Bina Ramesh
{{short description|French javelin thrower}}
{{Infobox Athlete
|name = Bina Ramesh
|event = Javelin Throw / Shot put
|nationality = {{NCL}}
|birth_date = {{birth-date and age |28 August 1979}}
|birth_place = Nouméa
| medaltemplates =
{{MedalSport | Women's Javelin throw}}
{{MedalCountry | {{NCL}} }}
{{MedalCompetition|Pacific Games}}
{{MedalSilver| 2015 Port Moresby |Javelin}}
{{MedalBronze| 2011 Nouméa |Javelin}}
{{MedalBronze| 2011 Nouméa |Discus}}
{{MedalGold| 2007 Apia |Javelin}}
{{MedalGold| 2003 Suva |Javelin}}
{{MedalGold| 1995 Pirae |Javelin}}
{{MedalCompetition|Pacific Mini Games}}
{{MedalGold| 2009 Rarotonga |Javelin}}
{{MedalBronze| 2009 Rarotonga |Hammer throw}}
{{MedalGold| 2001 Middlegate |Javelin}}
{{MedalBronze| 2001 Middlegate |Shot put}}
}}
Bina Ramesh (born 28 August 1979 at Noumea) is a New Caledonian athlete who specialises in the Javelin. She is of Wallisian heritage.{{cite web |url=https://la1ere.francetvinfo.fr/wallisfutuna/bina-ramesh-en-vacances-a-wallis-un-soutien-en-or-pour-les-jeunes-athletes-du-fenua-931630.html |title=Bina Ramesh en vacances à Wallis : un soutien en or pour les jeunes athlètes du Fenua |publisher=France Info |language=fr |date=11 February 2021 |access-date=11 September 2022}}
Biography
She won the bronze medal at the 1996 World Junior Championships and also at the 1997 Junior European Championships.
She won three French senior national Javelin championship titles in 1998, 2000 and 2004.
At the 2009 Pacific Mini Games in Rarotonga she won gold in the javelin.{{cite web |url=https://www.solomontimes.com/news/pacific-mini-games-underway-in-cook-islands/4483 |title=Pacific Mini Games Underway in Cook Islands |publisher=Solomon Times |date=24 September 2009 |access-date=11 September 2022}}{{cite web |url=https://fijisun.com.fj/2009/09/23/solomons-lead-overall-tally/ |title=Solomons lead overall tally |publisher=Fiji Sun |date=23 September 2019 |access-date=11 September 2022}} At the 2015 Pacific Games in Port Moresby she won silver.{{cite web |url=https://emtv.com.pg/samoa-fiji-png-and-new-caledonia-top-the-field-in-athletics/ |title=Samoa, Fiji, PNG and new Caledonia Top the Field in Athletics |publisher=EMTV |date=17 July 2015 |access-date=11 September 2022}}
= Prize list =
- French Championships in Athletics :
- 3-time winner of the javelin in 1998, 2000 and 2004.
= Records =
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Javelin Throw (old model)
|61.66 m | |1997 |
Notes and references
{{Reflist}}
- Docathlé2003, French Athletics Federation, 2003 p428
{{Footer New Zealand NC javelin women}}
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Category:Sportspeople from Nouméa
Category:New Caledonian javelin throwers
Category:French female javelin throwers
Category:New Caledonian female athletes
Category:French Athletics Championships winners
Category:French people of Indian descent
Category:Pacific Games gold medalists for New Caledonia
Category:Pacific Games silver medalists for New Caledonia
Category:Pacific Games bronze medalists for New Caledonia
Category:Pacific Games medalists in athletics
Category:New Zealand Athletics Championships winners
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