Banuve Tabakaucoro
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Full name | Ratu Banuve Lalabalavu Tabakaucoro | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Nationality | Fiji | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Suva, Fiji | 4 September 1992||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 82 kg (181 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Country | Fiji | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Sport | Athletics | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Event(s) | 100 m, 200 m | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
College team | Marist Brothers High School | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Coached by | Bola Tafo'ou | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Personal best(s) | 10.20s (100 m) 20.53s (200 m) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Updated on 27 April 2013. |
Ratu Banuve Lalabalavu Tabakaucoro (born 4 September 1992 in Suva) is a Fijian sprinter who specializes in the 100 and 200 metres.
He holds the national record in the men's 100 meters and 200 metres for Fiji.
Tabakaucoro is a product of the Sports Science Academy at Marist Brothers High School and graduated in 2013.[citation needed]
He is the only athlete in the Pacific Games history to win gold in both the 100 metres and 200 metres in 3 consecutive Pacific Games in 2011, 2015 and 2019 games.
In the 2011 Coke Games, Tabakaucoro ran his personal best in the senior boys 100 and 200 metres finals on the 29 and 30 April; he also helped his school win the 4 x 100 metres relay.
2011 Pacific Games[]
He also won gold in the 100 meter, 200 meter and 4 × 100 m Relay at the Pacific Games in Nouméa, New Caledonia in September 2011 2011 Pacific Games with a time of 10.52s.
93rd Australian Athletics Championships[]
In March 2015, he competed in the Australian Athletics Championships on Brisbane where he finished 2nd in the 100m Final with a time of 10.26s breaking the national record of 10.34s set by Jone Delai back in 1995.[1] He also set a new national record in the 200m of 20.63s.[2]
Personal best[]
Distance | Time | Date | Venue | Ref |
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100 m | 10.20 s (+1.2 m/s) | 8 July 2016 | Suva, Fiji | |
200 m | 20.53 s (+1.7 m/s) | 12 July 2015 | Ports Moresby, 2015 Pacific Games |
Achievements[]
Year | Competition | Venue | Position | Event | Notes |
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Representing Fiji | |||||
2008 | Commonwealth Youth Games | Pune, India | 5th (sf) | 100 m | 10.91 s (wind: +0.9 m/s) |
7th | Long jump | 6.86 m (wind: +0.4 m/s) | |||
7th | 4 × 100 m relay | 41.79 s | |||
2009 | World Youth Championships | Brixen, Italy | 3rd (qf) | 100 m | 10.77 s (wind: +0.7 m/s) |
Melanesian Championships | Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia | 4th | 100m | 10.95 (wind: +0.1 m/s) | |
Pacific Mini Games | Rarotonga, Cook Islands | 2nd | 100 m | 10.68 s (wind: +1.9 m/s) | |
2nd | 200 m | 21.70 s (wind: -0.4 m/s) | |||
2010 | Oceania Junior Championships | Cairns, Australia | 1st | 100 m | 10.80 s (wind: +2.0 m/s) |
1st | 200 m | 21.69 s (wind: -0.6 m/s) | |||
Oceania Championships | Cairns, Australia | 1st | 4 × 100 m relay | 42.02 s | |
1st | Mixed 800 m medlex relay | 1:35.31 min | |||
2011 | Universiade | Shenzhen, China | 5th (qf) | 100 m | 10.49 s (wind: -0.1 m/s) |
4th (qf) | 200 m | 21.26 s (wind: +0.0 m/s) | |||
Oceania Championships (Regional Division East) | Apia, Samoa | 1st | 100 m | 10.46 s (wind: +1.2 m/s) | |
1st | 200 m | 21.01 s (wind: +1.9 m/s) | |||
1st | 4 × 100 m relay | 41.71 s | |||
1st | 4 × 400 m relay | 3:17.62 min | |||
Pacific Games | Nouméa, New Caledonia | 1st | 100 m | 10.52 s (wind: -0.4 m/s) | |
1st | 200 m | 21.18 s (wind: -1.1 m/s) GR | |||
1st | 4 × 100 m relay | 41.25 s | |||
2013 | Oceania Championships | Papeete, French Polynesia | 1st | 100 m | 10.65 s (wind: -1.0 m/s) |
1st | 200 m | 21.08 s (wind: -1.5 m/s) | |||
2nd | Mixed 800 Sprint Medley relay | 1:38.95 min | |||
World Championships | Moscow, Russia | 46th (h) | 100m | 10.53 (wind: -0.1 m/s) | |
40th (h) | 200m | 21.27 (wind: -0.2 m/s) | |||
Pacific Mini Games | Mata-Utu, Wallis and Futuna | 1st | 100m | 10.33 (wind: 0.0 m/s) | |
1st | 200m | 21.13 (wind: -2.6 m/s) | |||
— | 4 × 100 m relay | DQ | |||
1st | 4 × 400 m relay | 3:15.38 | |||
2014 | Oceania Championships | Rarotonga, Cook Islands | 1st | 100m | 10.30 (wind: -0.2 m/s) |
1st | 4 × 100 m relay | 41.61 | |||
2nd | 4 × 400 m relay | 3:19.13 | |||
Commonwealth Games | Glasgow, United Kingdom | 22nd (h) | 100m | 10.51 (wind: -0.4 m/s) | |
16th (h)1 | 200m | 21.04 (wind: -0.5 m/s) | |||
2015 | Oceania Championships | Cairns, Queensland, Australia | 1st | 100m | 10.22 (wind: -0.1 m/s) |
2nd | 200m | 20.68 (wind: +1.6 m/s) | |||
1st | 4 × 100 m relay | 40.98 | |||
2nd | 4 × 400 m relay | 3:22.16 | |||
1st | Mixed 800m sprint medley | 1:35.32 | |||
Pacific Games | Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea | 1st | 100m | 10.55 | |
1st | 200m | 20.53 GR | |||
World Championships | Beijing, China | 41st (h) | 100m | 10.41 |
1: Disqualified in the semifinal.
References[]
- ^ "Pearson pushed all the way as Riseley doubles at Australian Championships - iaaf.org". Retrieved 2015-03-30.
- ^ "200M Banuve Tabakaucoro 20.63 Australian Championships 2015 - YouTube". Retrieved 2015-03-30.
External links[]
- 1992 births
- Living people
- Fijian male sprinters
- People educated at Marist Brothers High School, Fiji
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2014 Commonwealth Games
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2020 Summer Olympics
- Olympic athletes of Fiji
- Commonwealth Games competitors for Fiji
- World Athletics Championships athletes for Fiji
- Sportspeople from Suva