High-Performance training Squad
Meet our team
The following athletes have been selected for the training squad to select the team to represent Samoa Triathlon at the XVII Pacific Games in Honiara, Solomon Islands.
Darren Young
Apria Triathlon & Cycling Club
Darren was a member of the 2019 squad that secured Samoa's first triathlon medal at the Pacific Games in Apia in the mixed teams' relay. Darren is a multisport specialist with a long list of achievements in Long triathlon and full Ironman distance.
Sosefina So'oa'emalelagi
Adelaide
Sosefina was a member of the 2019 squad that secured Samoa's first triathlon medal at the Pacific Games in Apia in the mixed teams' relay.
Raea Khan
Apia Triathlon & Cycling Club
Raea has represented Samoa in three Pacific Games, one as a swimmer and twice in triathlon.
Jett Curteis
Māngere Cycling & Triathlon Club
Jett is the current Oceania Pacific Islands Triathlon Champion. Jett won the Nadi Oceania champs event held in Nadi in December 2022. Jett is on his last year at Westlake Boys High School on the North Shore in Auckland, NZ.
Urlin Mulitalo
Apia Triathlon & Cycling Club
Urlin represented Samoa twice in 2022. First in the UCI Road World Championships in Wollongong, and at the Oceania Pacific Islands Triathlong Championships in Nadi in December.
Gideon Mulitalo
Apia Triathlon & Cycling Club
Gideon represented Samoa twice in 2022. First in the UCI Road World Championships in Wollongong in September, and at the Oceania Pacific Islands Triathlong Championships in Nadi in December.
Holly Khan
Apia Triathlon & Cycling Club
Holly has represented Australia in triathlon at Age Group. She also raced as a pro in the full Ironman distance.
Violani Afoa
Māngere Cycling & Triathlon Club
Violani represented Samoa at the 2019 Pacific Islands Triathlon Championships in Tahiti. She is on her final year of high school at Mt Albert Grammar School in Auckland.
Palepua Afoa
Māngere Cycling & Triathlon Club
Palepua is a national representative in swimming and competed in triathlon from a young age in Apia.
Tina Brooks, Simon Brooks, Patricia Brooks
Apia Triathlon & Cycling Club