Toea Wisil
Toea Wisil (1 January 1988) is an athlete from Papua New Guinea who specializes in sprints.[1][2] She was selected as her nation's flag bearer at the 2012 Summer Olympics Parade of Nations.[3] In her race, she impressed American TV announcer Ato Bolden by running an eased up 11.60 into a strong headwind, the number one qualifier from the preliminary round of the 100 m. She was equally impressive in the quarterfinal, beating the field including Allyson Felix out of the blocks and coming within .05 of qualifying to the semi-final round, finishing ahead of athletes that did not need to run in the preliminary round. During the Pacific Games, she won a triple-triple individual gold, 100 m, 200 m and 400 m, during 3 different editions, 2011, 2015 and 2019.[4]
Personal bests
[edit]- 100 m: 11.29 s NR (wind: +1.9 m/s) – Suva, 9 July 2016
- 200 m: 23.13 s NR (wind: +1.5 m/s) – Canberra, 12 March 2017
- 400 m: 53.19 s NR – Gold Coast, 14 August 2010
Achievements
[edit]Year | Competition | Venue | Position | Event | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Representing Papua New Guinea | |||||
2004 | Oceania Youth Championships | Townsville, Australia | 2nd | 200 m | 25.91 |
2nd | 400 m | 58.82 | |||
2nd | 800 m medley relay | 1:52.04 | |||
2005 | Melanesian Championships | Lae, Papua New Guinea | 2nd | 100m | 12.42 (wind: -0.9 m/s) |
2nd | 200m | 25.70 (wind: -0.8 m/s) | |||
2nd | 400m | 57.28 | |||
1st | 4 × 100 m relay | 49.04 | |||
1st | 4 × 400 m relay | 3:57.01 | |||
World Youth Championships | Marrakesh, Morocco | 5th (h) | 200 m | 25.04 s (wind: +0.7 m/s) | |
4th (h) | 400 m | 57.55 s | |||
South Pacific Mini Games | Koror, Palau | 3rd | 100 m | 12.43 s (wind: +0.1 m/s) | |
3rd | 200 m | 25.65 s w (wind: +2.1 m/s) | |||
2nd | 400 m | 57.91 s | |||
2nd | 4 × 100 m relay | 49.16 s | |||
1st | 4 × 400 m relay | 3:58.97 min | |||
2006 | Commonwealth Games | Melbourne, Australia | 6th (h) | 400m | 56.72 s |
5th | 4 × 400 m relay | 3:47.88 min NR | |||
World Junior Championships | Beijing, China | 47th (h) | 100 m | 12.17 s (wind: +0.1 m/s) | |
19th (h) | 4 × 100 m relay | 48.40 s | |||
Oceania Championships | Apia, Samoa | 2nd | 100 m | 12.03 s (wind: +0.2 m/s) | |
3rd | 200 m | 24.53 s (wind: +0.8 m/s) | |||
3rd | 400 m | 57.26 s | |||
1st | 4 × 100 m relay | 48.30 s | |||
2nd | Mixed 800 m medley relay | 1:37.95 min | |||
2007 | Melanesian Championships | Cairns, Queensland, Australia | 2nd | 100m | 12.05 (wind: -1.8 m/s) |
3rd | 200m | 24.23 (wind: +0.4 m/s) | |||
1st | 4 × 400 m relay | 3:54.12 | |||
Pacific Games | Apia, Samoa | 3rd | 100 m | 12.00 s (wind: +0.1 m/s) | |
3rd | 200 m | 24.34 s (wind: +0.3 m/s) | |||
2nd | 400 m | 55.15 s | |||
1st | 4 × 100 m relay | 45.99 s | |||
1st | 4 × 400 m relay | 3:40.55 min GR | |||
2008 | Oceania Championships | Saipan, Northern Mariana Islands | 2nd | 100 m | 11.94 s (wind: -1.2 m/s) |
2nd | 200 m | 24.45 s (wind: -2.1 m/s) | |||
1st | 4 × 100 m relay | 47.27 s | |||
2009 | Melanesian Championships | Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia | 1st | 100m | 11.80 (wind: -1.0 m/s) |
2nd | 200m | 24.64 (wind: +1.6 m/s) | |||
2010 | Oceania Championships | Cairns, Australia | 1st | 100 m | 11.85 s (wind: +1.0 m/s) |
