Margaret Satupai

Saputai as silver medallist at Commonwealth Youth Games in 2008
Personal information
Full name	Tasele Margaret Iva Satupai
National team	Samoa
Citizenship	Samoa
Born	(1992-07-09) July 9, 1992 (age 31)
Sport
Sport	Shot put; discus
Medal record Shot put Commonwealth Games 2010 Delhi Shot put World Youth Championships 2009 Brixen Shot put Pacific Games 2011 Noumea Discus 2011 Noumea Shot put 2011 Noumea Hammer 2007 Apia Shot put Pacific Mini Games 2009 Rarotonga Shot put 2009 Rarotonga Discus Oceania Championships 2008 Saipan Shot put 2010 Cairns Shot put 2008 Saipan Discus 2010 Cairns Discus 2008 Saipan Hammer Oceania Youth Championships 2008 Saipan Shot put 2008 Saipan Discus 2008 Saipan Hammer

Margaret Satupai (born 9 July 1992) is a Samoan athlete, who holds the Samoan records in shotput and discus and won a bronze medal for shot put in the 2010 Commonwealth Games.

Biography

Tasele Margaret Iva Satupai was born on 9 July 1992.^[1] She grew up in Melbourne where she trained with Oakleigh Little Athletics.^[2] She began her international career with an unsuccessful performance at the Junior World Championships in Bydgoszcz in 2008.^[3][4] A year later she was fourth in the discus throw and second in the shot put at the Junior World Championships.^[5][6] She achieved great success in 2010.^[7] She achieved high positions at the Junior World Championships and won two medals in the Australian and Oceania Championships.^[8] At the end of the season 2010 she was third in the shot put at the Commonwealth Games, winning a bronze medal.^{[9][10][11][12]}

International achievements

During her career she repeatedly improved Samoan records across age categories and, as of 2021, both her discus and shot put distances were still unbeaten.^[13] Her record-breaking shot put throw of 16.43m was made at the Commonwealth Games in 2010; her discus throw of 52.67m was made at the Australian Junior Championships in 2011.^[13]

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Event	Notes
Representing the  Samoa
2007	South Pacific Games	Apia, Samoa	3rd	Shot put	13.60 m
			6th	Discus	42.86 m
2008	Oceania Youth Championships	Saipan, Northern Mariana Islands	1st	Shot put	14.27 m
			1st	Discus	45.08 m
			1st	Hammer throw	34.58 m
	Oceania Championships	Saipan, Northern Mariana Islands	1st	Shot put	13.94 m
			2nd	Discus	46.57 m
			3rd	Hammer throw	36.11 m
	World Junior Championships	Bydgoszcz, Poland	21st	Shot put	14.54 m
2009	World Youth Championships	Brixen, Italy	2nd	Shot put	14.96 m
			4th	Discus	49.06 m
	Pacific Mini Games	Rarotonga, Cook Islands	2nd	Shot put	14.52 m
			2nd	Discus	50.94 m
			5th	Hammer throw	38.67 m
2010	Oceania Junior Championships	Cairns, Australia	1st	Shot put	16.34 m
	Oceania Championships	Cairns, Australia	1st	Shot put	15.95 m
			2nd	Discus	51.42 m
	World Junior Championships	Moncton, Canada	4th	Shot put	15.62 m
			7th	Discus	51.31 m
	Commonwealth Games	Delhi, India	3rd	Shot put	16.43 m
2011	Pacific Games	Nouméa, New Caledonia	2nd	Shot put	15.12 m
			1st	Discus	52.05 m
			2nd	Hammer throw	49.71 m