American discus thrower
Seilala Maria Sua
(born 25 February 1978 in
Fort Lauderdale, Florida
) is a
discus thrower
from the
United States
. Her personal best throw is 65.90 metres, achieved in July 2000 in
Sacramento, California
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She was inducted into the
UCLA Athletics Hall of Fame
in 2010.
Coach
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Seilala Sua-Zumbado was an assistant coach in charge of the throwers for the
University of Hawai?i
Hawaii Rainbow Wahine
track and field program in 2011-2012.
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She also served as volunteer coach at her alma mater
UCLA
in 2005-2006 school year.
Athletics career
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As a professional, Sua-Zumbado was a member of two
US Olympic Teams
in the discus (2000 Sydney, 2004 Athens), four-time
USA Track & Field
(USATF) National Champion in the discus, one-time USATF National Champion in the shot put and a three-time World Championships competitor. She was ranked in the Top 10 nationally in the discus for eight consecutive years and had the No. 6 mark in the world in 2001.
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While competing in the shot put, Sua-Zumbado ranked in the Top 10 nationally for seven consecutive years.
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NCAA
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Sua-Zumbado graduated from UCLA in 2001 with a degree in sociology and is the winningest athlete in NCAA track and field history. While at UCLA, Sua-Zumbado won seven NCAA championships and was a 14-time All-American, who competed in all four throwing events - shot put, discus, hammer and javelin. She still ranks in the UCLA's all-time Top 10 in each of those events.
In Pac-10 competition, Sua-Zumbado won six individual titles and was a two-time
Pac-10 women's track and field Athlete of the Year
. In
NCAA Women's Division I Outdoor Track and Field Championships
competition, she won four consecutive discus crowns and became only the second woman in NCAA history to win four straight individual titles in the same event. Her other titles include an Outdoor Championship in the shot put in 1999 and 2000, and an Indoor Championship in the shot put in 2000.
While at the
University of California, Los Angeles
, Sua was the second female athlete to win four successive
NCAA
Championship titles in the same event, the
Discus Throw
. She also added three
NCAA Women's Division I Indoor Track and Field Championships
titles in the
Shot Put
, one indoor and 2 outdoor crowns. The seven
NCAA Division I
individual titles were the most for a single female athlete in NCAA history.
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International competitions
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1923?1979
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1980?1992
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1993 onwards
USA Track & Field
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- Since 1992, the championships has incorporated the Olympic Trials in Olympic years, otherwise held as a discrete event.
- 2020 OT
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COVID-19 pandemic
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- OT
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- 2020 OT
: The 2020 Olympic Trials were delayed and held in 2021 due to the
COVID-19 pandemic
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