Toea Wisil

Toea Wisil

Personal information
Born	(1988-01-01) January 1, 1988 Banz, Western Highlands
Height	1.68 m (5 ft 6 in)
Weight	63 kg (139 lb)
Sport
Country	Papua New Guinea
Sport	Athletics
Event(s)	100 metres
Medal record Women's Athletics Competitor for  Papua New Guinea Pacific Games Gold 2007 Apia 4x100 m Relay Gold 2007 Apia 4x400 m Relay Gold 2011 Nouméa 100 m Gold 2011 Nouméa 200 m Gold 2011 Nouméa 400 m Gold 2011 Nouméa 4x100 m Relay Gold 2011 Nouméa 4x400 m Relay Silver 2007 Apia 400 m Bronze 2007 Apia 100 m Bronze 2007 Apia 200 m (South) Pacific Mini Games Gold 2005 Koror 4x400 m relay Silver 2005 Koror 400 m Silver 2005 Koror 4x100 m relay Bronze 2005 Koror 100 m Bronze 2005 Koror 200 m Oceania Championships Gold 2006 Apia 4x100 m relay Gold 2008 Saipan 4x100 m relay Gold 2010 Cairns 100 m Gold 2010 Cairns 200 m Gold 2010 Cairns 4x100 m relay Gold 2013 Pepeete 100 m Gold 2013 Pepeete 200 m Silver 2006 Apia 100 m Silver 2006 Apia 800 m medley relay Silver 2008 Saipan 100 m Silver 2008 Saipan 200 m Bronze 2006 Apia 200 m Bronze 2006 Apia 400 m Oceania Youth Championships Silver 2004 Townsville 200 m Silver 2004 Townsville 400 m Silver 2004 Townsville 800 m medley relay
Updated on 3 July 2013.

Toea Wisil (1 January 1988) is an athlete from Papua New Guinea who specializes in sprint.^[1] She was selected as her nation's flag bearer at the 2012 Summer Olympics Parade of Nations.^[2] In her race, she impressed American TV announcer Ato Bolden by running an eased up 11.60 into a strong headwind, the number one qualifier from the preliminary round of the 100 m. She was equally impressive in the quarterfinal, beating the field including Allyson Felix out of the blocks and coming within .05 of qualifying to the semi-final round, finishing ahead of athletes that did not need to run in the preliminary round.

Personal bests

• 100 m: 11.41 s (wind: -0.7 m/s) – Melbourne, 6 April 2013
• 200 m: 23.46 s NR (wind: +1.6 m/s) – Brisbane, 10 March 2012
• 400 m: 53.19 s NR – Gold Coast, 14 August 2010

Achievements

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Event	Notes
Representing  Papua New Guinea
2004	Oceania Youth Championships	Townsville, Australia	2nd	200 m	25.91
			2nd	400 m	58.82
			2nd	800 m medley relay	1:52.04
2005	World Youth Championships	Marrakesh, Morocco	5th (h)	200 m	25.04 s (wind: +0.7 m/s)
			4th (h)	400 m	57.55 s
	South Pacific Mini Games	Koror, Palau	3rd	100 m	12.43 s (wind: +0.1 m/s)
			3rd	200 m	25.65 s w (wind: +2.1 m/s)
			2nd	400 m	57.91 s
			2nd	4x100 m relay	49.16 s
			1st	4x400 m relay	3:58.97 min
2006	Commonwealth Games	Melbourne, Australia	6th (h)	400	56.72 s
			1st	4x400 m relay	3:47.88 min NR
	World Junior Championships	Beijing, China	6th (h)	100 m	12.17 s (wind: +0.1 m/s)
			7th (h)	4x100 m relay	48.40 s
	Oceania Championships	Apia, Samoa	2nd	100 m	12.03 s (wind: +0.2 m/s)
			3rd	200 m	24.53 s (wind: +0.8 m/s)
			3rd	400 m	57.26 s
			1st	4x100 m relay	48.30 s
			2nd	Mixed 800 m medley relay	1:37.95 min
2007	Pacific Games	Apia, Samoa	3rd	100 m	12.00 s (wind: +0.1 m/s)
			3rd	200 m	24.34 s (wind: +0.3 m/s)
			2nd	400 m	55.15 s
			1st	4x100 m relay	45.99 s
			1st	4x400 m relay	3:40.55 min GR
2008	Oceania Championships	Saipan, Northern Mariana Islands	2nd	100 m	11.94 s (wind: -1.2 m/s)
			2nd	200 m	24.45 s (wind: -2.1 m/s)
			1st	4x100 m relay	47.27 s
2010	Oceania Championships	Cairns, Australia	1st	100 m	11.85 s (wind: +1.0 m/s)
			1st	200 m	23.63 s w (wind: +2.6 m/s)
			4th	400 m	55.87 s
			1st	4x100 m relay	46.86 s CR
	Commonwealth Games	Delhi, India	4th	100 m	11.52 s (wind: +0.2 m/s)
			7th	200 m	23.84 s (wind: +0.8 m/s)
			5th (h)	4x400 m relay	3:40.40 min NR
2011	Pacific Games	Nouméa, New Caledonia	1st	100 m	11.96 s (wind: +0.3 m/s)
			1st	200 m	24.61 s (wind: -1.1 m/s)
			1st	400 m	54.94 s
			1st	4x100 m relay	46.30 s
			1st	4x400 m relay	3:45.32 min
2012	Olympic Games	London, United Kingdom	4th (h)	100 m	11.27 s w (wind: +2.2 m/s)
2013	Oceania Championships	Papeete, French Polynesia	1st	100 m	11.90 s (wind: -0.7 m/s)
			1st	200 m	24.45 s (wind: -1.1 m/s)

References

External links

• Toea Wisil profile at IAAF
• Sports reference biography
• Tilastopaja biography

Olympic Games
Preceded by Ryan Pini	Flagbearer for  Papua New Guinea London 2012	Succeeded by Incumbent