Nooa Takooa

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Nooa Takooa
Athletics at the 2012 Summer Olympics - Men's 100 metres, Preliminaries heat 4.JPG
Before the start of heat 4 of the 100 m at the 2012 Summer Olympics, Takooa in blue
Personal information
Born (1993-03-10) March 10, 1993 (age 31)
Tarawa, Kiribati
Height1.6 m (5 ft 3 in)
Weight67 kg (148 lb)
Sport
CountryFlag of Kiribati.svg  Kiribati
SportAthletics
Event 100m
Achievements and titles
Personal best100m – 11.5
Medal record
Men's Athletics
Representing Flag of Kiribati.svg  Kiribati
Oceania Championships
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2013 Papeete 4x100 m relay
Updated on 16 July 2013

Nooa Takooa (born 10 March 1993) is a sprinter who is internationally representing Kiribati. [1] He participated in 2009 World Championships in Athletics and 2010 Summer Youth Olympics. He represented Kiribati at 2012 Summer Olympics in London in the Men's 100m event. Takooa was eliminated in the preliminary round but finished with a personal best time of 11.53. [2] [3] Takooa is a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. [4]

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Personal bests

Outdoor

Indoor

Achievements

YearCompetitionVenuePositionEventNotes
2009 World Championships in Athletics Berlin, Germany85th100 m 11.74 s (wind: -0.3 m/s)
2010 Kiribati Athletics Championships Kiribati3rd100 m11.5 (PB)
2nd200 m23.7
Youth Olympics Singapore City, Singapore100 m DNS
Oceania Youth Championships Sydney, Australia 6th (h)100 m11.85 s (wind: +0.7 m/s)
2012 World Indoor Championships Istanbul, Turkey 6th (h)60 m 7.57 s
Olympic Games London, United Kingdom 13th (q)100 m 11.53 s (wind: +0.5 m/s)
2013 Oceania Championships Papeete, French Polynesia 14th (sf)100 m11.51 s (wind: -0.1 m/s)
12th (h)200 m23.86 s (wind: -1.3 m/s)
2nd4 × 100 m relay44.46 s
High jumpNH
2014 Commonwealth Games Glasgow, United Kingdom 70th (h)100m 11.56 (wind: +0.2 m/s)
Oceania Championships Rarotonga, Cook Islands 15th (sf)100m11.99 (wind: -3.3 m/s)
11th (h)200m24.13 w(wind: +5.0 m/s)
7th4 × 100 m relay45.24

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References

  1. Nooa Takooa - Biography, Commonwealth Games Federation , retrieved 24 May 2015
  2. "Results for Men's 100m". ESPN. Retrieved May 4, 2018.
  3. ""Super Saturday" For the Youth Olympic Games and YOG Ambassadors". Olympic.org. Retrieved May 4, 2018.
  4. Rapleye, Christine (August 4, 2012). "Mormons competing in the 2012 London Olympics". Deseret News. Retrieved May 4, 2018.