Saimoni Tamani

Saimoni Tamani (born 14 November 1944) is a Fijian former athlete who specialized in running the 400 metres.

Saimoni Tamani
Personal information
Nationality Fiji
Born (1944-11-14) November 14, 1944
Bua, Fiji
Sport
SportAthletics
Medal record
Men's athletics
Representing  Fiji
(South) Pacific Games
1966 Nouméa 4x400 m relay
1969 Port Moresby 400 m
1969 Port Moresby 800 m
1969 Port Moresby 4x400 m relay
Commonwealth Games
1970 Edinburgh 400 m
Updated on 26 April 2013.

Career

Tamani won a gold medal in the 1966 South Pacific Games in Noumea. He won three gold medals at the 1969 South Pacific Games in Port Moresby. At the 1970 Commonwealth Games in Edinburgh, Tamani won the bronze medal in the 400 metres with a time of 45.82 seconds. It was Fiji's first medal in athletics at the Commonwealth Games since 1950. He was slated to compete at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich but suffered a foot injury during the NCAA indoor track season.[1] He was inducted into the Fiji Sports Hall of Fame in 1991.[2]

Tamani was also a track star at Brigham Young University in Provo, Utah.[3] A member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints,[4] Tamani was a resident of Longview, Washington in 1992.

Tamani is the assistant varsity track coach in Kalama, Washington.[5]

Achievements
YearCompetitionVenuePositionEventNotes
Representing  Fiji
1966 South Pacific Games Nouméa, New Caledonia 1st 4x400 m relay 3:24.08 min
1969 South Pacific Games Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea 1st 400 m 48.8 s
1st 800 m 1:57.3 min
1st 4x400 m relay 3:19.6 min
1970 1970 Edinburgh Edinburgh, Scotland 3rd 400 m 45.82 s

References
  1. Fiji Olympics Committee article on Tamani
  2. "1991 Saimoni Tamani - Athletics". Fiji Association of Sports and National Olympic Committee. Retrieved 11 February 2018.
  3. BYU men's track records list
  4. Church News, January 18, 1992
  5. Kalama board minutes


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