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Born | Naidrodro, Ba, Fiji | September 5, 1967|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Country | Fiji | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Sport | Athletics | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Event(s) | 100 m, 200 m | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
College team | Suva Grammar School | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Personal best(s) | 10.34s - 100 m 21.22s - 200 m | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Jone Delai (born September 5, 1967) is a Fijian sprinter. Competing mostly over 100 metres, his personal best is 10.26 seconds.
Delai won a bronze medal in 100 metres at the 1990 Oceanian Championships, and became Oceanian champion over both 100 and 200 metres in 1994. Jone competed in the 1996 and 2000 Summer Olympics. In 1998 he became the California Junior College 100 meters champion tying his personal best.
Jone Delai held the title of Fastest Man in the Pacific, with a time of 10.34s in the 100m sprints which was a South Pacific Games record. The SPG Record & his personal achieved best now comes in 2nd to reigning sprint king, Banuve Tabakaucoro's 10.22s for the 100m sprint.
Year | Competition | Venue | Position | Event | Notes |
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Representing Fiji | |||||
1990 | Oceania Championships | Suva, Fiji | 3rd | 100 m | 10.92 s |
1991 | South Pacific Games | Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea | 3rd | 100 m | 10.93 s (wind: -2.4 m/s) |
2nd | 4 × 100 m relay | 40.90 s | |||
1993 | South Pacific Mini Games | Port Vila, Vanuatu | 1st | 100 m | 11.06 s (wind: -6.0 m/s) |
1st | 200 m | 21.38 s (wind: -3.3 m/s) | |||
1st | 4 × 100 m relay | 40.47 s | |||
1st | 4 × 400 m relay | 3:09.97 min | |||
1994 | Oceania Championships | Auckland, New Zealand | 1st | 100 m | 10.63 s (wind: -0.3 m/s) |
1st | 200 m | 21.55 s (wind: +0.7 m/s) | |||
1995 | South Pacific Games | Pirae, French Polynesia | 1st | 100 m | 10.34 s (wind: +0.0 m/s) GR |
1st | 200 m | 21.20 s (wind: +2.9 m/s)w | |||
2nd | 4 × 100 m relay | 40.52 s | |||
1st | 4 × 400 m relay | 3:10.16 min | |||
1997 | South Pacific Mini Games | Pago Pago, American Samoa | 1st | 100 m | 10.52 s (wind: -2.0 m/s) |
2nd | 200 m | 21.38 s (wind: -3.6 m/s) | |||
1st | 4 × 100 m relay | 40.15 s GR | |||
1st | 4 × 400 m relay | 3:13.80 min | |||
1999 | South Pacific Games | Santa Rita, Guam | 3rd | 100 m | 10.79 s (wind: -1.1 m/s) |
1st | 4 × 100 m relay | 40.48 s | |||
2003 | South Pacific Games | Suva, Fiji | 2nd | 100 m | 10.9 s (ht) |
2nd | 4 × 100 m relay | 41.03 s | |||
2005 | South Pacific Mini Games | Koror, Palau | 2nd | 100 m | 10.73 s (wind: +0.5 m/s) |
2nd | 4 × 100 m relay | 41.97 s | |||
2007 | Pacific Games | Apia, Samoa | 1st | 100 m | 10.66 s (wind: +0.7 m/s) |
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