Saimoni Tamani
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| Nationality |  Fiji | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | November 14, 1944 Bua, Fiji | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Athletics | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Saimoni Tamani (born 14 November 1944) is a Fijian former athlete who specialized in running the 400 metres.
Career[]
Tamani won a gold medal in the 1966 South Pacific Games in Noumea. He won three gold medals at the 1969 South Pacific Games in Port Moresby. At the 1970 Commonwealth Games in Edinburgh, Tamani won the bronze medal in the 400 metres with a time of 45.82 seconds. It was Fiji's first medal in athletics at the Commonwealth Games since 1950. He was slated to compete at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich but suffered a foot injury during the NCAA indoor track season.[1] He was inducted into the Fiji Sports Hall of Fame in 1991.[2]
Tamani was also a track star at Brigham Young University in Provo, Utah.[3] A member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints,[4] Tamani was a resident of Longview, Washington in 1992.
Tamani is the assistant varsity track coach in Kalama, Washington.[5]
Achievements[]
| Year | Competition | Venue | Position | Event | Notes |
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| 1966 | South Pacific Games | Nouméa, New Caledonia | 1st | 4x400 m relay | 3:24.08 min |
| 1969 | South Pacific Games | Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea | 1st | 400 m | 48.8 s |
| 1st | 800 m | 1:57.3 min | |||
| 1st | 4x400 m relay | 3:19.6 min | |||
| 1970 | 1970 Edinburgh | Edinburgh, Scotland | 3rd | 400 m | 45.82 s |
References[]
- ^ Fiji Olympics Committee article on Tamani
- ^ "1991 Saimoni Tamani - Athletics". Fiji Association of Sports and National Olympic Committee. Retrieved 11 February 2018.
- ^ BYU men's track records list
- ^ Church News, January 18, 1992
- ^ Kalama board minutes[permanent dead link]
External links[]
- Saimoni Tamani at World Athletics
- 2009 Deseret Morning News Church Almanac (Salt Lake City, Utah: Deseret Morning News, 2008) p. 326.
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