Wesley Roberts (swimmer) explained
Full Name: | Wesley Tikiariki Roberts |
Birth Date: | 24 June 1997 |
Sport: | Swimming |
Event: | Freestyle |
Event Type: | Strokes |
Club: | Wests Illawarra Aquatic[1] |
Show-Medals: | no |
Wesley Roberts (born 24 June 1997) is a Cook Islands swimmer who competed at the 2016 Summer Olympics and holds several Cook Islands national records in swimming.
Personal life
Roberts is from Atiu, and was educated at the University of Wollongong in Australia.[2]
Swimming career
Roberts won the gold medal in the men's 1500 and 400 metres long course freestyle event at the 2016 Oceania Swimming Championships.[3] [4] Roberts also won gold, 2 silver and a bronze in the 200 Freestyle, 400 Freestyle, 1500 Freestyle and the 100 Freestyle respectively at the 2019 Pacific Games, held in Apia, Samoa.[5]
Roberts represented the Cook Islands at the 2016 Summer Olympics, where he swam in the men's 1500 metre freestyle.[6]
At the 2023 Pacific Games in Honiara he won gold medals in the 100[7] and 400 meters freestyle,[8] silver in the 50 meters butterfly,[7] and bronze in the 200 meters medley.[2]
Notes and References
- Web site: Wesley Tikiariki Roberts . Tokyo 2020 . 9 August 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210804030706/https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/olympic-games/en/results/swimming/athlete-profile-n1304020-roberts-wesley-tikiariki.htm . 4 August 2021 . live.
- Web site: Roberts grabs another medal, aims for more . Cook Islands News . Losirene Lacanivalu . 22 November 2023 . 22 November 2023.
- Web site: Roberts creates swimming history. Rashneel. Kumar. 18 August 2020 .
- Web site: Sport: Cook Islands swimmer wins Oceania gold. 22 June 2016.
- Web site: WESLEY ROBERTS EARNS FIRST-EVER PACIFIC GAMES SWIMMING GOLD FOR COOK ISLANDS. 13 July 2019. SwimSwam.
- Web site: ROBERTS Wesley . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20160825005600/https://www.rio2016.com/en/athlete/wesley-roberts . 2016-08-25 .
- Web site: Atiu rocket Roberts soars to Pacific Games record and another gold . Cook Islands News . Losirene Lacanivalu . 24 November 2023 . 23 November 2023.
- Web site: Swimmer Roberts makes a splash with gold medal win . Cook Islands News . Losirene Lacanivalu . 21 November 2023 . 22 November 2023.