Sogelau Tuvalu

Sogelau Tuvalu (born 5 June 1994) is a Samoan track and field athlete who represented American Samoa at the 2011 World Championships in Athletics, in the 100 meters, despite being trained as a shot putter.

2011 World Athletics Championships
Having not qualified to compete at shot put, Tuvalu was entered into the 100 meters, which had no qualification standard for smaller nations. Running in the fourth heat of the preliminary round in Daegu, South Korea of the 100 meters, Tuvalu finished over 5 seconds slower than that of the winner Malaysian Mohd Noor Imran Hadi, finishing in 15.66s, the second slowest in world championship history.

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Category:American Samoan male sprinters
Category:1995 births
Category:Living people
Category:World Athletics Championships athletes for American Samoa