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, London 2012 official website They did not qualify for the Games and received a wild card invitation to compete. Sprinter Milo Toleafoa was the country's flag-bearer during the Games'
Leitu Viliamu competed in the women's shot put F42-44 (lower limb amputee). She is a T42 athlete, with a greater degree of disability than some of the other competitors, but this is factored into the scoring. Her best throw was 5.32 metres, earning her 257 points; she finished a distant sixth and last."Women's Shot Put - F42/44"
, London 2012 official website
Samoa
Samoa, officially the Independent State of Samoa; sm, Sāmoa, and until 1997 known as Western Samoa, is a Polynesian island country consisting of two main islands (Savai'i and Upolu); two smaller, inhabited islands (Manono Island, Manono an ...
participated in the 2012 Summer Paralympics
The 2012 Summer Paralympics, branded as the London 2012 Paralympic Games, were an international multi-sport parasports event held from 29 August to 9 September 2012 in London, England, United Kingdom. They were the 14th Summer Paralympic Gam ...
in London
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, United Kingdom
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, from August 29 to September 9.
The country was represented by two athletes, both in track and field
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.Samoa athletes, London 2012 official website They did not qualify for the Games and received a wild card invitation to compete. Sprinter Milo Toleafoa was the country's flag-bearer during the Games'
opening ceremony
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Samoa did not win a medal at these Games.
Athletics
Milo Toleafoa competed in the men's 400m T38 (cerebral palsy, with a comparatively low level of disability). Toleafoa is a T37 athlete, with a somewhat greater level of disability, but there was no specific T37 event in the 400 metres. Toleafoa was the flag bearer for the opening ceremonies. In heat 2, he finished fourth out of five, in 1:09.97 - almost fifteen seconds behind the top three athletes, but more than four seconds ahead ofTimor-Leste
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's Filomeno Soares.
Leitu Viliamu competed in the women's shot put F42-44 (lower limb amputee). She is a T42 athlete, with a greater degree of disability than some of the other competitors, but this is factored into the scoring. Her best throw was 5.32 metres, earning her 257 points; she finished a distant sixth and last., London 2012 official website
Men’s track and road events
Women’s field events
See also
* Summer Paralympic disability classification * Samoa at the Paralympics *Samoa at the 2012 Summer Olympics
Samoa competed at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, from 27 July to 12 August 2012. This was the nation's eighth appearance at the Olympics, although four other games were first appeared under the name ''Western Samoa''.
Samoa Association of S ...
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Paralympics
The Paralympic Games or Paralympics, also known as the ''Games of the Paralympiad'', is a periodic series of international multisport events involving athletes with a range of physical disabilities, including impaired muscle power and impaired ...