Emma Hunter is a Samoan New Zealander

Samoan New Zealander

Samoan New Zealanders are Samoan immigrants in New Zealand, their descendants, and New Zealanders of Samoan ethnic descent. They constitute one of New Zealand's most sizeable ethnic minorities...

 swimmer. Born in Samoa

Samoa

Samoa , officially the Independent State of Samoa, formerly known as Western Samoa is a country encompassing the western part of the Samoan Islands in the South Pacific Ocean. It became independent from New Zealand in 1962. The two main islands of Samoa are Upolu and one of the biggest islands in...

, she now lives in Auckland

Auckland

The Auckland metropolitan area , in the North Island of New Zealand, is the largest and most populous urban area in the country with residents, percent of the country's population. Auckland also has the largest Polynesian population of any city in the world...

, New Zealand

New Zealand

New Zealand is an island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses and numerous smaller islands. The country is situated some east of Australia across the Tasman Sea, and roughly south of the Pacific island nations of New Caledonia, Fiji, and Tonga...

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Biography

In 2008, she was to become Samoa's first-ever female Olympic swimmer, by representing Samoa

Samoa at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Samoa sent a delegation to compete at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, China. The country was represented by a total of six athletes. The country's flagbearer during the Games' opening ceremony was weightlifter Ele Opeloge.- Archery:...

 in freestyle

Freestyle swimming

Freestyle is an unregulated swimming style used in swimming competitions according to the rules of FINA. The front crawl stroke is almost universally used during a freestyle race, as this style is generally the fastest...

 and butterfly events at the Beijing

Beijing

Beijing , also known as Peking , is the capital of the People's Republic of China and one of the most populous cities in the world, with a population of 19,612,368 as of 2010. The city is the country's political, cultural, and educational center, and home to the headquarters for most of China's...

. Hunter previously represented Samoa in freestyle

Swimming at the 2007 World Aquatics Championships - Women's 100 m freestyle

The Women's 100m Freestyle event at the 2007 World Aquatics Championships occurred on 29 March and March at Rod Laver Arena in Melbourne, Australia...

 and butterfly

Swimming at the 2007 World Aquatics Championships - Women's 100 m butterfly

The Women's 100m Butterfly at the 2007 World Aquatics Championships took place on 25 March and the evening of 26 March at the Rod Laver Arena in Melbourne, Australia...

 events at the 2007 World Aquatics Championships

2007 World Aquatics Championships

The 2007 World Aquatics Championships or the XII FINA World Championships were held in Melbourne, Australia from 17 March to 1 April 2007...

 in Melbourne

Melbourne

Melbourne is the capital and most populous city in the state of Victoria, and the second most populous city in Australia. The Melbourne City Centre is the hub of the greater metropolitan area and the Census statistical division—of which "Melbourne" is the common name. As of June 2009, the greater...

. She failed to qualify past the heat stages. She is also Deputy Head Girl (2008) at the Papatoetoe High School

Papatoetoe High School

Papatoetoe High School is a secondary school in Papatoetoe suburb of Manukau city, Auckland Region, New Zealand.PHS hosts a satellite unit of the Kelston Deaf Education Centre, including a full-time educational interpreter....

in Auckland. Her older brother Gavin works at Papatoetoe High School.