Aunese Curreen (born Setefano Mika, 23 December 1981) is a Samoan middle-distance runner, who specialized in the 800 metres. He is currently a member of the North Harbour Bays Athletics Club in Auckland, New Zealand.
Curreen represented Samoa at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, where he competed for the men's 800 metres. He ran in the fifth heat against six other athletes, including Sudan's Ismail Ahmed Ismail, who eventually won the silver medal in the final. He finished the race in sixth place by three hundredths of a second (0.03) behind South Africa's Samson Ngoepe, with a national record and personal best time of 1:47.45. Curreen, however, failed to advance into the semi-finals, as he placed twenty-ninth overall, and was ranked farther below two mandatory slots for the next round.
Achievements Representing 2000Oceania Youth ChampionshipsAdelaide, Australia2nd800 m2:01.14 min1st1500 m4:20.93 minWorld Junior ChampionshipsSantiago, Chile28th (h)800m2:02.7233rd (h)1500m4:15.372001South Pacific Mini GamesMiddlegate, Norfolk Island3rd800 m1:57.62 min2nd1500 m4:10.30 min2002World Junior ChampionshipsKingston, Jamaica28th (h) / DQ1500m4:08.56Oceania Youth ChampionshipsChristchurch, New Zealand2nd800 m1:57.56 min3rd1500 m4:28.83 min2003South Pacific GamesSuva, Fiji3rd1500 m4:09.07 min2004World Junior ChampionshipsGrosseto, Italy31st (h) / DQ1500m4:03.032005South Pacific Mini GamesKoror, Palau2nd800 m1:53.68 min1st1500 m4:01.33 min2006Oceania ChampionshipsApia, Samoa1st800 m1:52.65 min1st1500 m4:04.09 min2007Pacific GamesApia, Samoa1st800 m1:49.82 min1st1500 m3:53.93 min1st5000 m15:42.62 min2008Oceania ChampionshipsSaipan, Northern Mariana Islands1st800 m1:51.16 min1st1500 m3:58.76 min1st6 km Cross country21:05 min
References
External links
Aunese Curreen at Athletics New Zealand