la barre des 80 mètres au javelot" (in French). Tahiti Infos. 8 May 2021. Retrieved 29 October 2022.
  6. ↑ "Laura Valette et Teuraiterai Tupaia ne seront pas à Chorzow (Pologne). La hurdleuse et le lanceur de javelot seront remplacés par Laeticia Bapte et Rémi Conroy" (in French). L'Equipe. 27 May 2021. Retrieved 29 October 2022.
  7. ↑ "Teura Tupaia conserve son titre à la Coupe d'Europe des lancers" (in French). Tahiti Infos. 13 March 2022. Retrieved 29 October 2022.


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