Etimoni Timuani (born 14 October 1991 in

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an sportsman. He is a

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and sprinter specializing in the 100 m distance. Timuani is a father-of-two from

who works for the Tuvalu National Provident Fund, the national pension scheme.

Club career

Timuani played in 2011 for

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. In 2012, he played for Tofaga. In 2014, he played for Manu Laeva. Timuani was the top goalscorer in the NBT Cup for B teams in 2012, with 8 goals. The 2013 Tuvalu Games football champions were Tofaga. They won the final against Nauti 1–0, with him scoring the only goal.

International career

Futsal

Timuani played in May 2011 with

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at the Oceanian Futsal Championship. He played all four games.

Football

He made his debut for the

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in the game against

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on 22 August 2011. He played five games for the

at the

2011 Pacific Games The 2011 Pacific Games (officially known as NC 2011) took place in Nouméa, New Caledonia, from August 27 to September 10, 2011. Nouméa was the 14th host of the Pacific Games. Upon closure of the registration for entries, "some 4,300 athletes" ha ...

as a defender: against American Samoa, Vanuatu, New Caledonia, Solomon Islands, and Guam.

Athletics

Reme represented Tuvalu in Athletics at the

2015 Pacific Games The 2015 Pacific Games, also known as Port Moresby 2015 or POM 2015, was held in Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea, from 4 to 18 July 2015. It was the fifteenth staging of the Pacific Games as well as the third to be hosted in Port Moresby. More tha ...

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. He was however disqualified in the

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heats due to a

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. He competed in the Men's 100 metres event at the

2015 World Championships in Athletics The 2015 IAAF World Championships ( zh, 第十五届世界田径锦标赛), the fifteenth edition of the IAAF World Championships, were held from 22 to 30 August at the National Stadium in Beijing, China. Forty-three nations won medals, 144 of ...

in Beijing, China with a time of 11.72 seconds in the preliminary heat. He qualified for the

2016 Rio Olympics ) , nations = 207 (including IOA and EOR teams) , athletes = 11,238 , events = 306 in 28 sports (41 disciplines) , opening = 5 August 2016 , closing = 21 August 2016 , opened_by = Vice President Michel Temer , cauldron = Vanderlei Cordeiro de ...

in the 100 m event. He was the only Tuvaluan to represent Tuvalu in the Rio Olympics. He achieved a time of 11.81 seconds in the preliminary heat. He did not advance to the next round.

Honours

*NBT Cup for B teams Top Scorer: 2012

References

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* 1991 births Association football defenders F.C. Tofaga players Living people People from Funafuti Tuvalu international footballers Tuvaluan footballers Tuvaluan male sprinters World Athletics Championships athletes for Tuvalu Athletes (track and field) at the 2016 Summer Olympics Olympic athletes of Tuvalu Lakena United players {{Tuvalu-footy-bio-stub