Patricia Taea

Patricia Taea

Personal information
Born	(1993-05-25) 25 May 1993 (age 32) Rarotonga, Cook Islands
Height	1.76 m (5 ft 9 in) [1]
Weight	71 kg (157 lb)
Sport
Country	Cook Islands
Sport	Athletics
Event	100 metres
Coached by	Tony Fairweather
Achievements and titles
Personal best	100m - 11.97 NR (2017)
Medal record Women's athletics Representing the   Cook Islands Pacific Mini Games 2017 Port Vila 200 m 2013 Mata-Utu 200 m 2017 Port Vila 100 m Oceania Championships 2013 Papeete 100 m 2014 Rarotonga 100 m 2011 Apia Javelin throw
Updated on 19 May 2015

Patricia Nooroa Taea (born 25 May 1993) is a Cook Island female sprinter who competed in the 100 metres event at the 2012 Summer Olympics. ^[2] She was ranked 14th in the Preliminaries for the women's 100 metres in a time of 12.47 seconds. She was chosen as torch lighter for the 2009 Pacific Mini Games (together with athlete Daniel Tutai) ^[3] and flag bearer for the 2014 Commonwealth Games. She returned to the 2016 Olympics, advancing to the next round of heats.

Personal bests

Event	Result	Venue	Date
Outdoor
100 m	11.97 s(wind: +1.5 m/s)	Brisbane	3 Dec 2017
200 m	24.16 s(wind: +0.3 m/s)	Port Vila	14 Dec 2017
400 m	59.41 s	Brisbane	5 Nov 2016
Long jump	5.07 m(wind: +1.6 m/s)	Gold Coast, Queensland	2 Aug 2009
Javelin throw	38.07 m	Sydney	12 Mar 2010
Indoor
60 m	7.93 s	Sopot	8 Mar 2014

Achievements

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Event	Notes
Representing the   Cook Islands
2007	Polynesian Championships	Rarotonga, Cook Islands	2nd	100m	13.2
			2nd	200m	27.5
			3rd	Long jump	4.79 m
			4th	Javelin	30.02 m
2008	Oceania Youth Championships	Saipan, Northern Mariana Islands	4th	100m	13.34 (wind: -0.7 m/s)
			2nd	Long jump	5.02 m (wind: +0.3 m/s)
			3rd	Javelin throw	31.91 m
2009	Polynesian Championships	Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia	3rd	100m	13.31 (wind: -1.0 m/s)
			4th	200m	27.11 w(wind: +3.5 m/s)
			3rd	Long jump	5.09m w(wind: +5.1 m/s)
			4th	Javelin	32.26m
	Pacific Mini Games	Rarotonga, Cook Islands	5th	100m	13.09 (wind: +0.1 m/s)
			7th (h)	200m	27.34 (NWI)
			5th	Long jump	5.03m (wind: 0.0 m/s)
2010	Oceania Youth Championships	Sydney, Australia	25th (h)	100m	13.31 (wind: +0.5 m/s)
			3rd	Javelin throw	38.07 m
	Oceania Junior Championships	Cairns, Australia	3rd	100 m	12.73 s w(wind: +2.3 m/s)
			1st	Javelin throw	37.17 m
	World Junior Championships	Moncton, New Brunswick, Canada	38th (h)	100m	13.05 (wind: +0.2 m/s)
	Commonwealth Games	Delhi, India	39th (h)	100m	13.10
2011	Oceania Championships (Regional Division East)	Apia, Samoa	4th	Shot put	12.79m
			3rd	Javelin throw	27.67 m
	World Championships	Daegu, South Korea	54th (h)	100m	12.63 (wind: +1.0 m/s)
	Pacific Games	Nouméa, New Caledonia	7th	100m	12.60 (wind: +0.3 m/s)
2012	World Indoor Championships	Istanbul, Turkey	48th (h)	60 m	8.06
	Oceania Junior Championships (Regional Division East)	Cairns, Australia	2nd	100 m	12.78 s (wind: -0.1 m/s)
			2nd	Javelin throw	37.40 m
	Oceania Championships (Regional Division East)	Cairns, Queensland, Australia	4th	100m	12.64 (wind: +0.4 m/s)
	Olympic Games	London, United Kingdom	60th (pr)	100 m	12.47 (wind: +0.2 m/s)
2013	Oceania Championships	Papeete, French Polynesia	2nd	100m	12.57 (wind: -0.7 m/s)
	World Championships	Moscow, Russia	39th (h)	100m	12.39 (wind: -0.6 m/s)
	Pacific Mini Games	Mata-Utu, Wallis and Futuna	5th	100m	12.29 (wind: +1.5 m/s)
			2nd	200m	25.13 (wind: +1.1 m/s)
2014	World Indoor Championships	Sopot, Poland	39th (h)	60 m	7.93
	Oceania Championships	Rarotonga, Cook Islands	3rd	100m	12.34 (wind: +0.5 m/s)
			5th	200m	26.11 w(wind: +2.2 m/s)
			7th	Mixed sprint medley	1:50.10
	Commonwealth Games	Glasgow, United Kingdom	42nd (h)	100m	12.68 (wind: -0.3 m/s)
			38th (h)	200m	26.14 (wind: -0.5 m/s)
2015	Oceania Championships	Cairns, Queensland, Australia	7th	100m	12.29 w(wind: +2.9 m/s)
			9th (h)	200m	25.29 (wind: +1.2 m/s)
	World Championships	Beijing, China	48th (h)	100 m	12.34
2016	Olympic Games	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	61st (h)	100 m	12.41
2017	World Championships	London, United Kingdom	40th (h)	100 m	12.18 NR
2018	World Indoor Championships	Birmingham, United Kingdom	45th (h)	60 m	7.90
	Commonwealth Games	Gold Coast, Australia	35th (h)	100 m	12.22
			30th (h)	200 m	24.91

References

1. "2018 Commonwealth Games profile" . Retrieved 1 May 2018.^{[ dead link ]}
2. Profile Archived 4 August 2012 at the Wayback Machine
3. RAROTONGA: 21ST SEPTEMBER TO 2ND OCTOBER, 2009, Cook Islands Sports and National Olympic Committee (CISNOC), retrieved 30 April 2013

External links

• Patricia Taea at World Athletics
• Patricia Taea at Olympedia
• Patricia Taea at the Commonwealth Games Federation (archived)
• Patricia Taea at Olympics at Sports-Reference.com (archived)