Chris Walasi

Chris Walasi

Personal information
Full name	Chris Meke Walasi
Nationality	Solomon Islands
Born	(1980-05-18) 18 May 1980 Sulufou, Malaita Province
Height	170 cm (5 ft 7 in)
Weight	70 kg (154 lb)
Sport
Sport	Athletics
Event	100 metres
Medal record Men's athletics Representing the Solomon Islands (South) Pacific Games 2007 Apia 4x100 m relay 2003 Suva 4x400 m relay (South) Pacific Mini Games 2005 Koror 4x400 m relay Oceania Championships 2006 Apia 400 m 2004 Townsville 800 m medley relay
Updated on 29 April 2013

Chris Meke Walasi (born 18 May 1980) is a sprinter from the Solomon Islands. He came sixth in Heat 3 of the 100 metres Preliminaries at the 2012 Summer Olympics.

Personal bests

Event	Result	Venue	Date
Outdoor
100 m	10.78 s (wind: +1.3 m/s)	Melbourne	19 Mar 2006
200 m	21.85 s (wind: -0.7 m/s)	Hamilton	14 Dec 2005
400 m	47.76 s	Christchurch	27 Jan 2006
Indoor
60 m	7.47 s	Istanbul	9 Mar 2012
200 m	23.83 s	Budapest	6 Mar 2004

Achievements

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Event	Notes
Representing the Solomon Islands
2003	South Pacific Games	Suva, Fiji	6th	400m	48.85
			4th	4 × 100 m relay	42.38
			3rd	4 × 400 m relay	3:21.55 min
2004	World Indoor Championships	Budapest, Hungary	26th (h)	200m	23.83
	Oceania Championships	Townsville, Australia	6th	200m	22.53 w (wind: +3.8 m/s)
			4th	400m	48.81
			3rd	800 m medley relay	1:35.48 min
2005	South Pacific Mini Games	Koror, Palau	4th	400m	50.03
			4th	4 × 100 m relay	43.65
			3rd	4 × 400 m relay	3:28.15 min
	World Championships	Helsinki, Finland	47th (h)	400m	49.47
2006	Oceania Championships	Apia, Samoa	6th	100m	11.05 (wind: -0.3 m/s)
			6th	200m	21.89 (wind: +1.6 m/s)
			2nd	400 m	48.62 s
			4th	4 × 100 m relay	42.33
2007	Melanesian Championships	Cairns, Queensland, Australia	5th	100m	11.15 (wind: -2.4 m/s)
			5th	200m	22.06 (wind: -2.7 m/s)
			9th (h)	400m	49.17
			3rd	4 × 100 m relay	42.75
	Pacific Games	Apia, Samoa	7th	100m	11.01 (wind: +0.7 m/s)
			3rd	4 × 100 m relay	41.55 s
	World Championships	Osaka, Japan	52nd (h)	100m	11.07 (wind: -1.5 m/s)
2008	Oceania Championships	Saipan, Northern Mariana Islands	9th (sf)	100m	11.38 (wind: -2.4 m/s)
			7th	200m	22.59 (wind: -0.9 m/s)
			4th	4 × 100 m relay	43.12
2010	Oceania Championships	Cairns, Queensland, Australia	13th (sf)	100m	11.26 (wind: -0.9 m/s)
			11th (h)	200m	22.63 (wind: -0.6 m/s)
			—	4 × 100 m relay	DQ
2012	World Indoor Championships	Istanbul, Turkey	47th (h)	60 m	7.47
	Olympic Games	London, United Kingdom	69th (pr)	100 m	11.42 (wind: +1.7 m/s)
2014	Oceania Championships	Rarotonga, Cook Islands	13th (sf)	100m	11.87 (wind: +0.1 m/s)
			12th (h)	200m	24.17 w (wind: +6.1 m/s)
			6th	4 × 100 m relay	44.98

External links

• Chris Walasi at World Athletics
• Chris Walasi at Olympics.com
• Chris Walasi at Olympedia
• Chris Walasi at the Commonwealth Games Federation (archived)
• Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Chris Meke Walasi". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020.