PERCIVAL Peniamina

Samoa
Judo
8 Nov 1994
26
Male
 
Samoa

Events and Medals

Discipline Event Rank Medal
JUD Judo Men -81 kg 17

Schedule

Change
Start Time Location Event Status
Followed by 		Nippon Budokan Judo Mat 1
Men -81 kg Elimination Round of 32
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NED
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10
IPP
SAM
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Finished

Biographical Information

Highlights

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World Championships
YearLocation-81 kg
2019Tokyo, JPN65

Grand Slam - Tally of rank achieved per season and event since 2017
YearEvent1st2nd3rd5th7th9th16th17th30th-33rd
2020-81 kg--------1x
2019-81 kg-------1x-

Grand Prix - Tally of rank achieved per season and event since 2017
YearEvent1st2nd3rd5th7th8th9th10th15th-33rd
2020-81 kg--------1x

World Cup - Tally of rank achieved per season and event since 2017
YearEvent1st2nd3rd4rd5th7th8th9th10th15th-33rd
2020-81 kg---------1x
2019-81 kg-----1x---1x

Grand Slam, Grand Prix & World Cup - Ten best performances since 2017
RankYearEventCompetitionLocation
72019-81 kgWorld CupHong Kong, CHN
172019-81 kgWorld CupPerth, WA, AUS
172019-81 kgGrand SlamOsaka, JPN
322020-81 kgGrand SlamDusseldorf, GER
332020-81 kgWorld CupWarsaw, POL
332020-81 kgGrand SlamParis, FRA
332020-81 kgGrand PrixTel Aviv, ISR
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Ben, Benjamin (Instagram profile, 11 Apr 2021; gofundme.com, 17 Oct 2019)
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Making music. (685 Metal YouTube channel, 21 May 2021; One Island Podcast YouTube channel, 09 Oct 2020)
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Athlete
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Environmental Studies, International Studies - Brandeis University, Waltham, MA, USA
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English, Japanese
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2019 for Samoa (One Island Podcast YouTube channel, 09 Oct 2020)
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He took up judo at age 13. "I started judo mostly for fun. I think in 2016, when I studied in Japan, I was there for like one semester, that's when I was training really hard and trying to improve my judo. That's when I got my first black belt." (One Island Podcast YouTube channel, 09 Oct 2020; gofundme.com, 17 Oct 2019)
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"Since I was a child I have been fascinated by Japanese culture and martial arts. Basically my brother's married to a Japanese woman, and she was our judo sensei when I was a kid. I was also inspired by the WWF, and growing up I always loved Bruce Lee, Jackie Chan. I started with Muay Thai and I enjoyed the physical hard training. Then my brother took me to the judo, and I just fell in love with it. Starting off we did a lot of flips and rolling, it was so much fun." (One Island Podcast YouTube channel, 09 Oct 2020; gofundme.com, 17 Oct 2019)
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To compete at the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo. (samoaobserver.ws, 21 Feb 2020)

General Interest

General
ISRAEL EXPERIENCE
He trained with the Israeli national team when he visited the country for the 2020 Grand Prix event in Tel Aviv. "The greatest experience I had with training worldwide is when I was in Israel. That's the kind of training to be happening in Samoa someday. We had a competition in Tel Aviv and I was there for about three weeks, but I got to train one week with the Israeli national team. That's like some of the world's best judo players. The training that they had, maybe 100 judo players, and full on hard training every day." (One Island Podcast YouTube channel, 09 Oct 2020; Instagram profile, 30 Dec 2019)

CARVING
He sells traditional handmade carvings. "Making carvings isn't just a fun hobby to use creativity and design thinking, but also an important part of our culture that we must protect and learn more about to keep us connected to the ways of our ancestors and with mother nature." (Ben1 Carvings Instagram profile, 11 Apr 2021, 12 Oct 2020, 05 Oct 2020)

HERITAGE
He was born to a Samoan father and US mother. "My dad is Samoan, and my mother is from Boston." (One Island Podcast YouTube channel, 09 Oct 2020)

Legend
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Gold Medal Event
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Silver Medal Event
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Bronze Medal Event
IPP:
Ippon
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