Team Fiji athlete profile
Name: Salome Tabuataleei
Age: 59. Village: Wailevu. Province: Macuata
Work: Gym Instructor, USP, Suva
Sport: Va’a. Event: V6 & V12 sprints & marathon. Hobbies: Meeting people, travelling, sailing, cooking, gardening.
Sporting achievements: 1996 FASANOC Fiji Sportswoman of the Year, Va’a: – 2005 to date,
■ 2005 Mini Pacific Games, Palau: 500m Sprint (gold) Marathon (silver); first year with Va’a,
■ 2006 World Sport, NZ, 2009 Mini Pacific Games, Cook Islands: V6 Marathon (bronze), 2010 Woeld Sprintys, NZ
■ 2011 Pacific Games, New Caledonia: marathon (bronze)
■ 2013 Mini Pacific Games, Wallis & Futuna
■ 2014 World Sprints, Brazil – Lone athlete from Fiji
■ 2015 Pacific Games, PNG: Marathon (bronze)
■ 2016 1st World Sprints, Tahiti
■ 2019 World Sprints, NZ
· Athletics – 1998 TO 2003
■ 1993 Mini Games, Vanuatu: 1500m (4 munites.41.35)
■ SUVA: 1500m (4.50.4), 3000m (10minutes.45) 10,000m ■ Noumea: Half Marathon (91.09)
■ 3rd Oceania Toursville: 1500m (4.45.05) (gold medal)
■ Noumea: 3000m 19.17.56 (gold)
■ 1994 2nd Oceania, NZ: 3000m (10.18.7), 1500, (4.46) (bronze)
■ 1995 South Pacific Games, Tahiti: 800m & 4X400m relay (gold); 1500m & 3000 (silver)
■ 1997 Mini Pacific Games, American Samoa: 1500m; 3000m; 5000m; 10,000m.
■ 1999 South Pacific Games, Guam: 1500m (silver); 3000m (gold); 10,000m (gold); Half marathon (gold)
■ 2001 Mini Pacific Games, Norfolk: 1500m (gold); 5000m (gold); 10,000m (gold); Half Marathon (gold)
■ 2003 South Pacific Games, FIJI: Half marathon (bronze); Last year with Athletics How did you get involved in Sports? Through my dad who was a runner himself. Who is your biggest inspiration? My Almighty God
What is your personal goal for the 2019 Pacific Games?
To do my very best and to bring a gold medal because it is my last Pacific Games