Wesley Roberts (swimmer)

Wesley Roberts
Personal information
Full nameWesley Tikiariki Roberts
Born (1997-06-24) 24 June 1997 (age 27)
Height1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)
Weight74 kg (163 lb)
Sport
Country Cook Islands
SportSwimming
StrokesFreestyle
ClubWests Illawarra Aquatic[1]
Medal record
Men's swimming
Representing  Cook Islands
Pacific Games
Gold medal – first place 2023 Honiara 100 m freestyle
Gold medal – first place 2023 Honiara 400 m freestyle
Gold medal – first place 2019 Apia 200 m freestyle
Silver medal – second place 2023 Honiara 50 m butterfly
Silver medal – second place 2019 Apia 400 m freestyle
Silver medal – second place 2019 Apia 1500 m freestyle
Bronze medal – third place 2019 Apia 100 m freestyle
Bronze medal – third place 2023 Honiara 200 m medley
Oceania Championships
Gold medal – first place 2018 Port Moresby 400 m freestyle
Silver medal – second place 2018 Port Moresby 200 m freestyle
Bronze medal – third place 2018 Port Moresby 1500 m freestyle

Wesley Roberts (born 24 June 1997) is a Cook Islands swimmer who competed at the 2016 Summer Olympics and holds several Cook Islands national records in swimming.

Personal life

Roberts is from Atiu, and was educated at the University of Wollongong in Australia.[2]

Swimming career

Roberts won the gold medal in the men's 1500 and 400 metres long course freestyle event at the 2016 Oceania Swimming Championships.[3][4] Roberts also won gold, 2 silver and a bronze in the 200 Freestyle, 400 Freestyle, 1500 Freestyle and the 100 Freestyle respectively at the 2019 Pacific Games, held in Apia, Samoa.[5]

Roberts represented the Cook Islands at the 2016 Summer Olympics, where he swam in the men's 1500 metre freestyle.[6]

At the 2023 Pacific Games in Honiara he won gold medals in the 100[7] and 400 meters freestyle,[8] silver in the 50 meters butterfly,[7] and bronze in the 200 meters medley.[2]

References

  1. ^ "Wesley Tikiariki Roberts". Tokyo 2020. Archived from the original on 4 August 2021. Retrieved 9 August 2021.
  2. ^ a b Losirene Lacanivalu (22 November 2023). "Roberts grabs another medal, aims for more". Cook Islands News. Retrieved 22 November 2023.
  3. ^ Kumar, Rashneel (18 August 2020). "Roberts creates swimming history".
  4. ^ "Sport: Cook Islands swimmer wins Oceania gold". 22 June 2016.
  5. ^ "WESLEY ROBERTS EARNS FIRST-EVER PACIFIC GAMES SWIMMING GOLD FOR COOK ISLANDS". SwimSwam. 13 July 2019.
  6. ^ "ROBERTS Wesley". Archived from the original on 25 August 2016.
  7. ^ a b Losirene Lacanivalu (24 November 2023). "Atiu rocket Roberts soars to Pacific Games record and another gold". Cook Islands News. Retrieved 23 November 2023.
  8. ^ Losirene Lacanivalu (21 November 2023). "Swimmer Roberts makes a splash with gold medal win". Cook Islands News. Retrieved 22 November 2023.


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