OAA is extremely proud of all athletes achievements, both in and out of competition. Here is a video of Guam athlete Regine Tugade, who was honoured by the US secretary of defense Mr. Ashton Carter at the Pentagon. She was honoured alongside other active duty Olympians after she represented Guam in the 2016 Rio Olympics….
With the 2016 Paralympics finished the Oceania Region has had unprecedented results. Congratulations to all athletes on their performances. MEDALISTS from the Oceania Region Gold Bradyen Davidson (AUS) – Men T36 Long Jump 5.62m Scott Reardon (AUS) – Men T42 100m James Turner – (AUS) Men T36 800m 2.02.39 (World Record) Anna Grimaldi (NZL) –…
Liam Malone (NZL) today broke the Paralympic Record for the T43/44 200m in Rio. Liam ran 21.06 seconds to break Oscar Pistorius record which was 21.30 It is Malone’s second medal of the Games, having already secured a silver in the 100m behind Great Britain legend Jonnie Peacock and he could yet add a third,…
Name: Tom Walsh Federation: New Zealand Age: 24 It’s be a big year for the New Zealand Shot Putter IAAF World Indoor champion Olympic Bronze medallist IAAF Diamond League Shot Put winner Tom has now broken the Oceania Record three times in the last 10 days. This time with a best performance of 22.21m at…
With over 500 athletes and 100 Technical Officials the Melanesian Championships were a huge success for the region. It’s been a big year with three Regional Championships with the Polynesian Championships in April, the Micronesian Championships in June and finally the Melanesian Championships in July. Prior to the Championships a CECS 3 Jumps course was…
It’s a new Oceania Athletics Record to Alana Boyd Alana Boyd has increased her Oceania Athletics Record in the Pole Vault to 4.81m in Queensland on Saturday 2nd July. This adds 4cm to her record. For the video of her record jump head to the Oceania Athletics Facebook page. Congratulations Alana!