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| Born | 2003 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Athletics | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Event | Sprint | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Personal best(s) | 60 m: 6.85 s (Lubbock, 2025) 100 m: 10.24 s (Lubbock, 2025) NR 200 m: 20.64 s (Lubbock, 2025) NR | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Tovetuna Timothy Tuna (born 2003) is a sprinter from Papua New Guinea. He was a bronze medalist over 200 metres at the 2024 Oceania Athletics Championships. In 2025, he became national record holder over 200 metres and 100 metres. [1]
He is from Matupit Island in Papua New Guinea. [2] He attracted attention for his sprinting ability when he ran 11.01 seconds for the 100 metres in 2019 at the national athletics championships in Kimbe. [3] He later studied and competed at New Mexico Junior College in the United States. [4]
At the 2022 Oceania Athletics Championships he was a bronze medalist in the men's 4 × 100 metres relay in Mackay, Australia. [5]
In June 2024, he was a member of the Papua New Guinea 4 × 100 metres relay team that won the gold medal at the 2024 Oceania Athletics Championships alongside Alphonse Igish, Emmanuel Anis, and Pais Wisil. [6] He also won a bronze medal in the 200 metres at the Games. [7] In October 2024, he was ranked in the top 10 of the Pacific Islands men’s and women’s World Athletics rankings. [8]
In 2025, he ran a wind assisted 10.09 seconds for the 100 metres. [9] In April 2025, he broke the national record for the 200 metres, running 20.75 seconds in Texas, breaking the previous record set by Theo Piniau. [10] In May 2025, he broke the national record for the 200 metres again, running 20.64 seconds in Lubbock, Texas (+1.3 mp/s). Racing on the same day he also equalled the national record of 10.24 seconds for the 100 metres, co-held by Pais Wisil, despite running into 3 mp/s headwind. [11]
His father is fellow sprinter and former national record holder, Takale Tuna. [12]
