Toea Wisil (1 January 1988) is an athlete from Papua New Guinea who specializes in sprints.BBC Sport She was selected as her nation's flag bearer at the 2012 Summer Olympics Parade of Nations. In her race, she impressed American TV announcer Ato Bolden by running an eased up 11.60 into a strong headwind, the number one qualifier from the preliminary round of the 100 m. She was equally impressive in the quarter final, beating the field including Allyson Felix out of the blocks and coming within .05 of qualifying to the semi-final round, finishing ahead of athletes that did not need to run in the preliminary round. During the Pacific Games, she won a triple-triple individual gold, 100 m, 200 m and 400 m, during 3 different editions, 2011, 2015 and 2019.

Personal life Her brother Pais Wisil also holds national sprint records and represented their country at international level. Additionally, their older brother Kupun represented Papua New Guinea in the 100 metres at two Commonwealth Games.

Personal bests 100 m: 11.29 s NR (wind: +1.9 m/s) – Suva, 9 July 2016 200 m: 23.13 s NR (wind: +1.5 m/s) – Canberra, 12 March 2017 400 m: 53.19 s NR – Gold Coast, 14 August 2010

Achievements Representing 2004Oceania Youth ChampionshipsTownsville, Australia2nd200 m25.912nd400 m58.822nd800 m medley relay1:52.042005Melanesian ChampionshipsLae, Papua New Guinea2nd100m12.42 (wind: -0.9 m/s)2nd200m25.70 (wind: -0.8 m/s)2nd400m57.281st4 × 100 m relay49.041st4 × 400 m relay3:57.01World Youth ChampionshipsMarrakesh, Morocco5th (h)200 m25.04 s (wind: +0.7 m/s)4th (h)400 m57.55 sSouth Pacific Mini GamesKoror, Palau3rd100 m12.43 s (wind: +0.1 m/s)3rd200 m25.65 s w (wind: +2.1 m/s)2nd400 m57.91 s2nd4 × 100 m relay49.16 s1st4 × 400 m relay3:58.97 min2006Commonwealth GamesMelbourne, Australia6th (h)400m56.72 s5th4 × 400 m relay3:47.88 min NRWorld Junior ChampionshipsBeijing, China47th (h)100 m12.17 s (wind: +0.1 m/s)19th (h)4 × 100 m relay48.40 sOceania ChampionshipsApia, Samoa2nd100 m12.03 s (wind: +0.2 m/s)3rd200 m24.53 s (wind: +0.8 m/s)3rd400 m57.26 s1st4 × 100 m relay48.30 s2ndMixed 800 m medley relay1:37.95 min2007Melanesian ChampionshipsCairns, Queensland, Australia2nd100m12.05 (wind: -1.8 m/s)3rd200m24.23 (wind: +0.4 m/s)1st4 × 400 m relay3:54.12Pacific GamesApia, Samoa3rd100 m12.00 s (wind: +0.1 m/s)3rd200 m24.34 s (wind: +0.3 m/s)2nd400 m55.15 s1st4 × 100 m relay45.99 s1st4 × 400 m relay3:40.55 min GR2008Oceania ChampionshipsSaipan, Northern Mariana Islands2nd100 m11.94 s (wind: -1.2 m/s)2nd200 m24.45 s (wind: -2.1 m/s)1st4 × 100 m relay47.27 s2009Melanesian ChampionshipsGold Coast, Queensland, Australia1st100m11.80 (wind: -1.0 m/s)2nd200m24.64 (wind: +1.6 m/s)2010Oceania ChampionshipsCairns, Australia1st100 m11.85 s (wind: +1.0 m/s)1st200 m23.63 s w (wind: +2.6 m/s)4th400 m55.87 s1st4 × 100 m relay46.86 s CRCommonwealth GamesDelhi, India4th100 m11.52 s (wind: +0.2 m/s)7th200 m23.84 s (wind: +0.8 m/s)5th (h)4 × 400 m relay3:40.40 min NR2011Pacific GamesNouméa, New Caledonia1st100 m11.96 s (wind: +0.3 m/s)1st200 m24.61 s (wind: -1.1 m/s)1st400 m54.94 s1st4 × 100 m relay46.30 s1st4 × 400 m relay3:45.32 min2012Olympic GamesLondon, United Kingdom4th (h)100 m11.27 s w (wind: +2.2 m/s)2013Oceania ChampionshipsPapeete, French Polynesia1st100 m11.90 s (wind: -0.7 m/s)1st200 m24.45 s (wind: -1.1 m/s)World ChampionshipsMoscow, Russia31st (h)100m11.61 (wind: -0.3 m/s)44th (h)200m24.23 (wind: -0.1 m/s)Pacific Mini GamesMata-Utu, Wallis and Futuna1st100m11.68 (wind: +1.5 m/s)1st200m24.12 (wind: +1.1 m/s)2nd400m57.581st4 × 100 m relay46.751st4 × 400 m relay3:52.822014Commonwealth GamesGlasgow, United Kingdom10th (sf)100m11.44 (wind: +0.1 m/s)21st (sf)200m24.48 (wind: -0.2 m/s)12th (h)4 × 400 m relay3:46.262015Oceania ChampionshipsCairns, Queensland, Australia1st100m11.41 w (wind: +2.9 m/s)1st200m23.71 (wind: +0.5 m/s) —400mDNF1st4 × 100 m relay46.312ndMixed 800m sprint medley relay1:36.082017World ChampionshipsLondon, United Kingdom27th (h)100 m11.4142nd (h)200 m23.93

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