Tuhia he tomokanga mo tenei whitianga - Ko Brett Petersen (whanau i te 9 Mahuru 1976) he kaiwhakataetae kaukau o mua o Awherika ki te Tonga, he tohunga ki nga huihuinga o te kopu. I riro i a ia te mētara koura i te 100 mita i te whakataetae o te Ao-Awherika o te tau 1999
, a, i muri mai, ka noho ko ia te 8 o nga kaitono whakamutunga i te tawhiti kotahi i nga Orimipia Raumati 2000. I a ia e ako ana i te United States, ko Petersen tetahi o te roopu 200-yard medley relay i kii i te mutunga o te 1998 Atlantic Coast Conference Swimming Championships. I takaro hoki a Petersen mo te kapa kaukau me te ruku o Florida State Seminoles i raro i te kaiako matua a Neil Harper, ana i muri mai ka mutu tana tohu mo nga punaha korero whakahaere i te Whare Wananga o Florida State i Tallahassee, Florida.