Peter Pulu

{{short description|Papua New Guinean sprinter}}

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| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1975|08|25|df=y}}

| birth_place = Arawa, Papua New Guinea

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| sport = Athletics

| event = 60m, 100 m, 200 m

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Peter Pulu (born 25 August 1975 in Arawa) is a retired athlete from Papua New Guinea who competed in sprinting events.{{World Athletics}} He represented his country at the 1996 Summer Olympics, as well as two outdoor and four indoor World Championships. In addition, he won multiple medals on regional level.

Competition record

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colspan="6"|Representing {{PNG}}
rowspan=2|1993

|rowspan=2|South Pacific Mini Games

|rowspan=2|Port Vila, Vanuatu

|bgcolor=cc9966|3rd

|100 m

|11.37

bgcolor=silver|2nd

|4x100 m relay

|40.90

rowspan=2|1994

|rowspan=2|Commonwealth Games

|rowspan=2|Victoria, Canada

| (h)

|100 m

|10.64

(h)

|200 m

|21.78

rowspan=6|1995

|World Indoor Championships

|Barcelona, Spain

|27th (h)

|60 m

|6.79

World Championships

|Gothenburg, Sweden

|62nd (h)

|100 m

|10.68

rowspan=4|South Pacific Games

|rowspan=4|Pirae, Tahiti

|bgcolor=silver|2nd

|100 m

|10.54

bgcolor=silver|2nd

|200 m

|21.47 (w)

bgcolor=gold|1st

|4x100 m relay

|40.29

bgcolor=silver|2nd

|4x400 m relay

|3:10.52

rowspan=2|1996

|rowspan=2|Olympic Games

|rowspan=2|Atlanta, United States

|82nd (h)

|100 m

|10.76

|4x100 m relay

|DNF

rowspan=4|1997

|World Indoor Championships

|Paris, France

|42nd (h)

|60 m

|6.88

World Championships

|Athens, Greece

|81st (h)

|100 m

|10.77

rowspan=2|South Pacific Mini Games

|rowspan=2|Pago Pago, American Samoa

|bgcolor=silver|2nd

|100 m

|10.70

4th (h)

|200 m

|22.20Did not finish in the semifinals

rowspan=5|1998

|Commonwealth Games

|Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

|35th (h)

|100 m

|10.75

rowspan=4|Oceania Championships

|rowspan=4|Nuku'alofa, Tonga

|bgcolor=gold|1st

|100 m

|10.70

bgcolor=gold|1st

|200 m

|21.22 (w)

bgcolor=gold|1st

|4x100 m relay

|42.22

bgcolor=gold|1st

|4x400 m relay

|3:22.84

rowspan=2|2000

|rowspan=2|Oceania Championships

|rowspan=2|Adelaide, Australia

|bgcolor=gold|1st

|100 m

|10.46 (w)

bgcolor=gold|1st

|200 m

|21.39 (w)

rowspan=5|2001

|World Indoor Championships

|Lisbon, Portugal

|35th (h)

|60 m

|6.89

rowspan=4|South Pacific Mini Games

|rowspan=4|Middlegate, Norfolk Island

|bgcolor=gold|1st

|100 m

|10.67

bgcolor=gold|1st

|200 m

|22.22

bgcolor=gold|1st

|4x100 m relay

|42.04

bgcolor=silver|2nd

|4x400 m relay

|3:18.98

rowspan=5|2002

|rowspan=2|Commonwealth Games

|rowspan=2|Manchester, United Kingdom

|25th (qf)

|100 m

|10.73

27th (qf)

|200 m

|22.10

rowspan=3|Oceania Championships

|rowspan=3|Christchurch, New Zealand

|bgcolor=gold|1st

|100 m

|10.66

bgcolor=gold|1st

|200 m

|21.39

bgcolor=gold|1st

|Medley relay

|1:31.17

rowspan=9|2003

|World Indoor Championships

|Birmingham, United Kingdom

|35th (h)

|60 m

|6.79

rowspan=4|Melanesian Championships

|rowspan=4|Lae, Papua New Guinea

|bgcolor=cc9966|3rd

|100 m

|10.6

4th

|200 m

|21.7

bgcolor=gold|1st

|4x100 m relay

|41.4

bgcolor=gold|1st

|4x400 m relay

|3:20.4

rowspan=4|South Pacific Games

|rowspan=4|Suva, Fiji

|bgcolor=cc9966|3rd

|100 m

|10.9

5th (h)

|200 m

|22.19Did not finish in the final

bgcolor=gold|1st

|4x100 m relay

|40.94

bgcolor=gold|1st

|4x400 m relay

|3:11.43

rowspan=2|2007

|rowspan=2|Melanesian Championships

|rowspan=2|Cairns, Australia

|8th

|100 m

|10.90

bgcolor=gold|1st

|4x100 m relay

|41.52

Personal bests

Outdoor

Indoor

References