Caroline Puamau

Caroline Puamau

Personal information
Full name	Caroline Pickering Puamau
Nationality	Fiji
Born	(1980-05-01) 1 May 1980
Sport
Sport	Swimming
Medal record South Pacific Games Gold Apia 2007 50 m freestyle Gold Apia 2007 100 m freestyle Gold Suva 2003 50 m freestyle Gold Suva 2003 100 m freestyle Silver Suva 2003 50 m backstroke Silver Suva 2003 100 m backstroke Silver Suva 2003 50 m Butterfly Silver Suva 2003 400 m freestyle Silver Suva 2003 800 m freestyle Silver Suva 2003 400 m medley Bronze Suva 2003 200 m individual medley

Caroline Pickering Puamau (born 1 May 1980)^[1] is a 2-time Olympic and national record-holding swimmer from Fiji. She swam at the 1996 and 2000 Olympics;^[2] as well as at the 2002 Commonwealth Games in Manchester.^[3]

She also competed in the 2003 South Pacific Games in Suva, winning two gold medals, three silver and one bronze,^[4] and in the 2007 South Pacific Games in Apia, where she won two gold medals, three silver and two bronze.^[5] She lit the cauldron during the opening ceremony at the 2003 Games.^[6]

Puamau declined to take part in the qualifiers for the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, stating: "Right now I'm into coaching."^[7]

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