Donny Tuimaseve: Samoan Javelin Thrower

23yr old, javelin thrower Donny Tuimaseve is ready to perform for Samoa at his second Commonwealth Games in Birmingham.  He has made the finals and will be Samoa's final athlete to compete.

Tuimaseve is self-taught in the art of javelin throwing, watching vision and tips on YouTube to refine his javelin craft over the years. In that time, he has thrown a national record for Samoa twice, with the most recent being a 69.05m throw at last month’s Pacific Mini Games in Northern Mariana Islands.

Born in Samoa, he had never seen javelin on the TV or even heard of the sport until one day at high school he came across the light spear equipment designed to be thrown as far as possible.

Read more about Donny's INCREDIBLE story here:  https://www.people2u.com.au/news/don-ing-the-red-and-blue-on-the-world-stage/