Siueni Filimone

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Siueni Filimone
Personal information
Born (1994-08-19) 19 August 1994 (age 28)
Hihifo, Haapai, Tonga [1]
Height1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)
Weight69 kg (152 lb)
Sport
CountryTonga
Sport Athletics
Event(s)100m
Medal record
Pacific Mini Games
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2013 Mata-Utu 4x100m relay
Oceania Championships
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2013 Papeete 100 m
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2012 Cairns 4x100m relay
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2014 Rarotonga 4x100m relay

Siueni Filimone (born 19 August 1994) is a Tongan sprinter. [2] He competed in the 100 metres event at the 2013 World Championships in Athletics. [3] He competed at the 2016 Summer Olympics. He progressed from the preliminary round with a time of 10.76s, but he did not start in Round 1. [4] [5] [6]

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Personal bests

EventResultVenueDate
100 m10.72 s(wind: -0.8 m/s) Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Glasgow 27 July 2014
200 m22.19 s(wind: +0.7 m/s) Flag of Australia (converted).svg Cairns 29 June 2012

Competition record

YearCompetitionVenuePositionEventNotes
Representing Flag of Tonga.svg  Tonga
2012 Oceania Junior Championships
(Regional Division East)
Cairns, Australia 3rd100m11.19 (wind: +0.1 m/s)
2nd200m22.55 (wind: +0.6 m/s)
Oceania Championships
(Regional Division East)
Cairns, Australia 2nd4 × 100 m relay43.16
World Junior Championships Barcelona, Spain 61st (h)100 m 11.41 (wind: -1.6 m/s)
2013 Oceania Championships Papeete, French Polynesia 2nd100m11.17 (wind: -1.0 m/s)
8th200m23.36 (wind: -1.5 m/s)
World Championships Moscow, Russia 61st (pr)100 m 10.93 (wind: -0.4 m/s)
Pacific Mini Games Mata-Utu, Wallis and Futuna 4th100m10.87 (wind: 0.0 m/s)
8th200m23.33 (wind: -2.6 m/s)
3rd4 × 100 m relay42.59
6th4 × 400 m relay3:29.66
2014 Commonwealth Games Glasgow, United Kingdom 38th (h)100m 10.72 (wind: -0.8 m/s)
Oceania Championships Rarotonga, Cook Islands 5th100m11.06 (wind: -0.2 m/s)
3rd4 × 100 m relay42.77
2015 Oceania Championships Cairns, Australia 18th (sf)100m11.34 (wind: +0.2 m/s)
14th (sf)200m22.51 (wind: -0.1 m/s)
5th4 × 100 m relay42.77
Mixed 800m sprint medley relayDQ
2016 World Indoor Championships Portland, United States 49th (h)60 m 7.08
Olympic Games Rio de Janeiro, Brazil 4th (p)100 m 10.76 1

1Did not start in the heats

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References

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