Patricia Taea

Patricia Taea

Personal information
Born	(1993-05-25) 25 May 1993 Rarotonga, Cook Islands
Height	1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)[1]
Weight	71 kg (157 lb)
Sport
Country	Cook Islands
Sport	Athletics
Event(s)	100 metres
Coached by	Tony Fairweather
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s)	12.18 national record (2017)
Medal record Women's athletics Representing the  Cook Islands Pacific Mini Games 2017 Port Vila 200 m 2013 Mata-Utu 200 m 2017 Port Vila 100 m Oceania Championships 2013 Papeete 100 m 2014 Rarotonga 100 m 2011 Apia Javelin throw
Updated on 19 May 2015.

Patricia Nooroa Taea (born 25 May 1993) is a Cook Island female sprinter who competed in the 100 metres event at the 2012 Summer Olympics.^[2] She was ranked 14th in the Preliminaries for the women's 100 metres in a time of 12.47 seconds. She was chosen as torch lighter for the 2009 Pacific Mini Games (together with athlete Daniel Tutai)^[3] and flag bearer for the 2014 Commonwealth Games. She returned to the 2016 Olympics, advancing to the next round of heats.

Personal bests

Event	Result	Venue	Date
Outdoor
100 m	12.18 s (wind: -0.3 m/s)	London	5 Aug 2017
200 m	25.13 s (wind: +1.1 m/s)	/ Mata-Utu	6 Sep 2013
400 m	59.84 s	Gold Coast, Queensland	23 Nov 2013
Long jump	5.07 m (wind: +1.6 m/s)	Gold Coast, Queensland	2 Aug 2009
Javelin throw	38.07 m	Sydney	12 Mar 2010
Indoor
60 m	7.93 s	Sopot	8 Mar 2014

Achievements

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Event	Notes
Representing the  Cook Islands
2007	Polynesian Championships	Rarotonga, Cook Islands	2nd	100m	13.2
			2nd	200m	27.5
			3rd	Long jump	4.79 m
			4th	Javelin	30.02 m
2008	Oceania Youth Championships	Saipan, Northern Mariana Islands	4th	100m	13.34 (wind: -0.7 m/s)
			2nd	Long jump	5.02 m (wind: +0.3 m/s)
			3rd	Javelin throw	31.91 m
2009	Polynesian Championships	Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia	3rd	100m	13.31 (wind: -1.0 m/s)
			4th	200m	27.11 w (wind: +3.5 m/s)
			3rd	Long jump	5.09m w (wind: +5.1 m/s)
			4th	Javelin	32.26m
	Pacific Mini Games	Rarotonga, Cook Islands	5th	100m	13.09 (wind: +0.1 m/s)
			7th (h)	200m	27.34 (NWI)
			5th	Long jump	5.03m (wind: 0.0 m/s)
2010	Oceania Youth Championships	Sydney, Australia	25th (h)	100m	13.31 (wind: +0.5 m/s)
			3rd	Javelin throw	38.07 m
	Oceania Junior Championships	Cairns, Australia	3rd	100 m	12.73 s w (wind: +2.3 m/s)
			1st	Javelin throw	37.17 m
	World Junior Championships	Moncton, New Brunswick, Canada	38th (h)	100m	13.05 (wind: +0.2 m/s)
	Commonwealth Games	Delhi, India	39th (h)	100m	13.10
2011	Oceania Championships (Regional Division East)	Apia, Samoa	4th	Shot put	12.79m
			3rd	Javelin throw	27.67 m
	World Championships	Daegu, South Korea	54th (h)	100m	12.63 (wind: +1.0 m/s)
	Pacific Games	Nouméa, New Caledonia	7th	100m	12.60 (wind: +0.3 m/s)
2012	World Indoor Championships	Istanbul, Turkey	48th (h)	60 m	8.06
	Oceania Junior Championships (Regional Division East)	Cairns, Australia	2nd	100 m	12.78 s (wind: -0.1 m/s)
			2nd	Javelin throw	37.40 m
	Oceania Championships (Regional Division East)	Cairns, Queensland, Australia	4th	100m	12.64 (wind: +0.4 m/s)
	Olympic Games	London, United Kingdom	60th (pr)	100 m	12.47 (wind: +0.2 m/s)
2013	Oceania Championships	Papeete, French Polynesia	2nd	100m	12.57 (wind: -0.7 m/s)
	World Championships	Moscow, Russia	39th (h)	100m	12.39 (wind: -0.6 m/s)
	Pacific Mini Games	Mata-Utu, Wallis and Futuna	5th	100m	12.29 (wind: +1.5 m/s)
			2nd	200m	25.13 (wind: +1.1 m/s)
2014	World Indoor Championships	Sopot, Poland	39th (h)	60 m	7.93
	Oceania Championships	Rarotonga, Cook Islands	3rd	100m	12.34 (wind: +0.5 m/s)
			5th	200m	26.11 w (wind: +2.2 m/s)
			7th	Mixed sprint medley	1:50.10
	Commonwealth Games	Glasgow, United Kingdom	42nd (h)	100m	12.68 (wind: -0.3 m/s)
			38th (h)	200m	26.14 (wind: -0.5 m/s)
2015	Oceania Championships	Cairns, Queensland, Australia	7th	100m	12.29 w (wind: +2.9 m/s)
			9th (h)	200m	25.29 (wind: +1.2 m/s)
	World Championships	Beijing, China	48th (h)	100 m	12.34
2016	Olympic Games	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	61st (h)	100 m	12.41
2017	World Championships	London, United Kingdom	40th (h)	100 m	12.18 NR
2018	World Indoor Championships	Birmingham, United Kingdom	45th (h)	60 m	7.90
	Commonwealth Games	Gold Coast, Australia	35th (h)	100 m	12.22
			30th (h)	200 m	24.91

References

External links

• Patricia Taea at IAAF
• Patricia Taea at Olympics at Sports-Reference.com