Loading AI tools
Papua New Guinean athlete From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Rellie Kaputin (born March 12, 1993) is a Papua New Guinean track and field athlete who specializes in the jumps. She competed at the 2020 Summer Olympics, in Women's long jump.[2]
Personal information | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Born | East New Britain, Papua New Guinea | March 12, 1993||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Home town | Canyon, West Texas, United States | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 54 kg (119 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Sport | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Country | Papua New Guinea | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Event(s) | High Jump, Long Jump, Triple Jump | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
College team | West Texas A&M Lady Buffs | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Turned pro | 2017 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Achievements and titles | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Personal best(s) | High Jump: 1.77m Long Jump: 6.50m | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
|
She studied at West Texas A&M University.[3][4][5]
She currently holds the national records for the high jump, long jump, and triple jump events. In 2017, Kaputin competed at the 2017 World Championships in London, Great Britain jumping 5 meters 59 in the long jump qualification round without advancing to the final.
Year | Competition | Venue | Position | Event | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Representing Papua New Guinea | |||||
2013 | Pacific Mini Games | Mata-Utu, Wallis and Futuna | =4th | High jump | 1.45 m |
5th | Long jump | 5.05 m | |||
2014 | Oceania Championships | Rarotonga, Cook Islands | 2nd | High jump | 1.57 m |
2nd | Long jump | 5.56 m | |||
3rd | Triple jump | 11.35 m | |||
2015 | Pacific Games | Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea | 1st | High jump | 1.77 m |
1st | Long jump | 5.97 m | |||
1st | Triple jump | 12.65 m | |||
2016 | Melanesian Championships | Suva, Fiji | 2nd | High jump | 1.69 m |
1st | Long jump | 5.95 m | |||
1st | Triple jump | 12.25 m | |||
2017 | Oceania Championships | Suva, Fiji | 1st | High jump | 1.65 m |
1st | Long jump | 5.86 m | |||
1st | Triple jump | 13.05 m | |||
World Championships | London, United Kingdom | 30th (q) | Long jump | 5.59 m | |
Pacific Mini Games | Port Vila, Vanuatu | 2nd | High jump | 1.65 m | |
1st | Long jump | 6.40 m | |||
1st | Triple jump | 13.26 m | |||
3rd | 4 × 400 m relay | 4:06.39 | |||
2018 | Commonwealth Games | Gold Coast, Australia | 13th (q) | Long jump | 6.18 m |
N/A | Triple jump | NM | |||
2019 | Oceania Championships | Townsville, Australia | 1st | Long jump | 6.50 m |
1st | Triple jump | 13.04 m | |||
Pacific Games | Apia, Samoa | 2nd | High jump | 1.65 m | |
1st | Long jump | 6.15 m | |||
2nd | Triple jump | 12.44 m | |||
2021 | Olympic Games | Tokyo, Japan | 19th (q) | Long jump | 6.40 m |
Seamless Wikipedia browsing. On steroids.
Every time you click a link to Wikipedia, Wiktionary or Wikiquote in your browser's search results, it will show the modern Wikiwand interface.
Wikiwand extension is a five stars, simple, with minimum permission required to keep your browsing private, safe and transparent.