Mataika Tuicakau
Mataika Tuicakau was a Fijian shot putter and discus thrower .
At the British Empire Games in Auckland in 1950 , he won the shot put and won silver in the discus throw.
His national record in the shot put of 15.48 m, which he set in Suva on April 23, 1951 , lasted until 2003. In 1990 he was inducted into the Fiji Sports Hall of Fame . He was posthumously honored in 2010 by the Fiji Association of Sports and National Olympic Committee (FASANOC) as one of the founders of Fijian sport.
Web links
- Mataika Tuicakau in the database of World Athletics (English)
- Entry into the Fiji Sports Hall of Fame
Footnotes
- ↑ FASANOC awarding the founder of Fiji Sports ( Memento of the original from October 6, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. . In: The Fiji Times . February 15, 2010
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|---|---|
| SURNAME | Tuicakau, Mataika |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Fijian shot putter and discus thrower |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 20th century |