Alex Beddoes

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Alex Beddoes
Personal information
Born (1995-07-09) 9 July 1995 (age 28)
Rotorua, New Zealand
Height1.81 m (5 ft 11 in)
Weight74 kg (163 lb)
Sport
Country Cook Islands
SportAthletics
Event800 metres
Medal record
Men's Athletics
Representing  Cook Islands
Pacific Games
Gold medal – first place 2019 Apia 800 m
Gold medal – first place 2019 Apia 1,500 m
Bronze medal – third place 2023 Honiara 1,500 m
Pacific Mini Games
Gold medal – first place 2017 Port Vila 800 m
Oceania Athletics Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2017 Suva 800 m

Alex Beddoes (born 9 July 1995) is a runner and athlete from the Cook Islands who has represented the Cook Islands at the Olympic Games, Commonwealth Games, Pacific Games, and Pacific Mini Games.

Career[edit]

Beddoes first participated in the Oceania Closed Junior Championships. There, he successfully defeated Guamanian Cory Morrison at tennis.[1] He competed in the 2013 Pacific Mini Games in Mata Utu, and then at the 2017 Pacific Mini Games in Port Vila, where he won gold in the 800 meters.[2]

Beddoes competed in the Men's 800 metres at the 2016 Summer Olympics, but finished ninth in his heat, for last place with a time of 1:52.76, and was eliminated. However, he did set a personal best.[3] He was flag bearer for the Cook Islands during the closing ceremony.[4]

Beddoes competed at the 2018 Commonwealth Games in the Men's 800 metres. He finished 7th in his heat with a time of 1:51.64 but was eliminated.[5]

Beddoes participated at the 2019 Pacific Games. He won the men's 800 metres and the following day he also won the men's 1500 metres in 4 minutes and 3.14 seconds. In winning the men's 1500 metres gold medal he beat Papua New Guinean Messach Fred and Fijian Petero Veitaqomaki.[6]

Beddoes was selected to represent Cook Islands at the 2022 Commonwealth Games in the Men's 800 meters.[7]

He competed in the 2023 Pacific Games in Honiara, where he also coached fellow runner Rupeni Mataitoga.[8] He won a bronze in the 1,500 meters.[9]

Awards[edit]

Nominations[edit]

  • Beddoes was nominated for the Sportsman of the Year award at the Cook Islands National Sports Awards at the Edgewater Resort and Spa.[10]

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Ige, Ron (22 August 2009). "Lai, Heo fall in doubles for final boys". Pacific Daily News. Retrieved 29 July 2020 – via Newspapers.com.
  2. ^ Losirene Lacanivalu (24 August 2023). "Beddoes: Next stop Pacific Games 2023". Cook Islands News. Retrieved 25 August 2023.
  3. ^ Alex Beddoes Rio 2016 Archived 2016-08-26 at the Wayback Machine
  4. ^ "The Flagbearers for the Rio 2016 Closing Ceremony". 21 August 2016. Retrieved 22 August 2016.
  5. ^ Athlete Profile at results.gc2018.com
  6. ^ a b Pavitt, Michael (17 July 2019). "Beddoes completes Pacific Games middle distance double". Inside the Games. Apia Park, Samoa. Retrieved 29 July 2020.
  7. ^ Williams, Al (9 March 2022). "Cook Islands Commonwealth Games athletes announced". Cook Islands News. Archived from the original on 10 March 2022. Retrieved 12 March 2022.
  8. ^ Losirene Lacanivalu (18 November 2023). "Beddoes embraces pressure, targets Pacific Games glory". Cook Islands News. Retrieved 21 November 2023.
  9. ^ Losirene Lacanivalu (1 December 2023). "Athletics team clocks new personal bests, Beddoes claims bronze". Cook Islands News. Retrieved 2 December 2023.
  10. ^ a b "Beddoes wins Oceania Athletics award". Cook Islands News. 1 May 2019. Retrieved 29 July 2020.

External links[edit]

Retrieved from "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Alex_Beddoes&oldid=1212530962"