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{{short description|Samoan canoeist (born 1997)}}
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{{Infobox sportsperson
| name = Tuva'a Clifton
| full_name =
| image = Tuva'a Clifton at the Olympics.jpg
| caption = Clifton in [[2020 Summer Olympics|2021]]
| sport = [[Canoe sprint]]
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1997|6|29|df=y}}<ref name="Paris">{{Cite web|url=https://olympics.com/en/paris-2024/athlete/tuva-a-clifton_1961764|title=CLIFTON Tuva'a}}</ref>
| birth_place = [[Auckland]], New Zealand<ref name="Paris"/>
| nationality = New Zealand, Samoa
| country = Samoa
| death_date =
| death_place =
}}
'''Tuva'a Clifton''' (born 29 June 1997) is a [[Canoe sprint|canoeist]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/146508 |title=Tuva'a Clifton |work=Olympedia |access-date=2 August 2021}}</ref> Born in New Zealand, he represents Samoa internationally. He competed in the [[Canoeing at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Men's K-1 1000 metres|men's K-1 1000 metres event]], K-1 200 metres event and K-2 1000 metres event at the [[2020 Summer Olympics]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/olympic-games/resOG2020-/pdf/OG2020-/CSP/OG2020-_CSP_C74B_CSPMK1-1000M----------------------.pdf |title=Men's Kayak Single 1000m: Results Summary by Event |work=Tokyo 2020 |access-date=2 August 2021 |archive-date=2 August 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210802113028/https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/olympic-games/resOG2020-/pdf/OG2020-/CSP/OG2020-_CSP_C74B_CSPMK1-1000M----------------------.pdf |url-status=dead }}</ref> He made the team via the quota place for Samoa after achieving a time within the limit in a [[Canoeing at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Qualification|qualification heat]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.insidethegames.biz/articles/1090587/taufatofua-tokyo-2020-kayaking-oceania |title=Taufatofua's Tokyo 2020 qualification bid stalls at Oceania Canoe Sprint Championships |work=Inside the Games |access-date=7 January 2022}}</ref>
Clifton's family comes from New Zealand, Samoa and the Falkland Islands, with him spending his early life in New Zealand.<ref name="Bio">{{cite web|url=https://www.thecoconet.tv/coco-talanoa/sports/tuvaa-clifton-represents-team-samoa-at-the/ |title=Tuva'a Clifton represents Team Samoa at the Tokyo Olympics |work=The Coconet |access-date=7 January 2022}}</ref> Before becoming a kayaker, Clifton was a lifesaver at [[Muriwai Beach]] in New Zealand.<ref name="Bio"/> Clifton has two sisters, with one of them taking part in a national kayaking programme in New Zealand.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.rnz.co.nz/international/programmes/champions-of-the-pacific/audio/2018789760/paddling-in-a-pandemic-pacific-olympians-gear-up-for-tokyo |title=Paddling in a pandemic: Pacific Olympians gear up for Tokyo |work=Radio New Zealand |date=31 March 2021 |access-date=7 January 2022}}</ref>
== Radio Host at 95bfm ==
As well as canoeing, Clifton is currently a radio host at the Auckland alternative radio station [[95bFM]]. He runs a weekly show every Wednesday 10am-12pm.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Morning Glory with Tuva'a |url=https://95bfm.com/show/morning-glory-with-tuvaa |access-date=2023-07-29 |website=95bFM |language=en}}</ref>
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[[Category:1997 births]]
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:Sportspeople from Auckland]]
[[Category:New Zealand people of Falkland Islands descent]]
[[Category:New Zealand sportspeople of Samoan descent]]
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[[Category:New Zealand male canoeists]]
[[Category:Samoan male canoeists]]
[[Category:Olympic canoeists for Samoa]]
[[Category:Canoeists at the 2020 Summer Olympics]]
[[Category:21st-century New Zealand sportsmen]]
[[Category:21st-century Samoan people]]
[[Category:Canoeists at the 2024 Summer Olympics]]
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