Mary-Estelle Mahuk Explained

Birth Date:	11 August 1966
Sport:	Athletics
Event:	100 metres

Mary-Estelle Mahuk (née Kapalu born 11 August 1966 in Tanna) is a Vanuatuan athlete.

Mahuk competed in three Summer Olympics for her country, at the 1992 Summer Olympics she competed in two events, in the 400 metres she finished 7th in her heat, then in the 400 metres hurdles she again finished 7th in her heat so in neither did she qualify for the next round. Four years later she went to Atlanta for the 1996 Summer Olympics, she entered the 400 metres hurdle and this time finished 6th in her heat but again failed to qualify, then she went to the 2000 Summer Olympics and in the 400 metres hurdles and this time she finished 5th in her heat.^[1] Mahuk reached the final and finished 7th in the 400 metres hurdles at the 1998 Commonwealth Games.

Mahuk was the flag bearer for Vanuatu in the 2000 Summer Olympics opening ceremony.^[2]

Competition record

Representing
1981	South Pacific Mini Games	Honiara, Solomon Islands	4th	400 m	60.67
1982	Commonwealth Games	Brisbane, Australia	29th (h)	200 m	27.64
			22nd (h)	400 m	59.85
1983	South Pacific Games	Apia, Western Samoa	6th	200 m	26.60
			3rd	400 m	59.05
1985	South Pacific Mini Games	Rarotonga, Cook Islands	4th	100 m	12.82 (w)
			bgcolor=silver	2nd	400 m	58.95
1986	Commonwealth Games	Edinburgh, United Kingdom	14th (h)	200 m	26.02
			14th (h)	400 m	58.43
1991	World Championships	Tokyo, Japan	30th (h)	400 m	56.47
	South Pacific Games	Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea	5th	200 m	26.19
			bgcolor=gold	1st	400 m	55.82
			bgcolor=gold	1st	400 m hurdles	60.98
1992	Olympic Games	Barcelona, Spain	38th (h)	400 m	55.75
			26th (h)	400 m hurdles	60.97
1993	World Championships	Stuttgart, Germany	28th (h)	400 m	56.06
			34th (h)	400 m hurdles	60.29
	South Pacific Mini Games	Port Vila, Vanuatu	bgcolor=gold	1st	400 m	54.25
			bgcolor=gold	1st	400 m hurdles	60.99
1994	Oceania Championships	Auckland, New Zealand	bgcolor=gold	1st	400 m	55.72
			bgcolor=gold	1st	400 m hurdles	61.70
	Jeux de la Francophonie	Bondoufle, France	6th	400 m	54.90
			12th (h)	400 m hurdles	59.69
	Commonwealth Games	Victoria, Canada	24th (h)	400 m	55.77
			14th (h)	400 m hurdles	59.94
1995	World Championships	Gothenburg, Sweden	38th (h)	400 m	53.92
	South Pacific Games	Pirae, Tahiti	bgcolor=silver	2nd	200 m	24.85
			bgcolor=gold	1st	400 m	54.69
			bgcolor=gold	1st	400 m hurdles	59.65
			bgcolor=silver	2nd	relay	3:57.50
1996	Olympic Games	Atlanta, United States	29th (h)	400 m hurdles	58.68
1998	Oceania Championships	Nuku'alofa, Tonga	bgcolor=silver	2nd	400 m	55.06
			bgcolor=silver	2nd	800 m	2:23.94
			bgcolor=silver	2nd	400 m hurdles	61.10
	Commonwealth Games	Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia	21st (h)	400 m	55.60
			7th	400 m hurdles	59.87
1999	South Pacific Games	Santa Rita, Guam	3rd	200 m	25.16
			bgcolor=gold	1st	400 m	54.30
			bgcolor=silver	2nd	800 m	2:18.33
			bgcolor=gold	1st	400 m hurdles	58.90
	World Championships	Seville, Spain	27th (h)	400 m hurdles	61.86
2000	Oceania Championships	Adelaide, Australia	bgcolor=gold	1st	400 m	55.37
			bgcolor=gold	1st	400 m hurdles	60.62
	Olympic Games	Sydney, Australia	32nd (h)	400 m hurdles	62.68
2001	Melanesian Championships	Suva, Fiji	3rd	200 m	26.0
			bgcolor=gold	1st	400 m	59.0
			bgcolor=gold	1st	400 m hurdles	65.5

Notes and References

1. https://web.archive.org/web/20200418010339/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ka/mary-estelle-kapalu-1.html Sports Reference Profile
2. Web site: Mary-Estelle Kapalu . olympedia.org . . 17 December 2023.