Aunese Curreen
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| Nationality |
 Samoa | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born |
23 December 1981 Motootua, Samoa | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 65 kg (143 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Athletics | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Event(s) | Middle distance running | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | North Harbour Bays Athletics (NZL) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Achievements and titles | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Personal best(s) |
800 m: 1:47.45 (2008) 1500 m: 3:50.24 (2008) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Aunese Curreen (born December 23, 1981 in Motootua, formerly known as Setefano Mika[1]) is a Samoan middle distance runner, who specialized in the 800 metres.[2] He is currently a member of the North Harbour Bays Athletics Club in Auckland, New Zealand.[3]
Curreen represented Samoa at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, where he competed for the men's 800 metres. He ran in the fifth heat against six other athletes, including Sudan's Ismail Ahmed Ismail, who eventually won the silver medal in the final. He finished the race in sixth place by three hundredths of a second (0.03) behind South Africa's Samson Ngoepe, with a national record and personal best time of 1:47.45. Curreen, however, failed to advance into the semi-finals, as he placed twenty-ninth overall, and was ranked farther below two mandatory slots for the next round.[4][5]
Achievements
| Year | Competition | Venue | Position | Event | Notes |
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| Representing Samoa | |||||
| 2000 | Oceania Youth Championships | Adelaide, Australia | 2nd | 800 m | 2:01.14 min |
| 1st | 1500 m | 4:20.93 min | |||
| World Junior Championships | Santiago, Chile | 28th (h) | 800m | 2:02.72 | |
| 33rd (h) | 1500m | 4:15.37 | |||
| 2001 | South Pacific Mini Games | Middlegate, Norfolk Island | 3rd | 800 m | 1:57.62 min |
| 2nd | 1500 m | 4:10.30 min | |||
| 2002 | World Junior Championships | Kingston, Jamaica | 28th (h) / DQ | 1500m | 4:08.56 |
| Oceania Youth Championships | Christchurch, New Zealand | 2nd | 800 m | 1:57.56 min | |
| 3rd | 1500 m | 4:28.83 min | |||
| 2003 | South Pacific Games | Suva, Fiji | 3rd | 1500 m | 4:09.07 min |
| 2004 | World Junior Championships | Grosseto, Italy | 31st (h) / DQ | 1500m | 4:03.03 |
| 2005 | South Pacific Mini Games | Koror, Palau | 2nd | 800 m | 1:53.68 min |
| 1st | 1500 m | 4:01.33 min | |||
| 2006 | Oceania Championships | Apia, Samoa | 1st | 800 m | 1:52.65 min |
| 1st | 1500 m | 4:04.09 min | |||
| 2007 | Pacific Games | Apia, Samoa | 1st | 800 m | 1:49.82 min |
| 1st | 1500 m | 3:53.93 min | |||
| 1st | 5000 m | 15:42.62 min | |||
| 2008 | Oceania Championships | Saipan, Northern Mariana Islands | 1st | 800 m | 1:51.16 min |
| 1st | 1500 m | 3:58.76 min | |||
| 1st | 6km Cross country | 21:05 min | |||
References
- ↑ [http://www.athletics-oceania.com/index.php?id=18&tx_ttnews[pS]=1164891600&tx_ttnews[pL]=2678399&tx_ttnews[arc]=1&tx_ttnews[tt_news]=974&tx_ttnews[backPid]=10&cHash=ad3308a6f4 Oceania GP Series and Championships - Daily Report 15/12], OAA, 15 December 2006, retrieved 28 September 2015
- ↑ "Aunese Curreen". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved 15 January 2013.
- ↑ "Battle of the Regions Round Three, Mt. Smart Stadium". Athletics Auckland. 6 February 2011. Retrieved 15 January 2013.
- ↑ "Men's 800m Round 1 – Heat 5". NBC Olympics. Retrieved 15 January 2013.
- ↑ "Curreen Looks for New National Record in Beijing". Oceania Athletics. 13 August 2008. Retrieved 15 January 2013.