Vaimasenu'u Zita Sefo-Martel (born 15 July 1961) is a Samoan women's rights activist, fautasi skipper,[1][2][3] and archer who has represented Samoa at the Pacific Games. She is also an honorary consul of Frankreich.[4]
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Martel attended Canterbury University, where she had been a rower.[5]
2000, her local church needed a skipper for their longboat, or fautasi.[6] At first she refused the request, but was eventually persuaded to give it a try.[6] When she became the skipper for her church, she also became the first woman to act as captain in the fautasi races in 2001.[1][7] Her boat won the race at Samoa's 50th independence celebrations in 2012.[8] In 2020 her crew won the Faleula to Apia fautasi race.[9]
She represented Samoa in archery at the 2007 Pacific Games in Apia, winning silver (alongside Prime Minister Tuila'epa Sa'ilele Malielegaoi and Eddie Chan Pao) in the mixed recurve matchplay[10] and in the individual compound.[11] At the 2011 Pacific Games in Nouméa she won gold in the compound matchplay[12] and bronze in the compound individual.[13]
Martel also speaks out against domestic violence in Samoa.[7][14]
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In 2013 Martel was made an officer of the French National Order of Merit.[7][15]
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- Tatau: Marks of Polynesia - Zita Martel (2016 video)
- Samoa 50th Independence ad with Zita Martel (2012 video)
- Zita Martel, First Woman to Captain a Winning Fautasi (2012 video)
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- ↑ a b Eight To Be Recognized as 2013 Stars of Oceania. In: University of Hawaii News. Abgerufen am 8. November 2017.
- ↑ Vaimasenuu Zita Sefo-Martel (vaega 1) In: Samoa Times, 10. Juli 2010. Abgerufen am 8. November 2017 (samoan).
- ↑ Adel Freuan: SPORTS PEOPLE OF 2020: Vaimasenu'u Zita Martel. Samoa Observer, 31. Dezember 2020, abgerufen am 16. Juli 2022.
- ↑ Consulate of France in Apia, Samoa. In: Embassy Pages. Abgerufen am 8. November 2017 (englisch).
- ↑ Shirley Sinclair: Zita’s Simply '~oarsome'. In: News Mail. via LexisNexis, 10. März 2012, abgerufen am 8. November 2017 (englisch).
- ↑ a b Adrian Phillips: Fishing for compliments on the South Pacific outpost of Samoa. In: The Independent. 27. April 2013, abgerufen am 8. November 2017 (englisch).
- ↑ a b c Zita Martel In: Pacific Community, 26. September 2017. Abgerufen am 8. November 2017 (amerikanisches Englisch).
- ↑ Sport: Sole female captain wins long boat race. RNZ, 5. Juni 2012, abgerufen am 16. Juli 2022.
- ↑ Historical Victory for All-Female Longboat Crew at Apia Harbour. Samoa Global News, 7. November 2020, abgerufen am 16. Juli 2022.
- ↑ PM wins silver, as teams tested for depth. XIII South Pacific Games, archiviert vom am 23. November 2007 .
- ↑ SPG archery ends with gold and friendship. XIII South Pacific Games, archiviert vom am 23. November 2007 .
- ↑ Team Samoa Medal Winners - New Caledonia 2011. SASNOC, abgerufen am 17. Juli 2022.
- ↑ Oceania Archery. GameDay, archiviert vom am 26. Juni 2017 .
- ↑ Walk Away from Abuse – Message of Love from Fautasi o Toa. Samoa Global News, 10. Dezember 2020, abgerufen am 16. Juli 2022.
- ↑ Samoa's only woman long boat skipper gets top French president award. RNZ, 30. Mai 2013, abgerufen am 16. Juli 2022.
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