Emma Hunter (born 19 March 1990)Hunter's bio page
from the 2008 Olympics website; Retrieved 2009-07-03. is a

Samoan New Zealander Samoan New Zealanders are Samoan immigrants in New Zealand, their descendants, and New Zealanders of Samoan ethnic descent. They constitute one of New Zealand's most sizeable ethnic minorities. In the 2018 census, 182,721 New Zealanders identifie ...

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. Born in

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, she now lives in

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Biography

In 2008, she became Samoa's first-ever female Olympic swimmer, by representing Samoa in

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and

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events at the Beijing Olympics."Olympics: Young swimmer hopes to be first woman to swim for Samoa"
TV3, 17 May 2008 Hunter previously represented Samoa in

and

events at the

2007 World Aquatics Championships The 2007 World Aquatics Championships, or the XII FINA World Championships, were held in Melbourne, Australia from 17 March to 1 April 2007. The competition took place at three locations in central Melbourne: the Melbourne Sports and Aquatic C ...

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. She failed to qualify past the heat stages. She represented Samoa at the

2007 South Pacific Games The 2007 South Pacific Games were held in Apia, Samoa, from 25 August to 8 September 2007. The Games were the thirteenth to be held since the inception of the South Pacific Games in 1963, and included traditional multi-sport event disciplines, su ...

. She won a Silver in the 5 km Open Water Swim and a Bronze in the 400m Freestyle. She became the first Samoan swimmer to gain medals at the South Pacific Games. She was also Deputy Head Girl (2008) at the

Papatoetoe High School Papatoetoe High School (PHS) is a secondary school (years 9–13) in Papatoetoe suburb of Auckland, New Zealand. History Papatoetoe High School was established in 1956. February 2021 COVID-19 outbreak On 14 February, a Year 9 student at Papat ...

in Auckland.

References

*http://www.sportingpulse.com/assoc_page.cgi?client=2-3571-0-0-0&sID=44063&&news_task=DETAIL&articleID=4345331 *http://www.gettyimages.co.nz/detail/news-photo/12th-fina-world-championships-samoa-emma-hunter-in-action-news-photo/81452798 Living people Samoan female swimmers New Zealand sportspeople of Samoan descent New Zealand female swimmers Samoan female freestyle swimmers Female butterfly swimmers 1990 births Swimmers from Auckland People educated at Papatoetoe High School Pacific Games silver medalists for Samoa Pacific Games bronze medalists for Samoa Pacific Games medalists in swimming {{Samoa-swimming-bio-stub