BULIMAIREWA Inosi Matea

Fiji
Athletics
19 Nov 1987
33
Male
F63
 
Fiji
ALICE SPRINGS, NT
 
Australia

Events and Medals

Discipline Event Rank Medal
ATH Athletics Men's Javelin Throw - F64 10

Schedule

Change
Start Time Location Event Status
Olympic St. - Standing Javelin
Men's Javelin Throw - F64 Final
Finished

Biographical Information

Highlights

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RankEventYearLocationResult
World Championships
12Javelin Throw - F642019Dubai, UAE44.53
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Nosi (Fiji Paralympic Committee Facebook page, 28 Apr 2019)
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Hiking, watching films, spending time with family. (Athlete, 27 Aug 2021)
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Technician
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English, Fijian
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Alice Springs Athletics [Australia]
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Freddy Fatiaki [national]; Peter Lawler [personal]
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He represented Fiji in swimming at the 2008 Arafura Games. (abc.net.au, 01 Feb 2020)
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2019 for Fiji, Oceania Championships in Townsville, Australia (Athlete, 06 Nov 2019)
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He began Para athletics in 2017 in Alice Springs, NT, Australia. (Athlete, 06 Nov 2019)
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He was at a running clinic in Sydney, NSW, Australia, and a coach suggested he should try javelin. He then went to Alice Springs Athletics and began practising javelin. "A guy who was doing the running clinic, he is one of the sprinters for 100m, he looked at me and said, 'You've got strong upper body, and your running is good, you should try javelin'." (abc.net.au, 01 Feb 2020)
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He trains three times per week with his coach and another three times per week without coaching. (Athlete, 27 Aug 2021)
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Winning a silver medal at the 2019 Oceania Championships in Townsville, QLD, Australia. (Athlete, 06 Nov 2019, 27 Aug 2021)
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Icelandic Para javelin thrower Helgi Sveinsson, German Para sprinter Heinrich Popow. (Athlete, 27 Aug 2021)
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His family. (Athlete, 27 Aug 2021)

General Interest

Classification
F63 (IPC, 24 Feb 2021)

Type of Impairment
Limb deficiency (Athlete, 06 Nov 2019)

Origin of Impairment
Acquired (Athlete, 06 Nov 2019)

Impairment Details
At age 11 his left leg was amputated above the knee due to bone cancer. (ABC News Australia YouTube channel, 08 Feb 2020; Athlete, 06 Nov 2019)

General
OCCUPATION
He works as a prosthetics technician at Alice Springs Hospital in Australia. He had used crutches since his amputation and began using a prosthetic leg in 2012. "Ever since I started walking with a prosthetic leg, it just came to my head that I would love to learn how to make these. All that I wanted to do was walk around shopping, that was one of the hardest things for me when I was using crutches was to hold a plastic bag with crutches." (Athlete, 27 Aug 2021; abc.net.au, 01 Feb 2020; NT Health Facebook page, 14 Jan 2020; Matea Lana Facebook profile, 12 Dec 2018)

BASED IN AUSTRALIA
In 2011 he moved from Fiji to Alice Springs, NT, Australia. (abc.net.au, 01 Feb 2020)

Legend
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Gold Medal Event
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Silver Medal Event
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Bronze Medal Event
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