Bertrand Vili (born 6 September 1983) is a French former track and field athlete who competed in the discus throw. He represented France at the 2009 World Championships in Athletics and was a silver medallist at the 2005 Jeux de la Francophonie.Francophone Games. GBR Athletics. Retrieved 22 April 2018. He was a double shot put/discus gold medallist at the 2001 South Pacific Mini Games and also won javelin throw silver.South Pacific Mini Games. GBR Athletics. Retrieved 22 April 2018. He won the gold medal in the discus at the 2007 Pacific Games in a games record of 58.31 m.Samoan athlete is strong medal contender in field events. The National (13 July 2015). Retrieved 22 April 2018. He successfully defended that title four years later at the 2011 Pacific Games, held in his native New Caledonia.South Pacific Games Results. SportsTG. Retrieved 22 April 2018. He has a personal best of and is the New Caledonian national record holder.
He won three straight national titles at the French Athletics Championships from 2007 to 2009.Bertrand Vili. IAAF. Retrieved 22 April 2018. He has also won at the Australian Athletics Championships (2009) and won a shot put and two discus titles at the New Zealand Athletics Championships between 2002 and 2004.New Zealand Championships. GBR Athletics. Retrieved 22 April 2018.
In 2006 he wrote off his car in an accident while narrowly beneath the drink-drive limit. He was married to fellow athlete Valerie Adams from 2004 to 2010, with Adams citing Vili's drinking as a cause of their marital breakdown in her autobiography.Adams 'embarrassed' by 2am haka. Stuff (28 October 2012). Retrieved 22 April 2018. His cousin Laurent Vili is a former shot putter and rugby player.Middleton, Julie (7 November 2008). Acquittal ends seven-year ordeal for rugby player Vili. New Zealand Herald. Retrieved 22 April 2018.
International competitions 2001South Pacific Mini GamesMiddlegate, Norfolk Island1stShot put16.81 m1stDiscus throw49.41 m2ndJavelin throw63.78 m2002World Junior ChampionshipsKingston, Jamaica5thShot put20.12 m11thDiscus throw57.87 m2003European U23 ChampionshipsBydgoszcz, Poland7thDiscus throw54.88 m2005European U23 ChampionshipsErfurt, Germany11thDiscus throw55.40 mJeux e la FrancophonieNiamey, Niger2ndDiscus throw54.05 m2007Pacific GamesApia, Samoa1stDiscus throw58.31 m 2ndHammer throw55.73 m2009World ChampionshipsBerlin, Germany18th (q)Discus throw60.88 m2011Pacific GamesNouméa, New Caledonia1stDiscus throw54.12 m
Positions in qualifying rounds (q) are overall positions in the round including all groups.
National titles French Athletics Championships Discus throw: 2007, 2008, 2009 New Zealand Athletics Championships Shot put: 2002 Discus throw: 2003, 2004 Australian Athletics Championships Discus throw: 2009
See also List of discus throw national champions (men) List of Australian athletics champions (men)
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