Logona Esau

Logona Esau is a Tuvaluan weightlifter.

He was the first athlete from Tuvalu to win a medal at an international competition, when he took bronze at the Pacific Mini Games in Koror in 2005. [ [http://www.radioaustralia.net.au/news/stories/200807/s2306736.htm?tab=sport "Manoa makes Olympic history for tiny Tuvalu"] , ABC Radio Australia, July 17, 2008] In 2007, he won silver in the men's 69 kg at the Pacific Games in Apia, lifting 141 kg. [ [http://www.tuvaluislands.com/news/archives/2007/2007-08-29.htm "Tuvalu Earns Silver at South Pacific Games"] , Tuvalu News, August 29, 2007] In August 2008, he will take part in the World Weightlifting Championships. [ [http://www.radioaustralia.net.au/southpacificgames/news/s2004473.htm "Minginfel drops to bantamweight"] , Radio Australia, Juky 18, 2008]

Esau is representing Tuvalu at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, for his country's first ever participation in the Olympic Games. [ [http://solomonstarnews.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=2153&change=100&changeown=102&Itemid=42 "Hale to Olympics"] , "Solomon Star", July 14, 2008] Esau was Tuvalu's flagbearer during the Games' opening ceremony. [ [http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2008-08/07/content_9029057.htm "Tuvaluan lifter Esau looks forward to Olympic debut"] , Xinhua, August 7, 2008]

As of 2006, he was ranked 132nd in the world by the International Weightlifting Federation. [ [http://www.iwf.net/events/ranking/ranking_data.php?sexcod=m&vgroupcod=69 "2006 Annual World Ranking"] , International Weightlifting Federation]

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