Luisa Fatiaki Taitapu Peters (born 27 June 1993) is a police officer and retired weightlifter from the Cook Islands, who competes in the +75 kg weight division. She participated in two Olympics (2012, 2016) and three Commonwealth Games (2010, 2014, 2018) with the best result of fifth place in 2018. She won a bronze medal at the 2015 Pacific Games.
Peters took up weightlifting aged 16. In 2016, she was elected on a four-year term as a vice president of the Oceania Weightlifting Federation, becoming its first female official.
In 2025, she was elected as the Cook Islands Sports and National Olympic Committee’s first female president.
Major results
Year Venue Weight Snatch (kg) Clean & Jerk (kg) Total Rank123Rank123RankRepresenting Olympic Games2016 Rio de Janeiro, Brazil +75 kg 951001001411912412614224142012 London, United Kingdom +75 kg 74788213951001051318212World Championships2015 Houston, United States +75 kg 929598311151201203121030Oceania Championships2017 Gold Coast, Australia +90 kg 100100100———————2016 Suva, Fiji +75 kg 951001001171221222122015 Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea +75 kg 949498113113113207Commonwealth Games2018 Gold Coast, Australia +90 kg 1001031036120125127422552014 Glasgow, United Kingdom +75 kg 951001036115120125522562010 Delhi, India +75 kg 626570108185881015510Pacific Games2015 Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea +75 kg 9494981131131132072011 Nouméa, New Caledonia +75 kg 737780492959541754
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