Mariuti Uan Explained

Mariuti Uan (born 22 January 1986) is a sprinter from Kiribati. He was his country's only athlete at the 2005 World Championships in Athletics, running an 11.92 +0.6 personal best.[1] He later competed in the 2006 Commonwealth Games held in Melbourne, Australia, improving his personal best to 11.65 +1.3.

He qualified as the winner of the Kiribati trials in a hand timed 11.5 in February 2006. A month earlier the trials were interrupted by a minibus driving down the roadway used to conduct the trials race.[2]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 100 Metres Summary – 10th IAAF World Championships in Athletics iaag.org. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20130704124022/http://www.iaaf.org/competitions/iaaf-world-championships/10th-iaaf-world-championships-in-athletics-3365/results/men/100-metres/heats/summary. 2013-07-04.
  2. Web site: Oceania Athletics Association – OAA.