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| Nationality |  Kiribati | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | (1984-07-22) July 22, 1984 (age 40) Butaritari | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 165 cm (5.41 ft) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 65 kg (143 lb) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Athletics | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Kaitinano Mwemweata (born July 22, 1984) is an I-Kiribati athlete. She was the first person to compete for Kiribati at the Olympic Games, when she represented her country at the 100 metre sprint in Athens in 2004.
Mwemweata finished seventh out of eight in her heat, achieving a personal best of 13.07.
She was due to represent Kiribati again at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, competing in the 200 metre sprint, but had to withdraw after contracting tuberculosis. She was undergoing treatment at the time of the Games.
She won gold in the long jump at the Micronesian Championships, in Koror in 2003. She also took part in the World Athletics Championships in Edmonton in 2001.
At the Kiribati National Games of 2006, Mwemweata won a bronze medal in the shot put, a silver medal in the high jump, and four gold medals in long jump, the 100 metre sprint, the 200 metre sprint and the triple jump.
Achievements
| Year | Competition | Venue | Position | Event | Notes |
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| 2008 | Oceania Championships | Saipan, Northern Mariana Islands | 3rd | 400 m hurdles | 81.71 s |
References
- "Small step at Olympics is giant leap for tiny island nation", Mike Lopresti, USA Today, August 19, 2008
- "Kiribati's Olympic adventure", Andrew Fraser, BBC, August 3, 2004
- "First female competitors at the Olympics by country". Olympedia. Retrieved 14 June 2020.
- Track & field results
- "Kiribati sends three athletes to Beijing Olympics" Archived 2008-08-24 at the Wayback Machine, Xinhua, August 5, 2008
- "Kiribati athletes ready for Olympic competition" Archived 2008-09-08 at the Wayback Machine, ABC Radio Australia, August 9, 2008
- Micronesian Championships Archived 2007-09-29 at the Wayback Machine
- Edmonton 2001
- Kiribati National Games: Athletics
External links
- Kaitinano Mwemweata at World Athletics
- Kaitinano Mwemweata at Olympics.com
- Kaitinano Mwemweata at Olympedia
- Kaitinano Mwemweata at the Commonwealth Games Federation (archived)
- Sports reference biography
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