Bertrand Vili

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Bertrand Vili (born 6 September 1983) is a French former track and field athlete who competed in the discus throw. He represented France at the 2009 World Championships in Athletics and was a silver medallist at the 2005 Jeux de la Francophonie. [1] He was a double shot put/discus gold medallist at the 2001 South Pacific Mini Games and also won javelin throw silver. [2] He won the gold medal in the discus at the 2007 Pacific Games in a games record of 58.31 m. [3] He successfully defended that title four years later at the 2011 Pacific Games, held in his native New Caledonia. [4] He has a personal best of 63.66 m (208 ft 10+1⁄4 in) and is the New Caledonian national record holder.

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He won three straight national titles at the French Athletics Championships from 2007 to 2009. [5] He has also won at the Australian Athletics Championships (2009) and won a shot put and two discus titles at the New Zealand Athletics Championships between 2002 and 2004. [6]

In 2006 he wrote off his car in an accident while narrowly beneath the drink-drive limit. He was married to fellow athlete Valerie Adams from 2004 to 2010, with Adams citing Vili's drinking as a cause of their marital breakdown in her autobiography. [7] His cousin Laurent Vili is a former shot putter and rugby player. [8]

International competitions

YearCompetitionVenuePositionEventNotes
2001 South Pacific Mini Games Middlegate, Norfolk Island 1stShot put16.81 m
1stDiscus throw49.41 m
2ndJavelin throw63.78 m
2002 World Junior Championships Kingston, Jamaica 5th Shot put 20.12 m
11th Discus throw 57.87 m
2003 European U23 Championships Bydgoszcz, Poland7th Discus throw 54.88 m
2005 European U23 Championships Erfurt, Germany11th Discus throw 55.40 m
Jeux e la Francophonie Niamey, Niger2nd Discus throw 54.05 m
2007 Pacific Games Apia, Samoa1stDiscus throw58.31 m GR
2ndHammer throw55.73 m
2009 World Championships Berlin, Germany18th (q) Discus throw 60.88 m
2011 Pacific Games Nouméa, New Caledonia1stDiscus throw54.12 m

National titles

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References

  1. ↑ Francophone Games. GBR Athletics. Retrieved 22 April 2018.
  2. ↑ South Pacific Mini Games. GBR Athletics. Retrieved 22 April 2018.
  3. ↑ Samoan athlete is strong medal contender in field events. The National (13 July 2015). Retrieved 22 April 2018.
  4. ↑ South Pacific Games Results. SportsTG. Retrieved 22 April 2018.
  5. ↑ Bertrand Vili. IAAF. Retrieved 22 April 2018.
  6. ↑ New Zealand Championships. GBR Athletics. Retrieved 22 April 2018.
  7. ↑ Adams 'embarrassed' by 2am haka. Stuff (28 October 2012). Retrieved 22 April 2018.
  8. ↑ Middleton, Julie (7 November 2008). Acquittal ends seven-year ordeal for rugby player Vili. New Zealand Herald. Retrieved 22 April 2018.
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