Peniamina Percival

Peniamina Percival (born 8 November 1994) is a judoka from Samoa. He competed at the 2020 Summer Olympics, in the Judo – Men's 81 kg.[1][2] His coach at the olympics was his brother Iosefa Percival.[3] He trains at a local Dojo in Osaka.[4]

Peniamina Percival
Personal information
Born8 November 1994 (1994-11-08) (age 28)
Sport
Country Samoa
SportJudo
Medal record
Men's Judo
Representing  Samoa
Pacific Games
Bronze medal – third place 2019 Apia -81kg

Early and personal life

Percival is from Tiapapata in Apia[5] and was born to a Samoan father and American mother. He attended Brandeis University in Waltham, Massachusetts where he studied environmental studies and international studies. Prior to that he had begun judo aged 13. In 2016 he had a semester in Japan and obtained his first judo black belt. He sells traditional handmade bonecarvings,[2] and also is a music producer and DJ for the Original Samoan Krump Kingz, by the name of 685 Metal.[6]

He won a bronze medal at the 2019 Pacific Games in Apia.[5]

References
  1. "Peniamina Percival". EuroSport. Retrieved 25 July 2021.
  2. "Judo - PERCIVAL Peniamina". Tokyo 2020 Olympics. Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 13 August 2021. Retrieved 4 September 2021.
  3. "First-Time Olympian Ben Percival '18 Heads to Tokyo". Brandeis University. 7 July 2021. Retrieved 7 December 2021.
  4. "Samoan athlete holds onto Tokyo dreams despite pandemic". NHK World - Japan. 22 July 2021. Retrieved 7 December 2021.
  5. Thomas Airey (21 February 2020). "Olympic hopeful proud to fly Samoan flag". Samoa Observer. Retrieved 15 July 2022.
  6. Sapeer Mayron (13 December 2018). "Samoa's young rappers get a chance to shine". Samoa Observer. Retrieved 7 December 2021.


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