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Dame
Iammogapi Launa
DBE BEM
Personal information
Nationality	Papua New Guinean
Born	16 September 1958 (age 67); Hula, Papua New Guinea
Sport
Sport	Athletics
Event	Heptathlon

Dame Iammogapi Launa DBE BEM (born 16 September 1958), sometimes known as Iamo Launa, Iammo Launa, or Iammo Gapi Launa, is a Papua New Guinean athlete. She competed in the women's heptathlon at the 1984 Summer Olympics and the 1988 Summer Olympics.^[1]

The first woman to represent Papua New Guinea at the Olympics,^[2] Launa received a damehood in the 2026 New Year Honours for her service to sports.

In 2026, she was appointed by the Papua New Guinea Olympic Committee (PNGOC) as the Chef de Mission for Team PNG to the Dakar 2026 Youth Olympic Games in Senegal.^[3]

References

↑ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Iammogapi Launa Olympic Results". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 28 January 2018.
↑ "First female competitors at the Olympics by country". Olympedia. Retrieved 14 June 2020.
↑ "PNGOC Appoints Launa as Chef de Mission for Dakar 2026 YOG", pngolympic.org. Accessed 20 April 2026.

External links

Iamo Launa at World Athletics

Iamo Launa at Olympedia

Iamo Launa at InterSportStats

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[SportsRef-1] Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Iammogapi Launa Olympic Results". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 28 January 2018.

[2] "First female competitors at the Olympics by country". Olympedia. Retrieved 14 June 2020.

[3] "PNGOC Appoints Launa as Chef de Mission for Dakar 2026 YOG", pngolympic.org. Accessed 20 April 2026.

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