Rellie Kaputin (born March 12, 1993) is a Papua New Guinean

track and field Track and field is a sport that includes athletic contests based on running, jumping, and throwing skills. The name is derived from where the sport takes place, a running track and a grass field for the throwing and some of the jumping events ...

athlete who specializes in the jumps. She competed at the

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, in Women's long jump.

Life

She studied at

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. She currently holds the national records for the

high jump The high jump is a track and field event in which competitors must jump unaided over a horizontal bar placed at measured heights without dislodging it. In its modern, most-practiced format, a bar is placed between two standards with a crash mat f ...

long jump The long jump is a track and field event in which athletes combine speed, strength and agility in an attempt to leap as far as possible from a takeoff point. Along with the triple jump, the two events that measure jumping for distance as a gr ...

, and

triple jump The triple jump, sometimes referred to as the hop, step and jump or the hop, skip and jump, is a track and field event, similar to the long jump. As a group, the two events are referred to as the "horizontal jumps". The competitor runs down th ...

events. In 2017, Kaputin competed at the 2017 World Championships in

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jumping 5 meters 59 in the long jump qualification round without advancing to the final.

International competitions

References

External links

Rellie Kaputin
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External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Kaputin, Rellie Living people Papua New Guinean female athletes 1993 births Athletes (track and field) at the 2018 Commonwealth Games Commonwealth Games competitors for Papua New Guinea People from East New Britain Province Athletes (track and field) at the 2020 Summer Olympics Olympic athletes for Papua New Guinea Pacific Games gold medalists for Papua New Guinea Pacific Games silver medalists for Papua New Guinea Pacific Games bronze medalists for Papua New Guinea Pacific Games medalists in athletics