Whakakiia te rerenga e whai ake nei: Ko Brett Petersen (whanau i te 9 o 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 he mētara koura i te 100 mita o te whutupaoro i te
1999 All-Africa Games, a i muri mai ka noho ko te 8 whakamutunga i roto i te tawhiti kotahi i te 2000 Summer Olympics. 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.