Wally Kirika
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Nationality | Papua New Guinea | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Kainantu, Eastern Highlands | October 27, 1982||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Sport | Athletics | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Updated on 28 April 2013 |
Wally Kirika (born October 27, 1982) is a sprinter from Kainantu, Papua New Guinea.
He began sprinting at Kainantu High School.[1] As a junior athlete, he was one of four male sprinters selected by the Papua New Guinea Athletic Union to take part in the Melanesian Championships in Fiji in April 2001.[2] He reached the second round in the 100m at the 2006 Commonwealth Games with a then-personal best of 10.76s.[3] His time of 10.80s in the second round was the best of the three Pacific Islanders in the second round.[4] His personal bests, both set in 2007, are 10.74s in the 100m and 22.01s in the 200m.[5]
As of 2010 he was a winger with the Hornibrook NGI Harlequins rugby team.[6]
Achievements
[edit]Year | Competition | Venue | Position | Event | Notes |
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Representing Papua New Guinea | |||||
2001 | South Pacific Mini Games | Middlegate, Norfolk Island | 1st | 4 × 100 m relay | 42.04 s |
2003 | South Pacific Games | Suva, Fiji | 1st | 4 × 100 m relay | 40.94 s |
2005 | South Pacific Mini Games | Koror, Palau | 3rd | 100 m | 10.84 s (wind: +0.5 m/s) |
1st | 4 × 100 m relay | 41.92 s | |||
2006 | Oceania Championships | Apia, Samoa | 2nd | 100 m | 10.82 s (wind: -0.3 m/s) |
2nd | 4 × 100 m relay | 42.01 s | |||
2007 | Pacific Games | Apia, Samoa | 3rd | 100 m | 10.74 s (wind: +0.7 m/s) |
References
[edit]- ^ "Juniors turn in top runs". Post-Courier. 27 July 2000. Retrieved 16 November 2011.
- ^ "Squad named for championships". Post-Courier. 9 April 2001. Retrieved 16 November 2011.
- ^ "Team PNG's best day". Post-Courier. 20 March 2006. Retrieved 16 November 2011.
- ^ "Oceania runners out of 100m event". Oceania in Melbourne. SportingPulse. 19 March 2006. Retrieved 16 November 2011.
- ^ "Wally KIRIKA". All-Athletics. Retrieved 16 November 2011.
- ^ Kivia, Haiveta. "Royals book grand final spot". Post-Courier. Retrieved 16 November 2011.
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Categories:
- 1982 births
- Living people
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2006 Commonwealth Games
- Papua New Guinean male sprinters
- People from the Eastern Highlands Province
- Commonwealth Games competitors for Papua New Guinea
- World Athletics Championships athletes for Papua New Guinea
- Pacific Games gold medalists for Papua New Guinea
- Pacific Games bronze medalists for Papua New Guinea
- Pacific Games medalists in athletics
- Oceanian athletics biography stubs
- Papua New Guinean sportspeople stubs