Siueni Filimone (born 19 August 1994) is a Tongan sprinter.[2] He competed in the 100 metres event at the 2013 World Championships in Athletics.[3] He competed at the 2016 Summer Olympics. He progressed from the preliminary round with a time of 10.76s, but he did not start in Round 1.[4][5][6]

Siueni Filimone
Personal information
Born (1994-08-19) 19 August 1994 (age 30)
Hihifo, Haapai, Tonga[1]
Height1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)
Weight69 kg (152 lb)
Sport
CountryTonga
SportAthletics
Event100m
Medal record
Pacific Mini Games
Bronze medal – third place 2013 Mata-Utu 4x100m relay
Oceania Championships
Silver medal – second place 2013 Papeete 100 m
Silver medal – second place 2012 Cairns 4x100m relay
Bronze medal – third place 2014 Rarotonga 4x100m relay

Personal bests

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Event Result Venue Date
100 m 10.72 s (wind: -0.8 m/s)   Glasgow 27 July 2014
200 m 22.19 s (wind: +0.7 m/s)   Cairns 29 June 2012

Competition record

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Year Competition Venue Position Event Notes
Representing   Tonga
2012 Oceania Junior Championships
(Regional Division East)
Cairns, Australia 3rd 100m 11.19 (wind: +0.1 m/s)
2nd 200m 22.55 (wind: +0.6 m/s)
Oceania Championships
(Regional Division East)
Cairns, Australia 2nd 4 × 100 m relay 43.16
World Junior Championships Barcelona, Spain 61st (h) 100 m 11.41 (wind: -1.6 m/s)
2013 Oceania Championships Papeete, French Polynesia 2nd 100m 11.17 (wind: -1.0 m/s)
8th 200m 23.36 (wind: -1.5 m/s)
World Championships Moscow, Russia 61st (pr) 100 m 10.93 (wind: -0.4 m/s)
Pacific Mini Games Mata-Utu, Wallis and Futuna 4th 100m 10.87 (wind: 0.0 m/s)
8th 200m 23.33 (wind: -2.6 m/s)
3rd 4 × 100 m relay 42.59
6th 4 × 400 m relay 3:29.66
2014 Commonwealth Games Glasgow, United Kingdom 38th (h) 100m 10.72 (wind: -0.8 m/s)
Oceania Championships Rarotonga, Cook Islands 5th 100m 11.06 (wind: -0.2 m/s)
3rd 4 × 100 m relay 42.77
2015 Oceania Championships Cairns, Australia 18th (sf) 100m 11.34 (wind: +0.2 m/s)
14th (sf) 200m 22.51 (wind: -0.1 m/s)
5th 4 × 100 m relay 42.77
Mixed 800m sprint medley relay DQ
2016 World Indoor Championships Portland, United States 49th (h) 60 m 7.08
Olympic Games Rio de Janeiro, Brazil 4th (p) 100 m 10.761

1Did not start in the heats

References

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  1. ^ Siueni Filimone - Biography, Commonwealth Games Federation, retrieved 21 May 2015
  2. ^ "Siueni Filimone". IAAF. Retrieved 20 August 2013.
  3. ^ "Tongo at the 2013 World Championships in Athletics". IAAF. Retrieved 20 August 2013.
  4. ^ "FILIMONE Siueni". Rio 2016. Archived from the original on 6 August 2016. Retrieved 13 August 2016.
  5. ^ "Naturally gifted sprinter Siueni Filimone to run in Rio". Matangi Tonga.to. 5 August 2016. Retrieved 13 August 2016.
  6. ^ Haukinima, Aisake (2 August 2016). "The Olympian". Retrieved 13 August 2016.
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