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Wesley Roberts (swimmer)

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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

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

Swimming career

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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

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  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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