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| Nationality |  New Caledonia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 28 August 1979 (age 44) Nouméa | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Event | Javelin Throw / Shot put | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Bina Ramesh (born 28 August 1979 at Noumea) is a New Caledonian athlete who specialises in the Javelin. She is of Wallisian heritage. [1]
She won the bronze medal at the 1996 World Junior Championships and also at the 1997 Junior European Championships.
She won three French senior national Javelin championship titles in 1998, 2000 and 2004.
At the 2009 Pacific Mini Games in Rarotonga she won gold in the javelin. [2] [3] At the 2015 Pacific Games in Port Moresby she won silver. [4]
| Event | Performance | Place | Date |
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| Javelin Throw (old model) | 61.66 m | 1997 |
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