Samoan Bios http://samoanbios.com Biographies of prominent and influential people of Samoan heritage Thu, 23 May 2013 15:26:33 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 Mark Hunt http://samoanbios.com/mark-hunt/ http://samoanbios.com/mark-hunt/#comments Tue, 21 May 2013 10:29:52 +0000 Admin http://samoanbios.com/?p=2559 Personal Life: Mark Richard Hunt (nickname: ‘Super Samoan’, born March 23, 1974 in South Auckland, New Zealand) is a New Zealand Mixed Martial Arts (MMA) fighter and former Kickboxer. He is best known in the UFC, K1 and PRIDE. Hunt’s fighting style is known for his sheer power, technical boxing prowess, and a great jaw. …

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]]> http://samoanbios.com/antonio-winterstein/feed/ 0 Martin Taupau http://samoanbios.com/martin-taupau/ http://samoanbios.com/martin-taupau/#comments Thu, 16 May 2013 04:32:11 +0000 Admin http://samoanbios.com/?p=2446 Personal Life: Martin Taupau (born February 3, 1990 in Auckland, New Zealand) is a Rugby League player for the Canterbury Bulldogs in the National Rugby League (NRL) competition in Australia. He has also played for the Rugby League Samoa (RLS) national side. His villages listed with RLS are Sa’anapu and Manono. Taupau and his partner …

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]]> http://samoanbios.com/digby-ioane/feed/ 0 Sila Vaifale http://samoanbios.com/sila-vaifale/ http://samoanbios.com/sila-vaifale/#comments Tue, 07 May 2013 12:59:59 +0000 Admin http://samoanbios.com/?p=2390 Personal Life: Muagututia Tuala Peseta Sila Vaifale (born July 5, 1967 in Lepea, [Western] Samoa) is an Assistant Coach to the Samoa ‘A’ side in the Pacific Rugby Cup (PRC) competition, and a former Manu Samoa rugby player from 1989 to 1997.   Professional Career: Vaifale made his Test debut against Romania on October 14, …

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]]> http://samoanbios.com/goretti-chadwick/feed/ 1 Anapela Polataivao http://samoanbios.com/anapela-polataivao/ http://samoanbios.com/anapela-polataivao/#comments Fri, 08 Mar 2013 19:01:54 +0000 Admin http://samoanbios.com/?p=2132 Personal Life Anapela Polataivao (born April 24, 1973) is an Actor, an Acting tutor at the Pacific Institute of Performing Arts (PIPA), and Artistic Director of Pacific theatre company, Kila Kokonut Krew. She is also one-half of the television comedy duo, Pani & Pani, on FreshTV with Goretti Chadwick. Polataivao co-founded the Kila Kokonut Krew …

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