Laulauga Tausaga-Collins (born May 22, 1998 in Hawaii) is an American discus thrower. With a personal best throw (at the time) of 69.49m , she won the gold medal at the 2023 World Athletics Championships. She also won the gold medal at the 2022 NACAC Championships. On April 12, 2025, she threw her current personal best of 70.72m to finish 2nd at the Oklahoma Throws Series World Invitational.
Professional Tausaga made the women's discus final at 2019 and 2022 world championships, won silver medals in discus at the 2019 match and 2019 NACAC U-23 Championships. Tausaga won discus at 2017 Pan American U20 Athletics Championships.
She won the gold medal at the 2023 World Championships in Budapest with a fifth throw of 69.49 m that raised her personal best by more than four metres, after finishing 12 and last in the discus final at the previous two world athletics championships.
She failed to qualify for the 2024 US Olympic team by fouling all three of her attempts.
International Representing 2023World ChampionshipsBudapest, Hungary1stDiscus20222022 NACAC ChampionshipsFreeport, Bahamas1stDiscusWorld ChampionshipsEugene, United States12thDiscus2019World ChampionshipsDoha, Qatar12thDiscusThe Match Europe v USAMinsk, Belarus2ndDiscus2019 NACAC U23 Championships in AthleticsQueretaro, Mexico2ndDiscus20172017 Pan American U20 Athletics ChampionshipsTrujillo, Peru1stDiscus
USA National championships 2017USATF U20 Outdoor ChampionshipsSacramento, California1stDiscusUSA Outdoor Track and Field Championships17thDiscusFoul2018USA Outdoor Track and Field ChampionshipsDes Moines, Iowa15thShot put3rdDiscus2019USA Outdoor Track and Field ChampionshipsDes Moines, Iowa3rdDiscus2021United States Olympic trialsEugene, Oregon24thDiscusFoul2022USA Outdoor Track and Field ChampionshipsEugene, Oregon2ndDiscus2024United States Olympic trialsEugene, Oregon24thDiscusFoul
University of Iowa Laulauga Tausaga-Collins is a 2019 NCAA Discus champion, 8-time NCAA Division I All-American, 6-time Big Ten Conference champion, & 12-time All-Big Ten Conference scorer. Representing University of Iowa2017Big Ten ConferenceIndoor Track and Field ChampionshipSPIRE InstituteIndoor Track & Field Facility16thShot putBig Ten ConferenceOutdoor Track and Field ChampionshipPenn State Nittany LionsOutdoor Track & Field Facility14thShot put1stDiscus2017 NCAA Division I Outdoor Track and Field ChampionshipsUniversity of Oregon7thDiscus2018Big Ten ConferenceIndoor Track and Field ChampionshipSPIRE InstituteIndoor Track & Field Facility11thShot put8thWeight throwBig Ten ConferenceOutdoor Track and Field ChampionshipBilly Hayes TrackOutdoor Track & Field Facility1stShot put1stDiscus2018 NCAA Division I Outdoor Track and Field ChampionshipsUniversity of Oregon4thDiscus4thShot put2019Big Ten ConferenceIndoor Track and Field ChampionshipStephen M. Ross Athletic CampusIndoor Track & Field FacilityStephen M. Ross Athletics South Competition and Performance Center Opened in 2017Michigan Wolverines2ndShot put24thWeight throwFoul2019 NCAA Division I Indoor Track and Field ChampionshipsBirmingham CrossPlexIndoor Track & Field Facility15thShot put5thWeight throwMt SAC RelaysMt SAC RelaysOutdoor Track & Field Facility1stHammer throwBeach InvitationalLong Beach StateOutdoor Track & Field Facility1stShot putBig Ten ConferenceOutdoor Track and Field ChampionshipIowa Hawkeyes TrackOutdoor Track & Field Facility3rdShot put7thHammer throw1stDiscus2019 NCAA Division I Outdoor Track and Field ChampionshipsUniversity of Texas1stDiscus25thShot put2020Big Ten ConferenceIndoor Track and Field ChampionshipSPIRE InstituteIndoor Track & Field Facility2ndShot put1stWeight throw2021Big Ten ConferenceOutdoor Track and Field ChampionshipIllinois Fighting Illini TrackOutdoor Track & Field Facility5thShot put1stDiscus2021 NCAA Division I Outdoor Track and Field ChampionshipsUniversity of Oregon2ndDiscus6thShot put LAULAUGA TAUSAGA (SR-4) IOWA Track and Field Results Reporting System
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Laulauga Tausaga at Iowa Hawkeyes