Zita Martel

Vaimasenu'u Zita Sefo-Martel (born 15 July 1961) is a Samoan women's rights activist, fautasi skipper,[2][3][4] and archer who has represented Samoa at the Pacific Games.

[6] In 2000, her local church needed a skipper for their longboat, or fautasi.

[7] When she became the skipper for her church, she also became the first woman to act as captain in the fautasi races in 2001.

[10] She represented Samoa in archery at the 2007 Pacific Games in Apia, winning silver (alongside Prime Minister Tuila'epa Sa'ilele Malielegaoi and Eddie Chan Pao) in the mixed recurve matchplay[11] and in the individual compound.

[8][15] In 2013 Martel was made an officer of the French National Order of Merit.