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Athletics At The 2015 Pacific Games ...
Athletics at the 2015 Pacific Games was held in Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea on July 13–18, 2015. Four parasport events were also included. Participating nations Twenty countries competed at the 2015 Pacific Games in athletics: Note: The number of athletes registered for the 2015 Pacific Games to represent each country is shown in brackets. Medal summary Medal table Men's results Women's results See also * Athletics at the Pacific Games References External linksFull results {{Pacific Games Athletics 2015 Pacific Games Athletics at the Pacific Games Pacific Games The Pacific Games (French: Jeux du Pacifique), is a continental multi-sport event held every four years among athletes from Oceania. The inaugural Games took place in 1963 in Suva, Fiji, and most recently in 2019 in Apia, Samoa. The Games wer ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Port Moresby
(; Tok Pisin: ''Pot Mosbi''), also referred to as Pom City or simply Moresby, is the capital and largest city of Papua New Guinea. It is one of the largest cities in the southwestern Pacific (along with Jayapura) outside of Australia and New Zealand. It is located on the shores of the Gulf of Papua, on the south-western coast of the Papuan Peninsula of the island of New Guinea. The city emerged as a trade centre in the second half of the 19th century. During World War II, it was a prime objective for conquest by the Imperial Japanese forces during 1942–43 as a staging point and air base to cut off Australia from Southeast Asia and the Americas. As of the 2011 census, Port Moresby had 364,145 inhabitants. An unofficial 2020 estimate gives the population as 383,000. The place where the city was founded has been inhabited by the Motu-Koitabu people for centuries. The first Briton to see it was Royal Navy Captain John Moresby in 1873. It was named in honour of his father, A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Peniel Joshua
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Mowen Boino
Mowen Boino (born 16 December 1979) is a Papua New Guinean track and field athlete, who specialized in 400 metres and in 400 metres hurdles. He is a three-time Olympian and four-time national record holder for the 400 m hurdles. He also achieved his personal best time of 50.37 seconds at the 2006 Commonwealth Games in Melbourne, Australia. Boino first competed at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, where he set a national record for Papua New Guinea in the 400 m hurdles, with a possible fastest time of 51.38 seconds. He continued to improve his athletic performance at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, when he finished last in the fourth heat of the men's 400 m hurdles, by forty-one hundredths of a second ahead of his national record set from Sydney, with a time of 50.97 seconds. At the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing } Beijing ( ; ; ), alternatively romanized as Peking ( ), is the capital of the People's Republic of China. It is the center of power and development o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wala Gime
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Avikash Lal
Avikash Lal (born 18 June 1995 in Nadi) is a Fijian long-distance runner. He competed in the 2019 Pacific Games in Apia, winning the Gold in half-marathon, and the silver medal on 5000 m. On the same distance, he also won the bronze medal at 2015 Pacific Games. He won the 10,000 m title at 2017 Oceania Athletics Championships The 2017 Oceania Athletics Championships were held at the ANZ Stadium in Suva, Fiji between June 28 and July 1, 2017. The event was held jointly with the Oceania under 18 and under 20 championships, including exhibition events for masters and fo ... in Suva. References 1995 births Living people Fijian male long-distance runners Fijian male marathon runners Sportspeople from Nadi 21st-century Fijian people Fijian people of Indian descent Pacific Games gold medalists for Fiji Pacific Games medalists in athletics Pacific Games silver medalists for Fiji Pacific Games bronze medalists for Fiji {{Fiji-athletics-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Georges Richmond
Georges may refer to: Places *Georges River, New South Wales, Australia *Georges Quay (Dublin) *Georges Township, Fayette County, Pennsylvania Other uses *Georges (name) * ''Georges'' (novel), a novel by Alexandre Dumas * "Georges" (song), a 1977 song originally recorded by Pat Simon and covered by Sylvie Vartan *Georges (store), a department store in Melbourne, Australia from 1880 to 1995 * Georges (''Green Card'' character) People with the surname * Eugenia Georges, American anthropologist *Karl Ernst Georges (1806–1895), German classical philologist and lexicographer, known for his edition of Latin-German dictionaries. See also *École secondaire Georges-P.-Vanier, a high school in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada *École secondaire Georges-Vanier in Laval, Quebec, Canada * French cruiser ''Georges Leygues'', commissioned in 1937 * French frigate ''Georges Leygues'' (D640), commissioned in 1979 *George (other) *Georges Creek (other) *Georges Creek Coal and Iron Co ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Loïc Mevel
Loïc Mevel is a French Polynesian long-distance runner who has represented French Polynesia at the Pacific Games. He is the son of long-distance runner Elodie Menou. At the 2015 Oceania Athletics Championships in Cairns he won silver in the 10,000 meters. At the 2015 Pacific Games in Port Moresby he won bronze in the 5,000 meters. At the 2016 Polynesian Championships in Athletics in Papeete Papeete (Tahitian language, Tahitian: ''Papeete'', pronounced ) is the capital city of French Polynesia, an overseas collectivity of the France, French Republic in the Pacific Ocean. The Communes of France, commune of Papeete is located on the isl ... he won gold in both the 5,000 meters and 10,000 meters. References Living people French Polynesian long-distance runners Year of birth missing (living people) Pacific Games bronze medalists for Tahiti Pacific Games medalists in athletics {{FrenchPolynesia-athletics-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rosefelo Siosi
Rosefelo Siosi (born 23 August 1996) is a Solomon Islands track and field athlete. At the 2016 Summer Olympics he competed in the Men's 5000 m. He finished in 48th place in a personal best time after he crossed the finish line in 15:47.76. Siosi received a huge crowd ovation at the 2022 Commonwealth Games in Birmingham on 6 August, 2022 when he completed the 5,000m race alone, 4 minutes after event winner Jacob Kiplimo who was completing his lap of honour as Siosi continued to run his race. Comparisons were drawn with Eric Moussambani, nicknamed ‘Eric the Eel’ and ski jumper Eddie the Eagle who similarly captured the hearts of spectators with endeavour rather than achievement at major competitions. Siosi’s time in Birmingham of 17:28.93 was a seasons best for him. Following the race he said he hoped his nation would soon get a synthetic running track to help his training, and now his studies have finished he is aiming to run well at the 2023 Pacific Games The 2023 Pac ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nordine Benfodda
Nur al-Din ( ar, translit=nūr ad-dīn, نور الدين) is a male Arabic given name, translating to "light of the religion", ''nūr'' meaning "light" and ''dīn'' meaning "religion". More recently, the name has also been used as a surname. There are many Romanized spelling variants of the name. The element نور can be spelled ''Nur'', ''Noor'', ''Nor'', ''Nour or Nuer. ''The element دين can be spelled either ''Din'', ''Deen'' or ''Dine''. The definite article in front of the " sun letter" ''d'' is realized only as a gemination /dː/, the Arabic pronunciation being /nuːrudːiːn/. Syntactically, the name is an ''iḍāfah'' (genitive construction), in full vocalization ''nūru d-dīni''. Consequently, depending on the system of Romanization, the definite article can be rendered as ''al'', ''ad'', ''ud'', ''ed'' or ''d''. Among the variant romanized spellings in common use are ''Nuraddin'', ''Nureddin'', ''Noureddin'', ''Noureddine'', ''Nooradeen'', ''Nordeen'', ''Nourdin' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
