Karalo Maibuca
Personal information
NationalityTuvaluan
Born (1999-06-10) 10 June 1999
Nanumanga, Tuvalu[1]
Height1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)[1]
Sport
SportTrack and field
EventSprints
Achievements and titles
Personal best11.39s (100 m)[2]

Karalo Hepoiteloto Maibuca Junior (born 10 June 1999) is a Tuvaluan sprinter. He is the son of Ratu Karalo Maibuca Senior, a Fijian, and a mother from Kioa.[3] He was selected to compete at the 2020 Summer Olympics[4] and was given the honour of being the flag bearer for his nation in the opening ceremony alongside Matie Stanley.[5] In the preliminary round of the 100 metres he ran a Tuvaluan national record time of 11.42 seconds, but did not qualify to the next round.[6]

He represented Tuvalu at the Pacific Mini Games in Saipan where he competed in the 100m (11.76 [-2.0]) and the 200m (23.66 [-0.9].[7]

He represented Tuvalu at the Gold Coast XXI Commonwealth Games in 2018 and the Birmingham XXII Commonwealth Games in 2022,[8] where he broke the Tuvalu national record in the 100m with a time of 11.39 [+0.6].[9] Maibuca competed in the 2023 World Athletics Championships in Budapest, running 11.55 [0.0] in the 100 metres,[10] but failed to progress past the preliminary round.

References

  1. 1 2 "Karalo Maibuca". 2018 Commonwealth Games. Retrieved 24 July 2021.
  2. ↑ "World Championships – Budapest 2023". Oceania Athletics. 17 November 2023. Retrieved 24 November 2023.
  3. ↑ Curuqara, Paulini (31 July 2021). "Fijian leads Tuvalu contingent". The Fijian Times. Retrieved 8 May 2022.
  4. ↑ "Athletics MAIBUCA Karalo Hepoiteloto". Tokyo 2020. Archived from the original on 15 August 2021. Retrieved 24 July 2021.
  5. ↑ "Athletics flag bearers help to light up Olympic Opening Ceremony in Tokyo". worldathletics.org. 23 July 2021. Retrieved 24 July 2021.
  6. ↑ "Athletics - Preliminary Round - Heat 3 Results". Tokyo 2020. Archived from the original on 9 August 2021. Retrieved 2 August 2021.
  7. ↑ "World Championships – Budapest 2023". Oceania Athletics. 17 November 2023. Retrieved 24 November 2023.
  8. ↑ Webster, Andrew (30 July 2022). "'I am from Tuvalu and my country is going to sink': Comm Games team you should be backing". Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 30 July 2022.
  9. ↑ "World Championships – Budapest 2023". Oceania Athletics. 17 November 2023. Retrieved 24 November 2023.
  10. ↑ "Karalo Hepoiteloto MAIBUCA". Worldathletics.org. 19 August 2023. Retrieved 24 November 2023.


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