Bertrand Vili
Bertrand Vili (born 6 September 1983) is a French former track and field athlete who competed in the discus throw. He represented France at the 2009 World Championships in Athletics and was a silver medallist at the 2005 Jeux de la Francophonie.[1] He was a double shot put/discus gold medallist at the 2001 South Pacific Mini Games and also won javelin throw silver.[2] He won the gold medal in the discus at the 2007 Pacific Games in a games record of 58.31 m.[3] He successfully defended that title four years later at the 2011 Pacific Games, held in his native New Caledonia.[4] He has a personal best of 63.66 m (208 ft 10+1⁄4 in) and is the New Caledonian national record holder.
He won three straight national titles at the French Athletics Championships from 2007 to 2009.[5] He has also won at the Australian Athletics Championships (2009) and won a shot put and two discus titles at the New Zealand Athletics Championships between 2002 and 2004.[6]
In 2006 he wrote off his car in an accident while narrowly beneath the drink-drive limit. He was married to fellow athlete Valerie Adams from 2004 to 2010, with Adams citing Vili's drinking as a cause of their marital breakdown in her autobiography.[7] His cousin Laurent Vili is a former shot putter and rugby player.[8]
International competitions
Year | Competition | Venue | Position | Event | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
2001 | South Pacific Mini Games | Middlegate, Norfolk Island | 1st | Shot put | 16.81 m |
1st | Discus throw | 49.41 m | |||
2nd | Javelin throw | 63.78 m | |||
2002 | World Junior Championships | Kingston, Jamaica | 5th | Shot put | 20.12 m |
11th | Discus throw | 57.87 m | |||
2003 | European U23 Championships | Bydgoszcz, Poland | 7th | Discus throw | 54.88 m |
2005 | European U23 Championships | Erfurt, Germany | 11th | Discus throw | 55.40 m |
Jeux e la Francophonie | Niamey, Niger | 2nd | Discus throw | 54.05 m | |
2007 | Pacific Games | Apia, Samoa | 1st | Discus throw | 58.31 m GR |
2nd | Hammer throw | 55.73 m | |||
2009 | World Championships | Berlin, Germany | 18th (q) | Discus throw | 60.88 m |
2011 | Pacific Games | Nouméa, New Caledonia | 1st | Discus throw | 54.12 m |
- Positions in qualifying rounds (q) are overall positions in the round including all groups.
National titles
- French Athletics Championships
- Discus throw: 2007, 2008, 2009
- New Zealand Athletics Championships
- Shot put: 2002
- Discus throw: 2003, 2004
- Australian Athletics Championships
- Discus throw: 2009
See also
- List of discus throw national champions (men)
- List of Australian athletics champions (men)
References
- ^ Francophone Games. GBR Athletics. Retrieved 22 April 2018.
- ^ South Pacific Mini Games. GBR Athletics. Retrieved 22 April 2018.
- ^ Samoan athlete is strong medal contender in field events. The National (13 July 2015). Retrieved 22 April 2018.
- ^ South Pacific Games Results. SportsTG. Retrieved 22 April 2018.
- ^ Bertrand Vili. IAAF. Retrieved 22 April 2018.
- ^ New Zealand Championships. GBR Athletics. Retrieved 22 April 2018.
- ^ Adams 'embarrassed' by 2am haka. Stuff (28 October 2012). Retrieved 22 April 2018.
- ^ Middleton, Julie (7 November 2008). Acquittal ends seven-year ordeal for rugby player Vili. New Zealand Herald. Retrieved 22 April 2018.
External links
- Bertrand Vili at World Athletics
- v
- t
- e
- 1930: Jim Watson (USA)
- 1932: John Wallace
- 1934: William MacKenzie
- 1936: Harry Wilson
- 1937 – 1947: Keith Pardon
- 1948 – 1950: Ian Reed
- 1951 – 1953: Keith Pardon
- 1954: Ian Reed
- 1955: Anthony Kenk
- 1956: Charles Rann
- 1957 – 1959: Ves Balodis
- 1960: Warwick Selvey
- 1961: Harry Mitsilias
- 1962 – 1967: Warwick Selvey
- 1968: Jay Silvester (USA)
- 1969: Len Vlahov
- 1970 – 1973: Warwick Selvey
- 1974: Richard Priman
- 1975: Len Vlahov
- 1976: Merv Kemp
- 1977: Richard Priman
- 1978: Wayne Martin
- 1979: Jim Howard (USA)
- 1980 – 1981: Phil Nettle
- 1982: Vlad Slavnic
- 1983 – 1987: Paul Nandapi
- 1988 – 1995: Werner Reiterer
- 1996: Justin Anlezark
- 1997: Gerard Duffy
- 1998: Ian Winchester (NZL)
- 1999: Gerard Duffy
- 2000: Ian Winchester (NZL)
- 2001: Aaron Neighbour
- 2002 – 2003: Peter Elvy
- 2004 – 2006: Scott Martin
- 2006 – 2008: Benn Harradine
- 2009: Bertrand Vili (FRA)
- 2010 – 2012: Benn Harradine
- 2013: Liam Speers
- 2014: Benn Harradine
- 2015: Julian Wruck