LeLei Fonoimoana

Biographical information

RolesCompeted in Olympic Games
SexFemale
Full nameLeLei Alofa•Fonoimoana (-Moore)
Used nameLeLei•Fonoimoana
Born4 November 1958 in Sterling, Illinois (USA)
Measurements173 cm / 65 kg
AffiliationsLakewood Aquatic Club, Lakewood (USA)
NOC United States

Biography

LeLei Fonoimoana competed at the 1976 Olympics as a butterfly swimmer, and then entered Brigham Young University that fall. She earned 11 All-American honors at BYU, mostly in butterfly but also in IM. As a senior, she was selected Outstanding Senior Female Athlete by the Cougar Club and was named to the AIAW All-Region Team. She continued to compete through 1980 but retired after that year. Fonoimoana later worked as a swim coach at UCLA, a Los Angeles County lifeguard, a therapist, and a dance instructor.

Results

Games Discipline (Sport) / Event NOC / Team Pos Medal As
1976 Summer Olympics Swimming (Aquatics) USA LeLei Fonoimoana
100 metres Butterfly, Women (Olympic) 7
4 × 100 metres Medley Relay, Women (Olympic) United States 2

Olympic family relations