Karalo Maibuca

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Karalo Maibuca
Personal information
Born (1999-06-10) 10 June 1999 (age 26)
Nanumanga, Tuvalu [1]
Height1.76 m (5 ft 9 in) [1]
Sport
Sport Track and field
Event
Sprints
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s)11.35s (100 m) [2]
23.66s (200 m) [3] [4]

Karalo Hepoiteloto Maibuca Junior (born 10 June 1999) at Nanumanga, Tuvalu is a sprinter. [5] He is the son of Ratu Karalo Maibuca Senior, a Fijian, and a mother from Kioa. [6] He was selected to compete at the 2020 Summer Olympics [7] and was given the honour of being the flag bearer for his nation in the opening ceremony alongside Matie Stanley. [8] In the preliminary round of the 100m he ran a Tuvaluan national record time of 11.42 seconds, but did not qualify to the next round. [9]

Maibuca participated in the World Athletics Championships in 2022 & 2023.

Maibuca represented Tuvalu at the Gold Coast XXI Commonwealth Games in 2018 and the Birmingham XXII Commonwealth Games in 2022, [10] where he broke the Tuvalu national record in the 100m with a time of 11.39 [+0.6]. [11] Maibuca competed in the 2023 World Athletics Championships in Budapest, running 11.55 [0.0] in the 100 metres, [12] [13] but failed to progress past the preliminary round.

Maibuca represented Tuvalu at the Pacific Mini Games in Saipan in 2023 where he competed in the 100m (11.76 [-2.0]) and the 200m (23.66 .

Maibuca represented Tuvalu in the 2023 Pacific Games:

He competed in the 100 metres at the 2024 Paris Olympics. [17]

References

  1. 1 2 "Karalo Maibuca". 2018 Commonwealth Games. Retrieved 24 July 2021.
  2. ↑ "100 metre Men". Sol2023. Retrieved 28 November 2023.
  3. ↑ "World Championships – Budapest 2023". Oceania Athletics. 17 November 2023. Retrieved 24 November 2023.
  4. ↑ "200 metre Men". Sol2023. Retrieved 1 December 2023.
  5. 1 2 3 "World Championships – Budapest 2023". Oceania Athletics. 17 November 2023. Retrieved 24 November 2023.
  6. ↑ Curuqara, Paulini (31 July 2021). "Fijian leads Tuvalu contingent". The Fijian Times. Retrieved 8 May 2022.
  7. ↑ "Athletics MAIBUCA Karalo Hepoiteloto". Tokyo 2020. Archived from the original on 15 August 2021. Retrieved 24 July 2021.
  8. ↑ "Athletics flag bearers help to light up Olympic Opening Ceremony in Tokyo". worldathletics.org. 23 July 2021. Archived from the original on 25 July 2021. Retrieved 24 July 2021.
  9. ↑ "Athletics - Preliminary Round - Heat 3 Results". Tokyo 2020. Archived from the original on 9 August 2021. Retrieved 2 August 2021.
  10. ↑ Webster, Andrew (30 July 2022). "'I am from Tuvalu and my country is going to sink': Comm Games team you should be backing". Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 30 July 2022.
  11. ↑ "World Championships – Budapest 2023". Oceania Athletics. 17 November 2023. Retrieved 24 November 2023.
  12. ↑ "World Championships – Budapest 2023". Oceania Athletics. 17 November 2023. Retrieved 24 November 2023.
  13. ↑ "Karalo Hepoiteloto MAIBUCA". Worldathletics.org. 19 August 2023. Retrieved 24 November 2023.
  14. ↑ "100 metre Men". Sol2023. Retrieved 28 November 2023.
  15. ↑ "200 metre Men". Sol2023. Retrieved 1 December 2023.
  16. ↑ "4x100 relay Men". Sol2023. Retrieved 1 December 2023.
  17. ↑ "Men's 100 Metres - Paris Olympic Games 2024 Athletics". Watch Athletics. 4 August 2024. Retrieved 28 December 2024.


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