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Bianca Leilua is a competitive sailor from Samoa who has represented Samoa at the Pacific Games and Pacific Mini Games. In 2015 she was Samoa's first female entrant in the Youth Sailing World Championships.[1]
Life
Leilua started sailing at the age of 9 in an Optimist, and began competing when she was 12 years old.[1] She is the younger sister of Eroni Leilua.[2]
Leilua is from Vaivase-uta in Apia.[2] She was educated at Lynfield College in Auckland, New Zealand. In 2013 she represented Samoa at the Pacific Mini Games in Wallis and Fortuna, winning a silver medal.[3] In 2015 she received a scholarship from World Sailing's Emerging Nations Programme and competed at the Youth Sailing World Championships. The same year, she competed at the Pacific Games in the Laser Radial event.[4] In a field of 11 boats, Leilua finished fifth.[1]
At the 2019 Pacific Games in Apia she won silver in the individual competition,[5] and (alongside Vaimooia Ripley) gold in the team competition.
References
- ^ a b c "Samoa set for first female representation at ISAF Youth Worlds". sailing.org. Retrieved 5 August 2018.
- ^ a b Thomas Airey (19 June 2019). "Pacific Games sailor Leilua eager for strong showing at home". Samoa Observer. Retrieved 17 July 2022.
- ^ "October 2013". www.lynfield.school.nz. Retrieved 5 August 2018.
- ^ "2015 Pacific Games - Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea". pg2015.gems.pro. Retrieved 5 August 2018.
- ^ Sapeer Mayron (13 July 2019). "Silver and sixth for Samoa's sailors". Samoa Observer. Retrieved 17 July 2022.
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