Banuve Tabakaucoro

Ratu Banuve Lalabalavu Tabakaucoro (born 4 September 1992 in Suva, Fiji) is a Fijian sprinter who specializes in the 100 and 200 meters. In the 2011 Coke Games Tabakaucoro ran his personal best in the senior boys 100 and 200 meters finals on the 29 and 30 April; he also helped his school win the 4 x 100 metres relay. He now holds the national record in the men's 200 meters for Fiji.

Tabakaucoro is currently enrolled in the Sports Science Academy at Marist Brothers High School.

2011 Pacific Games

He also won gold in the 100 meter, 200 meter and 4x100m Relay at the Pacific Games in Nouméa, New Caledonia in September 2011 2011 Pacific Games with a time of 10.52s.

93rd Australian Athletics Championships

In March 2015, he competed in the Australian Athletics Championships on Brisbane where he finished 2nd in the 100m Final with a time of 10.26s breaking the national record of 10.34s set by Jone Delai back in 1995. He also set a new national record in the 200m of 20.63s.

Personal best

Distance	Time	Date	Venue	Ref
100 m	10.22 s (-0.1 m/s)	8 May 2015	Cairns, Australia
200 m	20.63 s (+1.7 m/s)	29 March 2015	Brisbane, Australia

Achievements

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Event	Notes
Representing Fiji
2008	Commonwealth Youth Games	Pune, India	5th (sf)	100 m	10.91 s (wind: +0.9 m/s)
			7th	Long jump	6.86 m (wind: +0.4 m/s)
			7th	4x100 m relay	41.79 s
2009	World Youth Championships	Brixen, Italy	3rd (qf)	100 m	10.77 s (wind: +0.7 m/s)
	Melanesian Championships	Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia	4th	100m	10.95 (wind: +0.1 m/s)
	Pacific Mini Games	Rarotonga, Cook Islands	2nd	100 m	10.68 s (wind: +1.9 m/s)
			2nd	200 m	21.70 s (wind: -0.4 m/s)
2010	Oceania Junior Championships	Cairns, Australia	1st	100 m	10.80 s (wind: +2.0 m/s)
			1st	200 m	21.69 s (wind: -0.6 m/s)
	Oceania Championships	Cairns, Australia	1st	4x100 m relay	42.02 s
			1st	Mixed 800 m medlex relay	1:35.31 min
2011	Universiade	Shenzhen, China	5th (qf)	100 m	10.49 s (wind: -0.1 m/s)
			4th (qf)	200 m	21.26 s (wind: +0.0 m/s)
	Oceania Championships (Regional Division East)	Apia, Samoa	1st	100 m	10.46 s (wind: +1.2 m/s)
			1st	200 m	21.01 s (wind: +1.9 m/s)
			1st	4x100 m relay	41.71 s
			1st	4x400 m relay	3:17.62 min
	Pacific Games	Nouméa, New Caledonia	1st	100 m	10.52 s (wind: -0.4 m/s)
			1st	200 m	21.18 s (wind: -1.1 m/s) GR
			1st	4x100 m relay	41.25 s
2013	Oceania Championships	Papeete, French Polynesia	1st	100 m	10.65 s (wind: -1.0 m/s)
			1st	200 m	21.08 s (wind: -1.5 m/s)
			2nd	Mixed 800 Sprint Medley relay	1:38.95 min
	World Championships	Moscow, Russia	46th (h)	100m	10.53 (wind: -0.1 m/s)
			40th (h)	200m	21.27 (wind: -0.2 m/s)
	Pacific Mini Games	Mata-Utu, Wallis and Futuna	1st	100m	10.33 (wind: 0.0 m/s)
			1st	200m	21.13 (wind: -2.6 m/s)
			—	4x100m relay	DQ
			1st	4x400m relay	3:15.38
2014	Oceania Championships	Rarotonga, Cook Islands	1st	100m	10.30 (wind: -0.2 m/s)
			1st	4x100m relay	41.61
			2nd	4x400m relay	3:19.13
	Commonwealth Games	Glasgow, United Kingdom	22nd (h)	100m	10.51 (wind: -0.4 m/s)
			16th (h)1	200m	21.04 (wind: -0.5 m/s)
2015	Oceania Championships	Cairns, Queensland, Australia	1st	100m	10.22 (wind: -0.1 m/s)
			2nd	200m	20.68 (wind: +1.6 m/s)
			1st	4x100m relay	40.98
			2nd	4x400m relay	3:22.16
			1st	Mixed 800m sprint medley	1:35.32
	Pacific Games	Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea	1st	100m	10.55
			1st	200m	20.53 GR
	World Championships	Beijing, China	41th (h)	100m	10.41

¹: Disqualified in the semifinal.

External links

• Ratu Banuve Tabakaucoro profile at IAAF