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Caroline Puamau

Personal information
Full name	Caroline Pickering Puamau
Nationality	Fiji
Born	(1980-05-01) 1 May 1980 (age 44)
Sport
Sport	Swimming
Medal record (South) Pacific Games Suva 2003 50 m freestyle Suva 2003 100 m freestyle Apia 2007 50 m freestyle Apia 2007 100 m freestyle Suva 2003 50 m backstroke Suva 2003 100 m backstroke Suva 2003 50 m butterfly Suva 2003 400 m freestyle Suva 2003 800 m freestyle Suva 2003 400 m medley Port Moresby 2015 50 m freestyle Port Moresby 2015 50 m backstroke Port Moresby 2015 50 m butterfly Port Moresby 2015 4x100 m free relay Port Moresby 2015 4x200 m free relay Port Moresby 2015 4x50 m mixed free relay Suva 2003 200 m individual medley Port Moresby 2015 100 m freestyle

Caroline Pickering Puamau (born 1 May 1980) is a 2-time Olympic and national record-holding swimmer from Fiji. She swam at the 1996 and 2000 Olympics; as well as at the 2002 Commonwealth Games in Manchester.

She also competed in the 2003 South Pacific Games in Suva, winning two gold medals, three silver and one bronze, and in the 2007 South Pacific Games in Apia, where she won two gold medals, three silver and two bronze. She lit the cauldron during the opening ceremony at the 2003 Games.

Puamau declined to take part in the qualifiers for the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, stating: "Right now I'm into coaching."

References

1. Pickering's entry at www.sports-reference.com; retrieved 2009-07-03.
2. "Swimmers at turning point new seasons" Archived 7 March 2012 at the Wayback Machine, Aaron Kolinisau, Fiji Times, 26 March 2008
3. BBC Sport, 12 August 2002
4. 2003 South Pacific Games – Swimming results; retrieved 2009-07-03.
5. "Swimmers at turning point new seasons" Archived 7 March 2012 at the Wayback Machine, Aaron Kolinisau, Fiji Times, 26 March 2008
6. "Rousing start to 12th South Pacific Games" Archived 7 August 2007 at the Wayback Machine, University of the South Pacific, 28 June 2003
7. "Swimmers at turning point new seasons" Archived 7 March 2012 at the Wayback Machine, Aaron Kolinisau, Fiji Times, 26 March 2008

External links

• Caroline Puamau at World Aquatics
• Caroline Puamau at Olympics.com
• Caroline Puamau at Olympedia
• Caroline Puamau at the Commonwealth Games Federation (archived)
• Caroline Puamau at the Commonwealth Games Federation (archived)

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