Poro Gahekave

{{short description|Papua New Guinean middle-distance runner}}

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| name = Poro Gahekave

| birth_name = Poro Michlyn Gahekave

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| nationality = Papua New Guinean

| sport = Middle-distance running

| event = 1500 metres, 3000 m steeple-chase, 5000m

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| collegeteam = Lubbock Christian University Track & Cross Country

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1993|6|16|df=yes}}

| birth_place = Kavieng, Papua New Guinea

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Poro Michlyn Gahekave (born in 1993) is a Papua New Guinean middle-distance runner.{{Cite web |url=https://athletics-oceania.com/2017/03/07/poro-gahekave-with-a-number-of-new-pbs/ |title=Poro Gahekave with a number of new PBs |date=2017-03-06 |website=Oceania Athletics Association |location=Oceania |publication-place=Oceania. |access-date=2019-09-07 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190727200431/https://athletics-oceania.com/2017/03/07/poro-gahekave-with-a-number-of-new-pbs/ |archive-date=27 July 2019 |url-status=live }}{{Cite web |url=https://www.abc.net.au/tok-pisin/2019-07-16/riport-long-samoa-pacific-games-long-day-9/11314056 |title=PNG ikisim moa gold long ol long distance resis long Samoa Games |last=Seke |first=Sam |date=2019-07-16 |website=Tok Pisin |publisher=ABC Online |location=Australia |access-date=2019-09-07}}{{Cite web |url=https://www.thenational.com.pg/gahekave-well-new-school/ |title=Gahekave doing well at new school |last=National |first=The |date=2018-03-07 |website=The National |publisher=The National (Papua New Guinea) |location=Papua New Guinea |access-date=2019-09-07 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190727201036/https://www.thenational.com.pg/gahekave-well-new-school/ |archive-date=27 July 2019 |url-status=live }}

Career

Poro Gahekave competed at the Pacific Games in 2007. She (as a 14-year-old), won in Apia the inaugural gold medal of 3,000m steeplechase in 2007 and confirmed, 12 years later, this Gold medal{{Cite web |url=https://www.thenational.com.pg/athletics-retains-top-status/ |title=Athletics retains top status |last=National |first=The |date=2019-07-26 |website=The National |location=The National (Papua New Guinea) |access-date=2019-09-07 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190728083726/https://www.thenational.com.pg/athletics-retains-top-status/ |archive-date=28 July 2019 |url-status=live }}{{Cite web |url=http://www.pina.com.fj/index.php?p=pacnews&m=read&o=3034181485d2d520f69c53a5f1beb5 |title=Papua New Guinea fill podium in men's steeplechase amid strong start to 2019 Pacific Games athletics |last=Association |first=Pacific Islands News |publisher=Pacnews |location=Suva, Fiji |access-date=2019-09-07 |website=www.pina.com.fj}} and 2 more Gold (1500m and 5000m) again in Apia in 2019.

She also won the Silver medal in 2015 Pacific Games.

{{Cite web |url=http://www.looppng.com/node/53820 |title=Gahekave makes presence felt at US Championships |last=Taule |first=Troy |website=Loop PNG |date=6 March 2017 |language=en |access-date=2019-09-07}}

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