Aunese Curreen (born Setefano Mika, 23 December 1981) is a Samoan middle distance runner, who specialized in the

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. He is currently a member of the North Harbour Bays Athletics Club in

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. Curreen represented

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at the

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, where he competed for the men's 800 metres. He ran in the fifth heat against six other athletes, including Sudan's

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, who eventually won the silver medal in the final. He finished the race in sixth place by three hundredths of a second (0.03) behind South Africa's

Samson Ngoepe Samson Ngoepe (born 28 January 1985) is a South African runner who specializes in the 800 metres. He is currently coached by Charl Naude.http://www.sowetan.co.za/Sport/Article.aspx?id=742596 He competed in the 800 metres event at the 2008 Olym ...

, with a national record and personal best time of 1:47.45. Curreen, however, failed to advance into the semi-finals, as he placed twenty-ninth overall, and was ranked farther below two mandatory slots for the next round.

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NBC Olympics Profile
* Samoan male middle-distance runners Living people Olympic athletes of Samoa Athletes (track and field) at the 2008 Summer Olympics 1981 births {{Samoa-athletics-bio-stub