Personal life
Utanga was raised in Tauranga, New Zealand, by parents Nga and Sandra. When he was 18, he left home and lived in Gold Coast, Queensland, Gold Coast.Career
Utanga first competed at an international level in the canoe sprint at the 2009 world championships in Canada. He later participated at the 2012 Summer Olympics as part of the Cook Islands team; his paternal grandparents were from the Cook Islands. He was sponsored for this by the International Canoeing Federation, through an International Olympic Committee development scheme.References
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* Cook Island male canoeists 1988 births Living people Olympic canoeists of the Cook Islands Canoeists at the 2012 Summer Olympics {{CookIslands-sport-bio-stub