Filomenaleonisa Iakopo

Filomenaleonisa Iakopo (born February 10, 2006) is an American Samoan sprinter. She is of Samoan and Chamorro descent from the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands (CNMI), making her the first athlete from the CNMI to participate in the Summer Olympics. She qualified for the 2024 Summer Olympics and was named American Samoa's flagbearer.

Biography Iakopo was born on February 10, 2006, in the Northern Mariana Islands. She is of Chamorro and American Samoan descent: her father, an Air Force veteran, is from American Samoa, while her mother is from Saipan. After being coached by her father for a time, her father hired Olympian Peter Pulu to help train her.

Iakopo attended Kagman High School in Saipan; she graduated in 2024 in the top 10 of her class. She made her international debut at the 2022 Oceania Athletics Championships and competed in the 100m and 200m events; her father, then-aged 49, also competed in those events. She was named the American Samoan flagbearer at the competition. Iakopo set an American Samoan national record of 12.78 in the preliminary round of the 100m at the Olympics.