Caroline Pickering Puamau

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Caroline Pickering Puamau, born in 1980 or 1981, is a Fiji Islander swimmer.

Puamau represented Fiji at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney[1], and at the 2002 Commonwealth Games in Manchester[2].

She also competed in the 2003 Pacific Games in Suva, winning two gold medals, three silver and one bronze[3], and in the 2007 Pacific Games in Apia, where she won two gold medals, three silver and two bronze.[4] She lit the cauldron during the opening ceremony at the 2003 Games.[5]

Puamau declined to take part in the qualifiers for the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, stating: "Right now I'm into coaching."[6]

[edit] References

  1. ^ "Swimmers at turning point new seasons", Aaron Kolinisau, Fiji Times, March 26, 2008
  2. ^ BBC Sport, August 12, 2002
  3. ^ South Pacific Games - Swimming
  4. ^ "Swimmers at turning point new seasons", Aaron Kolinisau, Fiji Times, March 26, 2008
  5. ^ "Rousing start to 12th South Pacific Games", University of the South Pacific, June 28, 2003
  6. ^ "Swimmers at turning point new seasons", Aaron Kolinisau, Fiji Times, March 26, 2008


 This biography of a Fiji Islander is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.
This biographical article related to swimming is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.