Following His Father, Garrett Muagututia Made His Olympic Dream Come True In Tokyo
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Height
6'5 "
Age
37
Hometown
Oceanside, CA
Education
University of California Los Angeles
Quick Facts
- Parents are Faauuga and Kathleen Muagututia
- Father was a three-sport athlete at Carson High School in California and went on to become a Navy SEAL
- Faauuga played volleyball on the Navy team and competed in the 1994 Winter Olympic Games in Lillehammer as a bobsledder for American Samoa
- Mother played volleyball at UC Riverside
- Married Keisha Lehua in 2017
- Their daughter Teahi was born in 2018
- Is the second of three brothers
- Younger brother Myles played volleyball and football for Stanford
- Older brother’s name is Grant
- Hobbies include playing the ukulele, singing, adventuring, being active and movies.
Olympic Experience
- 2-time Olympian; 1-time Olympic medalist (1 bronze)
- Olympic Games Paris 2024, bronze (Team - Men)
- Olympic Games Tokyo 2020, 10th (Team - Men)
World Championships Experience
- Most recent: 2022 – 6th (Team - Men)
- Years of participation: Team - Men 2014, 2022
- Top finish: 6th – 2022 (Team - Men)
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