Caroline Puamau
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Caroline Pickering Puamau (born 1 May 1980)[1] is a 2-time Olympic and national record-holding swimmer from Fiji. She swam at the 1996 and 2000 Olympics;[2] as well as at the 2002 Commonwealth Games in Manchester.[3] She also competed in the 2003 South Pacific Games in Suva, winning two gold medals, three silver and one bronze,[4] and in the 2007 South Pacific Games in Apia, where she won two gold medals, three silver and two bronze.[5] She lit the cauldron during the opening ceremony at the 2003 Games.[6] Puamau declined to take part in the qualifiers for the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, stating: "Right now I'm into coaching."[7]
References
- ↑ Pickering's entry at www.sports-reference.com; retrieved 2009-07-03.
- ↑ "Swimmers at turning point new seasons" Archived 7 March 2012 at the Wayback Machine, Aaron Kolinisau, Fiji Times, 26 March 2008
- ↑ BBC Sport, 12 August 2002
- ↑ 2003 South Pacific Games – Swimming results; retrieved 2009-07-03.
- ↑ "Swimmers at turning point new seasons" Archived 7 March 2012 at the Wayback Machine, Aaron Kolinisau, Fiji Times, 26 March 2008
- ↑ "Rousing start to 12th South Pacific Games" Archived 7 August 2007 at the Wayback Machine, University of the South Pacific, 28 June 2003
- ↑ "Swimmers at turning point new seasons" Archived 7 March 2012 at the Wayback Machine, Aaron Kolinisau, Fiji Times, 26 March 2008
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Categories:
- 1980 births
- Fijian female freestyle swimmers
- Fijian female swimmers
- Olympic swimmers for Fiji
- Swimmers at the 1996 Summer Olympics
- Swimmers at the 2000 Summer Olympics
- Swimmers at the 2002 Commonwealth Games
- Commonwealth Games competitors for Fiji
- Living people
- Fijian people of British descent
- 20th-century Fijian women
- 21st-century Fijian women
- Pacific Games gold medalists for Fiji
- Pacific Games medalists in swimming
- Pacific Games silver medalists for Fiji
- Pacific Games bronze medalists for Fiji