Patricia Taea

Patricia Taea
Personal information
Born (1993-05-25) 25 May 1993 (age 31)
Rarotonga, Cook Islands
Height1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)[1]
Weight71 kg (157 lb)
Sport
Country Cook Islands
SportAthletics
Event100 metres
Coached byTony Fairweather
Achievements and titles
Personal best100m - 11.97 NR (2017)
Medal record
Women's athletics
Representing the  Cook Islands
Pacific Mini Games
Gold medal – first place 2017 Port Vila 200 m
Silver medal – second place 2013 Mata-Utu 200 m
Silver medal – second place 2017 Port Vila 100 m
Oceania Championships
Silver medal – second place 2013 Papeete 100 m
Bronze medal – third place 2014 Rarotonga 100 m
Bronze medal – third place 2011 Apia Javelin throw
Updated on 19 May 2015

Patricia Nooroa Taea (born 25 May 1993) is a Cook Island female sprinter who competed in the 100 metres event at the 2012 Summer Olympics.[2] She was ranked 14th in the Preliminaries for the women's 100 metres in a time of 12.47 seconds. She was chosen as torch lighter for the 2009 Pacific Mini Games (together with athlete Daniel Tutai)[3] and flag bearer for the 2014 Commonwealth Games. She returned to the 2016 Olympics, advancing to the next round of heats.

Personal bests

Event Result Venue Date
Outdoor
100 m 11.97 s (wind: +1.5 m/s) Australia Brisbane 3 Dec 2017
200 m 24.16 s (wind: +0.3 m/s) Vanuatu Port Vila 14 Dec 2017
400 m 59.41 s Australia Brisbane 5 Nov 2016
Long jump 5.07 m (wind: +1.6 m/s) Australia Gold Coast, Queensland 2 Aug 2009
Javelin throw 38.07 m Australia Sydney 12 Mar 2010
Indoor
60 m 7.93 s Poland Sopot 8 Mar 2014

Achievements

Year Competition Venue Position Event Notes
Representing the  Cook Islands
2007 Polynesian Championships Rarotonga, Cook Islands 2nd 100m 13.2
2nd 200m 27.5
3rd Long jump 4.79 m
4th Javelin 30.02 m
2008 Oceania Youth Championships Saipan, Northern Mariana Islands 4th 100m 13.34 (wind: -0.7 m/s)
2nd Long jump 5.02 m (wind: +0.3 m/s)
3rd Javelin throw 31.91 m
2009 Polynesian Championships Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia 3rd 100m 13.31 (wind: -1.0 m/s)
4th 200m 27.11 w (wind: +3.5 m/s)
3rd Long jump 5.09m w (wind: +5.1 m/s)
4th Javelin 32.26m
Pacific Mini Games Rarotonga, Cook Islands 5th 100m 13.09 (wind: +0.1 m/s)
7th (h) 200m 27.34 (NWI)
5th Long jump 5.03m (wind: 0.0 m/s)
2010 Oceania Youth Championships Sydney, Australia 25th (h) 100m 13.31 (wind: +0.5 m/s)
3rd Javelin throw 38.07 m
Oceania Junior Championships Cairns, Australia 3rd 100 m 12.73 s w (wind: +2.3 m/s)
1st Javelin throw 37.17 m
World Junior Championships Moncton, New Brunswick, Canada 38th (h) 100m 13.05 (wind: +0.2 m/s)
Commonwealth Games Delhi, India 39th (h) 100m 13.10
2011 Oceania Championships (Regional Division East) Apia, Samoa 4th Shot put 12.79m
3rd Javelin throw 27.67 m
World Championships Daegu, South Korea 54th (h) 100m 12.63 (wind: +1.0 m/s)
Pacific Games Nouméa, New Caledonia 7th 100m 12.60 (wind: +0.3 m/s)
2012 World Indoor Championships Istanbul, Turkey 48th (h) 60 m 8.06
Oceania Junior Championships (Regional Division East) Cairns, Australia 2nd 100 m 12.78 s (wind: -0.1 m/s)
2nd Javelin throw 37.40 m
Oceania Championships (Regional Division East) Cairns, Queensland, Australia 4th 100m 12.64 (wind: +0.4 m/s)
Olympic Games London, United Kingdom 60th (pr) 100 m 12.47 (wind: +0.2 m/s)
2013 Oceania Championships Papeete, French Polynesia 2nd 100m 12.57 (wind: -0.7 m/s)
World Championships Moscow, Russia 39th (h) 100m 12.39 (wind: -0.6 m/s)
Pacific Mini Games Mata-Utu, Wallis and Futuna 5th 100m 12.29 (wind: +1.5 m/s)
2nd 200m 25.13 (wind: +1.1 m/s)
2014 World Indoor Championships Sopot, Poland 39th (h) 60 m 7.93
Oceania Championships Rarotonga, Cook Islands 3rd 100m 12.34 (wind: +0.5 m/s)
5th 200m 26.11 w (wind: +2.2 m/s)
7th Mixed sprint medley 1:50.10
Commonwealth Games Glasgow, United Kingdom 42nd (h) 100m 12.68 (wind: -0.3 m/s)
38th (h) 200m 26.14 (wind: -0.5 m/s)
2015 Oceania Championships Cairns, Queensland, Australia 7th 100m 12.29 w (wind: +2.9 m/s)
9th (h) 200m 25.29 (wind: +1.2 m/s)
World Championships Beijing, China 48th (h) 100 m 12.34
2016 Olympic Games Rio de Janeiro, Brazil 61st (h) 100 m 12.41
2017 World Championships London, United Kingdom 40th (h) 100 m 12.18 NR
2018 World Indoor Championships Birmingham, United Kingdom 45th (h) 60 m 7.90
Commonwealth Games Gold Coast, Australia 35th (h) 100 m 12.22
30th (h) 200 m 24.91

References

  1. ^ "2018 CWG bio". Retrieved 1 May 2018.
  2. ^ Profile Archived 4 August 2012 at the Wayback Machine
  3. ^ RAROTONGA: 21ST SEPTEMBER TO 2ND OCTOBER, 2009, Cook Islands Sports and National Olympic Committee (CISNOC), retrieved 30 April 2013


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