Seilala Maria Sua (born 25 February 1978 inFort Lauderdale, Florida) is adiscus thrower from theUnited States. Her personal best throw is 65.90 metres, achieved in July 2000 inSacramento, California.
She was inducted into theUCLA Athletics Hall of Fame in 2010.
Seilala Sua-Zumbado was an assistant coach in charge of the throwers for theUniversity of HawaiʻiHawaii Rainbow Wahine track and field program in 2011–2012.[1] She also served as volunteer coach at her alma materUCLA in 2005–2006 school year.
As a professional, Sua-Zumbado was a member of twoUS Olympic Teams in the discus (2000 Sydney, 2004 Athens), four-timeUSA Track & Field (USATF) National Champion in the discus, one-time USATF National Champion in the shot put and a three-time World Championships competitor. She was ranked in the Top 10 nationally in the discus for eight consecutive years and had the No. 6 mark in the world in 2001.[citation needed] While competing in the shot put, Sua-Zumbado ranked in the Top 10 nationally for seven consecutive years.[citation needed]
Sua-Zumbado graduated from UCLA in 2001 with a degree in sociology and is the winningest athlete in NCAA track and field history. While at UCLA, Sua-Zumbado won seven NCAA championships and was a 14-time All-American, who competed in all four throwing events - shot put, discus, hammer and javelin. She still ranks in the UCLA's all-time Top 10 in each of those events.
In Pac-10 competition, Sua-Zumbado won six individual titles and was a two-timePac-10 women's track and field Athlete of the Year. InNCAA Women's Division I Outdoor Track and Field Championships competition, she won four consecutive discus crowns and became only the second woman in NCAA history to win four straight individual titles in the same event. Her other titles include an Outdoor Championship in the shot put in 1999 and 2000, and an Indoor Championship in the shot put in 2000.
While at theUniversity of California, Los Angeles, Sua was the second female athlete to win four successiveNCAA Championship titles in the same event, theDiscus Throw. She also added threeNCAA Women's Division I Indoor Track and Field Championships titles in theShot Put, one indoor and 2 outdoor crowns. The sevenNCAA Division I individual titles were the most for a single female athlete in NCAA history.[2]
| Year | Competition | Venue | Position | Event | Notes |
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Representing the United States | |||||
| 1996 | World Junior Championships | Sydney,Australia | 8th | Shot put | 15.04 m |
| 2nd | Discus | 56.32 m | |||
| 1999 | World Championships | Seville, Spain | 6th | Discus | 63.73 m |
| 2000 | Olympic Games | Sydney, Australia | 10th | Discus | 59.85 m |
| 2001 | World Championships | Edmonton, Canada | 5th | Discus | 63.74 m |
| 2004 | Olympic Games | Athens, Greece | — | Discus | NM |
USTFCCCA Collegiate Track & Field/Cross Country Athlete Hall of Fame | ||
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| Class of 2022 |
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| Class of 2023 | ||
| Class of 2024 | ||
