Sogelau Tuvalu

Sogelau Tuvalu (born 5 June 1994) is an American Samoan track and field athlete who represented American Samoa at the 2011 World Championships in Athletics in the 100 meters, despite being trained as a shot putter.

2011 World Athletics Championships Having not qualified to compete at the shot put event, Tuvalu was entered into the 100 meters at the 2011 World Athletics Championships in Daegu, which had no qualification standard for smaller nations. Tuvalu is also one of the youngest debutants in the history of the World Athletics Championships, making his first and only appearance aged 17.