Donna Koniel Explained

Donna Koniel
Birth Date:	20 August 1992
Birth Place:	East New Britain, Papua New Guinea^[1]
Sport:	Track and field
Event:	400 m, 800 m, 400 metres hurdles
Show-Medals:	yes
Updated:	9 August 2019

Donna Koniel (born 20 August 1992) is an athlete from Papua New Guinea competing primarily in the 400 and 800 metres. She represented her country at the 2015 World Championships in Beijing without advancing from the first round.

In 2019, at the 2019 Pacific Games held in Samoa, she won the silver medal in the women's 800 metres event.^[2]

Competition record

Representing
2010	Oceania Junior Championships	Cairns, Australia	5th	400 m	60.69
			3rd	800 m	2:22.79
			4th	400 m hurdles	80.93
2011	Pacific Games	Nouméa, New Caledonia	bgcolor=silver	2nd	800 m	2:16.80
			3rd	400 m hurdles	70.62
			bgcolor=gold	1st	4 × 400 m relay	3:45.32
2012	Oceania Championships	Cairns, Australia	bgcolor=gold	1st	400 m	56.17
			3rd	800 m	2:16.41
			bgcolor=gold	1st	400 m hurdles	61.54
			bgcolor=silver	2nd	4 × 100 m relay	50.65
			bgcolor=silver	2nd	4 × 400 m relay	4:01.77
2013	Pacific Mini Games	Mata-Utu, Wallis and Futuna	bgcolor=silver	2nd	400 m hurdles	61.37
2014	Oceania Championships	Avarua, Cook Islands	3rd	400 m	56.57
			bgcolor=silver	2nd	800 m	2:18.52
			3rd	400 m hurdles	62.06
			bgcolor=gold	1st	4 × 100 m relay	47.88
			bgcolor=silver	2nd	4 × 400 m relay	3:59.52
	Commonwealth Games	Glasgow, United Kingdom	33rd (h)	400 m	58.40
			26th (h)	800 m	2:14.56
2015	Oceania Championships	Hamilton, Bermuda	3rd	400 m	54.89
			bgcolor=gold	1st	800 m	2:09.58
			bgcolor=gold	1st	4 × 400 m relay	3:52.66
	Pacific Games	Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea	bgcolor=silver	2nd	400 m	54.29
			bgcolor=gold	1st	800 m	2:12.78
			bgcolor=gold	1st	400 m hurdles	58.22
			bgcolor=gold	1st	4 × 400 m relay	3:45.13
	World Championships	Beijing, China	42nd (h)	800 m	2:12.51

Personal bests

Outdoor

• 200 metres – 25.58 (+0.5 m/s, Brisbane 2015)
• 400 metres – 54.29 (Port Moresby 2015)
• 800 metres – 2:08.77 (Gold Coast 2015)
• 400 metres hurdles – 58.28 (Port Moresby 2015)

References

• All-Athletics profile

Notes and References

1. http://g2014results.thecgf.com/athlete/powerlifting/1030902/donna_koniel.html 2014 CWG bio
2. Web site: Women's 800 metres. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20190721073359/http://liveresults.qldathletics.org.au/oceania/2019/2019-PacificGames/190715F013.htm. 21 July 2019. 5 July 2020. 2019 Pacific Games.