Aunese Curreen
Personal information
Nationality Samoa
Born (1981-12-23) 23 December 1981 (age 42)
Motootua, Samoa
Height1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)
Weight65 kg (143 lb)
Sport
SportAthletics
EventMiddle distance running
ClubNorth Harbour Bays Athletics (NZL)
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s)800 m: 1:47.45 (2008)
1500 m: 3:50.24 (2008)
Medal record
Men's Athletics
Representing  Samoa
Pacific Games
Gold medal – first place 2007 Apia 800 m
Gold medal – first place 2007 Apia 1500 m
Gold medal – first place 2007 Apia 5000 m
Oceania Championships
Gold medal – first place 2006 Apia 800 m
Gold medal – first place 2006 Apia 1500 m
Gold medal – first place 2008 Saipan 800 m
Gold medal – first place 2008 Saipan 1500 m
Gold medal – first place 2008 Saipan 6km Cross country
Updated on 27 April 2013.

Aunese Curreen (born Setefano Mika,[1] 23 December 1981) 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
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 6 km Cross country 21:05 min

References

  1. ^ "Farewell Henry Foufaka – Solomon Islands". Oceania Athletics. 30 January 2017. Retrieved 9 March 2021.
  2. ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Aunese Curreen". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 15 January 2013.
  3. ^ "Battle of the Regions Round Three, Mt. Smart Stadium". Athletics Auckland. 6 February 2011. Retrieved 15 January 2013.
  4. ^ "Men's 800m Round 1 – Heat 5". NBC Olympics. Archived from the original on 21 August 2012. Retrieved 15 January 2013.
  5. ^ "Curreen Looks for New National Record in Beijing". Oceania Athletics. 13 August 2008. Retrieved 15 January 2013.

External links


New Zealand national champions in men's 800 m
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