Caroline Puamau
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| Full name | Caroline Pickering Puamau | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nationality |  Fiji | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 1 May 1980 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Swimming | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Caroline Pickering Puamau (born 1 May 1980)[1] is a 2-time Olympic and national record-holding swimmer from Fiji. She swam at the 1996 and 2000 Olympics;[2] as well as at the 2002 Commonwealth Games in Manchester.[3]
She also competed in the 2003 South Pacific Games in Suva, winning two gold medals, three silver and one bronze,[4] and in the 2007 South Pacific Games in Apia, where she won two gold medals, three silver and two bronze.[5] She lit the cauldron during the opening ceremony at the 2003 Games.[6]
Puamau declined to take part in the qualifiers for the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, stating: "Right now I'm into coaching."[7]
References
[edit]- ^ Pickering's entry at www.sports-reference.com; retrieved 2009-07-03.
- ^ "Swimmers at turning point new seasons" Archived 7 March 2012 at the Wayback Machine, Aaron Kolinisau, Fiji Times, 26 March 2008
- ^ BBC Sport, 12 August 2002
- ^ 2003 South Pacific Games – Swimming results; retrieved 2009-07-03.
- ^ "Swimmers at turning point new seasons" Archived 7 March 2012 at the Wayback Machine, Aaron Kolinisau, Fiji Times, 26 March 2008
- ^ "Rousing start to 12th South Pacific Games" Archived 7 August 2007 at the Wayback Machine, University of the South Pacific, 28 June 2003
- ^ "Swimmers at turning point new seasons" Archived 7 March 2012 at the Wayback Machine, Aaron Kolinisau, Fiji Times, 26 March 2008
External links
[edit]- Caroline Puamau at World Aquatics
- Caroline Puamau at Olympics.com
- Caroline Puamau at Olympedia
- Caroline Puamau at the Commonwealth Games Federation (archived)
- Caroline Puamau at the Commonwealth Games Federation (archived)
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- Fijian people of British descent
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