Banuve Tabakaucoro

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Banuve Tabakaucoro
Banuve Tabakaucoro 2014 (cropped).jpg
Tabakaucoro in April 2014
Personal information
Full name Ratu Banuve Lalabalavu Tabakaucoro
NationalityFlag of Fiji.svg  Fiji
Born (1992-09-04) 4 September 1992 (age 32)
Suva, Fiji
Height1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Weight82 kg (181 lb)
Sport
CountryFlag of Fiji.svg  Fiji
Sport Athletics
Event(s) 100 m, 200 m
College team Marist Brothers High School
Coached byBola Tafo'ou
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s)10.20s (100 m)
20.53s (200 m)
Medal record
Men's Athletics
Representing Flag of Fiji.svg  Fiji
Pacific Games
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2011 Nouméa 100 m
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2011 Nouméa 200 m
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2011 Nouméa 4x100 m relay
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2015 Port Moresby 100 m
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2015 Port Moresby 200 m
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2015 Port Moresby 4x400 m relay
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2015 Port Moresby 4x100 m relay
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2019 Apia 100 m
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2019 Apia 200 m
Pacific Mini Games
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2013 Mata-Utu 100m
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2013 Mata-Utu 200m
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2013 Mata-Utu 4x400m relay
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2009 Rarotonga 100 m
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2009 Rarotonga 200 m
Oceania Championships
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2010 Cairns 4x100 m relay
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2010 Cairns 800 m medley relay
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2011 Apia 100 m
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2011 Apia 200 m
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2011 Apia 4x100 m relay
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2011 Apia 4x400 m relay
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2013 Papeete 100 m
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2013 Papeete 200 m
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2014 Avarua 100 m
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2014 Avarua 4x100 m
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2015 Cairns 100 m
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2015 Cairns 4x100 m
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2015 Cairns 800 m medley relay
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2019 Townsville 200 m
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2013 Papeete 800 m medley relay
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2014 Avarua 4x400 m
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2015 Cairns 200 m
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2015 Cairns 4x400 m
Updated on 27 April 2013

Ratu Banuve Lalabalavu Tabakaucoro (born 4 September 1992 in Suva) is a Fijian sprinter who specializes in the 100 and 200 metres. He is the national record holder in the men's 100 m and 200 m for Fiji.

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Biography

Tabakaucoro attended Marist Brothers High School Sports Science Academy and graduated in 2013. [1] [2]

Tabakaucoro is the only athlete in the Pacific Games history to win gold in both the 100 metres and 200 metres in 3 consecutive Pacific Games in 2011, 2015 and 2019 games.

In the 2011 Coke Games, Tabakaucoro ran his personal best in the senior boys 100 and 200 metres finals on the 29 and 30 April; he also helped his school win the 4 x 100 metres relay.

Tabakaucoro also won gold in the 100 meter, 200 meter and 4 × 100 m Relay at the Pacific Games in Nouméa, New Caledonia in September at the 2011 Pacific Games.

In March 2015, Tabakaucoro competed in the Australian Athletics Championships in Brisbane where he finished 2nd in the 100m Final with a time of 10.26s breaking the national record of 10.34s set by Jone Delai back in 1995. [3] He also set a new national record in the 200m of 20.63s. [4]

Tabakaucoro will compete in the 100 m and 200 m at the 2022 Commonwealth Games in Birmingham, England. [5] [6]

In May 2023 he received the honour in welcoming the state president and prime minister on the island of Bau with the ceremonial offering of kava on the occasion of the reconstitution of the Great Council of Chiefs. [7] [8] [9]

Personal best

DistanceTimeDateVenueRef
100 m10.20 s (+1.2 m/s)8 July 2016 Suva, Fiji
200 m20.53 s (+1.7 m/s)12 July 2015Ports Moresby, 2015 Pacific Games

Achievements

YearCompetitionVenuePositionEventNotes
Representing Flag of Fiji.svg  Fiji
2008 Commonwealth Youth Games Pune, India 5th (sf)100 m10.91 s (wind: +0.9 m/s)
7thLong jump6.86 m (wind: +0.4 m/s)
7th4 × 100 m relay41.79 s
2009 World Youth Championships Brixen, Italy 3rd (qf)100 m 10.77 s (wind: +0.7 m/s)
Melanesian Championships Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia 4th100m10.95 (wind: +0.1 m/s)
Pacific Mini Games Rarotonga, Cook Islands 2nd100 m10.68 s (wind: +1.9 m/s)
2nd200 m21.70 s (wind: -0.4 m/s)
2010 Oceania Junior Championships Cairns, Australia 1st100 m10.80 s (wind: +2.0 m/s)
1st200 m21.69 s (wind: -0.6 m/s)
Oceania Championships Cairns, Australia 1st4 × 100 m relay42.02 s
1stMixed 800 m medlex relay1:35.31 min
2011 Universiade Shenzhen, China 5th (qf)100 m 10.49 s (wind: -0.1 m/s)
4th (qf)200 m 21.26 s (wind: +0.0 m/s)
Oceania Championships (Regional Division East) Apia, Samoa 1st100 m10.46 s (wind: +1.2 m/s)
1st200 m21.01 s (wind: +1.9 m/s)
1st4 × 100 m relay41.71 s
1st4 × 400 m relay3:17.62 min
Pacific Games Nouméa, New Caledonia 1st100 m10.52 s (wind: -0.4 m/s)
1st200 m21.18 s (wind: -1.1 m/s) GR
1st4 × 100 m relay41.25 s
2013 Oceania Championships Papeete, French Polynesia 1st100 m10.65 s (wind: -1.0 m/s)
1st200 m21.08 s (wind: -1.5 m/s)
2ndMixed 800 Sprint Medley relay1:38.95 min
World Championships Moscow, Russia 46th (h)100m 10.53 (wind: -0.1 m/s)
40th (h)200m 21.27 (wind: -0.2 m/s)
Pacific Mini Games Mata-Utu, Wallis and Futuna 1st100m10.33 (wind: 0.0 m/s)
1st200m21.13 (wind: -2.6 m/s)
4 × 100 m relayDQ
1st4 × 400 m relay3:15.38
2014 Oceania Championships Rarotonga, Cook Islands 1st100m10.30 (wind: -0.2 m/s)
1st4 × 100 m relay41.61
2nd4 × 400 m relay3:19.13
Commonwealth Games Glasgow, United Kingdom 22nd (h)100m 10.51 (wind: -0.4 m/s)
16th (h)1200m 21.04 (wind: -0.5 m/s)
2015 Oceania Championships Cairns, Queensland, Australia 1st100m10.22 (wind: -0.1 m/s)
2nd200m20.68 (wind: +1.6 m/s)
1st4 × 100 m relay40.98
2nd4 × 400 m relay3:22.16
1stMixed 800m sprint medley1:35.32
Pacific Games Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea 1st100m10.55
1st200m20.53 GR
World Championships Beijing, China 41st (h)100m 10.41
2021 Olympic Games Tokyo, Japan 56th (h)100 m 10.70
2022 World Championships Eugene, United States 100 m DQ

1: Disqualified in the semifinal.

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