Banuve Tabakaucoro

Tabakaucoro attended Marist Brothers High School Sports Science Academy and graduated in 2013.^[1][2]

Tabakaucoro is the only athlete in the Pacific Games history to win gold in both the 100 metres and 200 metres in 3 consecutive Pacific Games in 2011, 2015 and 2019 games.

In the 2011 Coke Games, Tabakaucoro ran his personal best in the senior boys 100 and 200 metres finals on the 29 and 30 April; he also helped his school win the 4 x 100 metres relay.

Tabakaucoro also won gold in the 100 meter, 200 meter and 4 × 100 m Relay at the Pacific Games in Nouméa, New Caledonia in September at the 2011 Pacific Games.

In March 2015, Tabakaucoro competed in the Australian Athletics Championships in Brisbane where he finished 2nd in the 100m Final with a time of 10.26s breaking the national record of 10.34s set by Jone Delai back in 1995.^[3] He also set a new national record in the 200m of 20.63s.^[4]

Tabakaucoro will compete in the 100 m and 200 m at the 2022 Commonwealth Games in Birmingham, England.^[5][6]

In May 2023 he received the honour in welcoming the state president and prime minister on the island of Bau with the ceremonial offering of kava on the occasion of the reconstitution of the Great Council of Chiefs.^[7][8][9]

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Event	Notes
Representing  Fiji
2008	Commonwealth Youth Games	Pune, India	5th (sf)	100 m	10.91 s (wind: +0.9 m/s)
			7th	Long jump	6.86 m (wind: +0.4 m/s)
			7th	4 × 100 m relay	41.79 s
2009	World Youth Championships	Brixen, Italy	3rd (qf)	100 m	10.77 s (wind: +0.7 m/s)
	Melanesian Championships	Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia	4th	100m	10.95 (wind: +0.1 m/s)
	Pacific Mini Games	Rarotonga, Cook Islands	2nd	100 m	10.68 s (wind: +1.9 m/s)
			2nd	200 m	21.70 s (wind: -0.4 m/s)
2010	Oceania Junior Championships	Cairns, Australia	1st	100 m	10.80 s (wind: +2.0 m/s)
			1st	200 m	21.69 s (wind: -0.6 m/s)
	Oceania Championships	Cairns, Australia	1st	4 × 100 m relay	42.02 s
			1st	Mixed 800 m medlex relay	1:35.31 min
2011	Universiade	Shenzhen, China	5th (qf)	100 m	10.49 s (wind: -0.1 m/s)
			4th (qf)	200 m	21.26 s (wind: +0.0 m/s)
	Oceania Championships (Regional Division East)	Apia, Samoa	1st	100 m	10.46 s (wind: +1.2 m/s)
			1st	200 m	21.01 s (wind: +1.9 m/s)
			1st	4 × 100 m relay	41.71 s
			1st	4 × 400 m relay	3:17.62 min
	Pacific Games	Nouméa, New Caledonia	1st	100 m	10.52 s (wind: -0.4 m/s)
			1st	200 m	21.18 s (wind: -1.1 m/s) GR
			1st	4 × 100 m relay	41.25 s
2013	Oceania Championships	Papeete, French Polynesia	1st	100 m	10.65 s (wind: -1.0 m/s)
			1st	200 m	21.08 s (wind: -1.5 m/s)
			2nd	Mixed 800 Sprint Medley relay	1:38.95 min
	World Championships	Moscow, Russia	46th (h)	100m	10.53 (wind: -0.1 m/s)
			40th (h)	200m	21.27 (wind: -0.2 m/s)
	Pacific Mini Games	Mata-Utu, Wallis and Futuna	1st	100m	10.33 (wind: 0.0 m/s)
			1st	200m	21.13 (wind: -2.6 m/s)
			—	4 × 100 m relay	DQ
			1st	4 × 400 m relay	3:15.38
2014	Oceania Championships	Rarotonga, Cook Islands	1st	100m	10.30 (wind: -0.2 m/s)
			1st	4 × 100 m relay	41.61
			2nd	4 × 400 m relay	3:19.13
	Commonwealth Games	Glasgow, United Kingdom	22nd (h)	100m	10.51 (wind: -0.4 m/s)
			16th (h)1	200m	21.04 (wind: -0.5 m/s)
2015	Oceania Championships	Cairns, Queensland, Australia	1st	100m	10.22 (wind: -0.1 m/s)
			2nd	200m	20.68 (wind: +1.6 m/s)
			1st	4 × 100 m relay	40.98
			2nd	4 × 400 m relay	3:22.16
			1st	Mixed 800m sprint medley	1:35.32
	Pacific Games	Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea	1st	100m	10.55
			1st	200m	20.53 GR
	World Championships	Beijing, China	41st (h)	100m	10.41
2021	Olympic Games	Tokyo, Japan	56th (h)	100 m	10.70
2022	World Championships	Eugene, United States	–	100 m	DQ

¹: Disqualified in the semifinal.

• Banuve Tabakaucoro at World Athletics
• Banuve Tabakaucoro at Olympedia
• Banuve Tabakaucoro at the Commonwealth Games Federation (archived)
• Banuve Tabakaucoro at the Glasgow 2014 Commonwealth Games (archived)
• Ratu Banuve Tabakaucoro at World Athletics