Caroline Pickering Puamau (born 1 May 1980) is a 2-time Olympic and national record-holding swimmer from Fiji. She swam at the 1996 and

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; as well as at the

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. She also competed in the

2003 South Pacific Games The 2003 South Pacific Games were held in Suva, Fiji from 28 June to 12 July 2003. They are also known as the XII South Pacific Games. The Games were the 12th ''South Pacific Games'' to be held since the event's inception and were the 40th anni ...

in Suva, winning two gold medals, three silver and one bronze, and in the

2007 South Pacific Games The 2007 South Pacific Games were held in Apia, Samoa, from 25 August to 8 September 2007. The Games were the thirteenth to be held since the inception of the South Pacific Games in 1963, and included traditional multi-sport event disciplines, s ...

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, where she won two gold medals, three silver and two bronze. She lit the cauldron during the opening ceremony at the 2003 Games. Puamau declined to take part in the qualifiers for the 2008 Summer Olympics in

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, stating: "Right now I'm into coaching.""Swimmers at turning point new seasons"
, Aaron Kolinisau, ''Fiji Times'', 26 March 2008

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* 1980 births Fijian female freestyle swimmers Fijian female swimmers Olympic swimmers for Fiji Swimmers at the 1996 Summer Olympics Swimmers at the 2000 Summer Olympics Swimmers at the 2002 Commonwealth Games Commonwealth Games competitors for Fiji Living people Fijian people of British descent 20th-century Fijian women 21st-century Fijian women {{Fiji-swimming-bio-stub