Toea Wisil

Toea Wisil (1 January 1988) is an athlete from Papua New Guinea who specializes in sprints. She was selected as her nation's flag bearer at the 2012 Summer Olympics Parade of Nations. 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 quarter final, 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. During the Pacific Games, she won a triple-triple individual gold, 100 m, 200 m and 400 m, during 3 different editions, 2011, 2015 and 2019.

Personal life Her brother Pais Wisil also holds national sprint records and represented their country at international level. Additionally, their older brother Kupun represented Papua New Guinea in the 100 metres at two Commonwealth Games.

Personal bests 100 m: 11.29 s NR (wind: +1.9 m/s) – Suva, 9 July 2016 200 m: 23.13 s NR (wind: +1.5 m/s) – Canberra, 12 March 2017 400 m: 53.19 s NR – Gold Coast, 14 August 2010

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