Kokoro Frost

Kokoro Frost

Personal information
Full name	Thomas Kokoro Frost
Nationality	Samoa
Born	(2002-09-14) 14 September 2002 (age 22)[1]
Sport
Sport	Swimming
Event(s)	Butterfly, Backstroke, Team Medley
Club	Ōtaki Titans

Kokoro Frost

Thomas Kokoro Frost (born 14 September 2002) is a Samoan New Zealander swimmer who has represented Samoa at the Commonwealth Games and Pacific Games. He holds multiple age group and open Samoan records for swimming.[2]

Frost hails from the villages of Manase and Fasito’outa.[2] He was educated at Palmerston North Boys' High School and Kāpiti College.[3][4][5] He currently attends Victoria University of Wellington where he studies Intercultural Communications.[6] He began swimming in 2008.[7] He trains and competes for the Ōtaki Titans Swimming Club based on the Kāpiti Coast and is coached by his mother, Seuga Frost and Olympian Jonathan Winter.[6]

He competed at the 2019 Pacific Games in Apia,[8] where he made the finals in the 50m backstroke.[9]

On 14 July 2022 he was selected as part of Samoa's team for the 2022 Commonwealth Games in Birmingham.[10][11] He competed in the 50m and 100m Butterfly, 50m and 100m backstroke, and both the mixed 4x100m Medley and Freestyle relays.[12][13][1]

In December 2022, he was a member of the Samoan team that competed in Melbourne for the 16th FINA World Swimming Championships (25m).[14]

References

1. "Kokoro Frost". Birmingham2022.com. Birmingham Organising Committee for the 2022 Commonwealth Games Limited. Retrieved 16 August 2022.
2. "Frost puts a freeze on back-to-back national records". Samoa Swimming. 16 October 2019. Retrieved 15 August 2022.
3. "Frost Selected to Swim for Samoa". Stratus. 16 October 2018. Retrieved 15 August 2022.
4. "More than 800 young voices light up The Regent for The Big Sing Manawatu/Whanganui 2018". New Zealand Choral Federation. 25 June 2018. Retrieved 15 August 2022.
5. Dickinson, Bryan. "Scots First Time Trevor Rigby Cup Champions". collegesport.org.nz. College Sport Wellington.
6. Willis, Rosalie (29 July 2022). "Ōtaki's Kokoro Frost represents Samoa at Commonwealth Games". New Zealand Herald. Retrieved 15 August 2022.
7. "Off The Blocks Swimming Podcast". offtheblocks.podbean.com. 18 August 2021. Retrieved 15 August 2022.
8. Mayron, Sapeer (26 June 2019). "Samoa swim team ready to go". Samoa Observer. Retrieved 15 August 2022.
9. Roselyn Monroyo (11 July 2019). "Tenorio enters finals anew, gets PB". Saipan Tribune. Retrieved 15 August 2022.
10. Gutu Faasau (13 July 2022). "SASNOC announces Team Samoa for Commonwealth Games". Samoa Observer. Retrieved 13 July 2022.
11. "Team Samoa for Commonwealth Games 2022 in Birmingham Announced". Samoa Global News. 13 July 2022. Retrieved 13 July 2022.
12. "XXII Commonwealth Games: Key Moments". Swimming Wellington. Retrieved 15 August 2022.
13. "Historical First Ever 400m Medley Relay Team for Samoa in Birmingham". Samoa Global News. 6 August 2022. Retrieved 15 August 2022.
14. "Kokoro FROST | Results | AQUA Official". World Aquatics. Retrieved 28 May 2023.

External links

• Kokoro Frost at World Aquatics
• Kokoro Frost at the Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games