Aunese Curreen

Aunese Curreen

Personal information
Born	(1981-12-23) 23 December 1981 (age 43) Motootua, Samoa
Height	1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)
Weight	65 kg (143 lb)
Sport
Country	Samoa
Sport	Athletics
Event	Middle distance running
Club	North Harbour Bays Athletics (NZL)
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s)	800 m: 1:47.45 (2008) 1500 m: 3:50.24 (2008)
Medal record Men's Athletics Representing   Samoa Pacific Games 2007 Apia 800 m 2007 Apia 1500 m 2007 Apia 5000 m Oceania Championships 2006 Apia 800 m 2006 Apia 1500 m 2008 Saipan 800 m 2008 Saipan 1500 m 2008 Saipan 6km Cross country
Updated on 27 April 2013

Aunese Curreen (born Setefano Mika, ^[1] 23 December 1981) is a Samoan middle-distance runner, who specialized in the 800 metres. ^[2] He is currently a member of the North Harbour Bays Athletics Club in Auckland, New Zealand. ^[3]

Curreen represented Samoa at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, where he competed for the men's 800 metres. He ran in the fifth heat against six other athletes, including Sudan's Ismail Ahmed Ismail, who eventually won the silver medal in the final. He finished the race in sixth place by three hundredths of a second (0.03) behind South Africa's Samson Ngoepe, with a national record and personal best time of 1:47.45. Curreen, however, failed to advance into the semi-finals, as he placed twenty-ninth overall, and was ranked farther below two mandatory slots for the next round. ^{[4] [5]}

Achievements

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Event	Notes
Representing   Samoa
2000	Oceania Youth Championships	Adelaide, Australia	2nd	800 m	2:01.14 min
			1st	1500 m	4:20.93 min
	World Junior Championships	Santiago, Chile	28th (h)	800m	2:02.72
			33rd (h)	1500m	4:15.37
2001	South Pacific Mini Games	Middlegate, Norfolk Island	3rd	800 m	1:57.62 min
			2nd	1500 m	4:10.30 min
2002	World Junior Championships	Kingston, Jamaica	28th (h) / DQ	1500m	4:08.56
	Oceania Youth Championships	Christchurch, New Zealand	2nd	800 m	1:57.56 min
			3rd	1500 m	4:28.83 min
2003	South Pacific Games	Suva, Fiji	3rd	1500 m	4:09.07 min
2004	World Junior Championships	Grosseto, Italy	31st (h) / DQ	1500m	4:03.03
2005	South Pacific Mini Games	Koror, Palau	2nd	800 m	1:53.68 min
			1st	1500 m	4:01.33 min
2006	Oceania Championships	Apia, Samoa	1st	800 m	1:52.65 min
			1st	1500 m	4:04.09 min
2007	Pacific Games	Apia, Samoa	1st	800 m	1:49.82 min
			1st	1500 m	3:53.93 min
			1st	5000 m	15:42.62 min
2008	Oceania Championships	Saipan, Northern Mariana Islands	1st	800 m	1:51.16 min
			1st	1500 m	3:58.76 min
			1st	6 km Cross country	21:05 min

References

1. "Farewell Henry Foufaka – Solomon Islands". Oceania Athletics. 30 January 2017. Retrieved 9 March 2021.
2. Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Aunese Curreen". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 15 January 2013.
3. "Battle of the Regions Round Three, Mt. Smart Stadium". Athletics Auckland. 6 February 2011. Retrieved 15 January 2013.
4. "Men's 800m Round 1 – Heat 5". NBC Olympics. Archived from the original on 21 August 2012. Retrieved 15 January 2013.
5. "Curreen Looks for New National Record in Beijing". Oceania Athletics. 13 August 2008. Retrieved 15 January 2013.

External links

• Aunese Curreen at World Athletics
• Aunese Curreen at Olympics.com
• Aunese Curreen at Olympedia
• Aunese Curreen at the Commonwealth Games Federation (archived)
• NBC Olympics Profile
• Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Aunese Curreen". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 2020-04-18.