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 quarterfinal, 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 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 Achievements References External links Sports reference biography Papua New Guinean female sprinters Olympic athletes for Papua New Guinea 1988 births Athletes (track and field) at the 2012 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 2016 Summer Olympics Living people People from the Western Highlands Province Athletes (track and field) at the 2006 Commonwealth Games Athletes (track and field) at the 2010 Commonwealth Games Athletes (track and field) at the 2014 Commonwealth Games Commonwealth Games competitors for Papua New Guinea Oceanian Athletics Championships winners Olympic female sprinters Athletes (track and field) at the 2022 Commonwealth Games