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{{Short description|American discus thrower}}
'''Seilala Maria Sua''' (born 25 February 1978 in [[Fort Lauderdale, Florida]]) is a [[discus throw]]er from the [[United States]]. Her personal best throw is 65.90 metres, achieved in July 2000 in [[Sacramento, California]].

She was inducted into the [[UCLA Bruins#UCLA Athletics Hall of Fame|UCLA Athletics Hall of Fame]] in 2010.

==Coach==
Seilala Sua-Zumbado was an assistant coach in charge of the throwers for the [[University of Hawaiʻi]] [[Hawaii Rainbow Wahine]] track and field program in 2011–2012.<ref>[http://www.hawaiiathletics.com/coaches.aspx?rc=1057 2012 Coach Sua Zumbado]</ref> She also served as volunteer coach at her alma mater [[UCLA]] in 2005–2006 school year.

==Athletics career==
As a professional, Sua-Zumbado was a member of two [[United States at the Summer Olympics|US Olympic Team]]s in the discus (2000 Sydney, 2004 Athens), four-time [[USA 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|date=September 2021}} While competing in the shot put, Sua-Zumbado ranked in the Top 10 nationally for seven consecutive years.{{citation needed|date=September 2021}}

==NCAA==
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-time [[Pacific-10 conference|Pac-10 women's track and field Athlete of the Year]]. In [[NCAA 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 the [[University of California, Los Angeles]], Sua was the second female athlete to win four successive [[NCAA]] Championship titles in the same event, the [[Discus Throw]]. She also added three [[NCAA Women's Division I Indoor Track and Field Championships]] titles in the [[Shot Put]], one indoor and 2 outdoor crowns.  The seven [[NCAA Division I]] individual titles were the most for a single female athlete in NCAA history.<ref>[http://web1.ncaa.org/web_files/stats/track_outdoor_champs_records/2009-10/2009_w_d1_otf.pdf NCAA Championship records] June 2010</ref>

==International competitions==
{| {{AchievementTable|Event=yes}}
|-
!colspan="6"|Representing the {{USA}}
|-
|rowspan=2|1996
|rowspan=2|[[1996 World Junior Championships in Athletics|World Junior Championships]]
|rowspan=2|[[Sydney]], [[Australia]]
|8th
|Shot put
|[[1996 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Women's shot put|15.04 m]]
|-
|bgcolor=silver|2nd
|Discus
|[[1996 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Women's discus throw|56.32 m]]
|-
|1999
|[[1999 World Championships in Athletics|World Championships]] 
|[[Seville, Spain]]
|6th
|Discus
|63.73 m
|-
|2000
|[[Athletics at the 2000 Summer Olympics|Olympic Games]] 
|[[Sydney, Australia]]
|10th
|Discus
|59.85 m
|-
|2001
|[[2001 World Championships in Athletics|World Championships]] 
|[[Edmonton, Canada]]
|5th
|Discus
|63.74 m 
|-
|2004
|[[Athletics at the 2004 Summer Olympics – Women's discus throw|Olympic Games]] 
|[[Athens, Greece]]
|&mdash;
|Discus
|NM
|}

==References==
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==External links==
*{{World Athletics}}
*{{SR/Olympics profile|su/seilala-sua-1}}

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