1st | 200 m | 23.63 s w (wind: +2.6 m/s) | |||
4th | 400 m | 55.87 s | |||
1st | 4 × 100 m relay | 46.86 s CR | |||
Commonwealth Games | Delhi, India | 4th | 100 m | 11.52 s (wind: +0.2 m/s) | |
7th | 200 m | 23.84 s (wind: +0.8 m/s) | |||
5th (h) | 4 × 400 m relay | 3:40.40 min NR | |||
2011 | Pacific Games | Nouméa, New Caledonia | 1st | 100 m | 11.96 s (wind: +0.3 m/s) |
1st | 200 m | 24.61 s (wind: -1.1 m/s) | |||
1st | 400 m | 54.94 s | |||
1st | 4 × 100 m relay | 46.30 s | |||
1st | 4 × 400 m relay | 3:45.32 min | |||
2012 | Olympic Games | London, United Kingdom | 4th (h) | 100 m | 11.27 s w (wind: +2.2 m/s) |
2013 | Oceania Championships | Papeete, French Polynesia | 1st | 100 m | 11.90 s (wind: -0.7 m/s) |
1st | 200 m | 24.45 s (wind: -1.1 m/s) | |||
World Championships | Moscow, Russia | 31st (h) | 100m | 11.61 (wind: -0.3 m/s) | |
44th (h) | 200m | 24.23 (wind: -0.1 m/s) | |||
Pacific Mini Games | Mata-Utu, Wallis and Futuna | 1st | 100m | 11.68 (wind: +1.5 m/s) | |
1st | 200m | 24.12 (wind: +1.1 m/s) | |||
2nd | 400m | 57.58 | |||
1st | 4 × 100 m relay | 46.75 | |||
1st | 4 × 400 m relay | 3:52.82 | |||
2014 | Commonwealth Games | Glasgow, United Kingdom | 10th (sf) | 100m | 11.44 (wind: +0.1 m/s) |
21st (sf) | 200m | 24.48 (wind: -0.2 m/s) | |||
12th (h) | 4 × 400 m relay | 3:46.26 | |||
2015 | Oceania Championships | Cairns, Queensland, Australia | 1st | 100m | 11.41 w (wind: +2.9 m/s) |
1st | 200m | 23.71 (wind: +0.5 m/s) | |||
— | 400m | DNF | |||
1st | 4 × 100 m relay | 46.31 | |||
2nd | Mixed 800m sprint medley relay | 1:36.08 | |||
2017 | World Championships | London, United Kingdom | 27th (h) | 100 m | 11.41 |
42nd (h) | 200 m | 23.93 |
References
[edit]- ^ BBC Sport
- ^ Toea Wisil - Biography, Commonwealth Games Federation, retrieved 21 May 2015
- ^ Staff (27 July 2012). "Wisil to be Team PNG Flag Bearer for Olympic Games". Athletics PNG. Retrieved 27 July 2012.
- ^ "Wisil completes historic Pacific Games sprint triple-triple with 200m gold".
External links
[edit]- Toea Wisil at World Athletics
- Toea Wisil at Olympics.com
- Toea Wisil at Olympedia
- Toea Wisil at the Commonwealth Games Federation (archived)
- Toea Wisil at the Commonwealth Games Federation (archived)
- Toea Wisil at World Athletics
- Sports reference biography
- Papua New Guinean female sprinters
- Olympic athletes for Papua New Guinea
- 1988 births
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2012 Summer Olympics
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2016 Summer Olympics
- Living people
- People from the Western Highlands Province
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2006 Commonwealth Games
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2010 Commonwealth Games
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2014 Commonwealth Games
- Commonwealth Games competitors for Papua New Guinea
- Oceanian Athletics Championships winners
- Olympic female sprinters
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2022 Commonwealth Games
- Australian Athletics Championships winners
- Pacific Games gold medalists for Papua New Guinea
- Pacific Games silver medalists for Papua New Guinea
- Pacific Games bronze medalists for Papua New Guinea
- Pacific Games medalists in athletics