Mariuti Uan (born 22 January 1986) is a sprinter from

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. He was his country's only athlete at the

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, running an 11.92 +0.6 personal best. He later competed in the 2006 Commonwealth Games held in

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, improving his personal best to 11.65 +1.3. He qualified as the winner of the Kiribati trials in a hand timed 11.5 in February 2006. A month earlier the trials were interrupted by a minibus driving down the roadway used to conduct the trials race.

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* 1986 births Living people I-Kiribati male sprinters Athletes (track and field) at the 2006 Commonwealth Games World Athletics Championships athletes for Kiribati Commonwealth Games competitors for Kiribati {{Kiribati-athletics-bio-stub