Sharon Firisua
Firisua at the 2016 Olympics | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Born |
Malu'u, Solomon Island | 15 December 1993|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.52 m (5 ft 0 in)[1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 50 kg (110 lb) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Sport | Athletics | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Event(s) | 1500 m, 5000 m, steeplechase | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Club | Glenhuntly Athletic Club[2] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Coached by | Trevor Vincent | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Personal best(s) |
1500 m – 4:58.45 (2013) 3000 mS – 11:50.31 (2015) 5000 m – 18:01.62(2016)[3] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Updated on 23 August 2016. |
Sharon Firisua (born 15 December 1993) is a Solomon Islands track and field athlete. In 2013 she was named the Solomon Islands Sportswoman of the Year.[2] She started training seriously in 2010 and at her second Pacific Games in 2015 she took two gold medals at 5000 and 1000m[4] and another in the half marathon in Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea.
At the 2016 Summer Olympics she competed in the 5000 m event.[5]
References
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Sharon Firisua. |
- ↑ "2018 CWG bio". Retrieved 28 April 2018.
- 1 2 Sharon Firisua. nbcolympics.com
- ↑ Sharon Firisua at IAAF
- ↑ DOUBLE GOLD: FIRISUA EXTENDS GOLD TALLY FOR TEAM SOLOMONS, June 2015, The Island Sun, Retrieved 27 August 2016
- ↑ Sharon Firisua. rio2016.com
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