Samoa has had a team in every edition of the World Athletics Championships, having won its first medal in athletics international competitions at the 2025 World Athletics Championships, by Alex Rose, with a 3rd place in discus throw. It was the second medal won by an athlete from the Samoan Islands, after American Samoan hammer thrower Lisa Misipeka who also won a bronze medal at the 1999 World Championships in Athletics. It is also the first major medal for Oceania without counting Australia or New Zealand.
Medalists MedalNameYearEventAlex Rose2025 TokyoMen's discus throw
By event
By gender
See also
Samoa at the Olympics Samoa at the Paralympics
References