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Nationality
  
Solomon Islands

Sport
  
Athletics

Sharon Firisua

Born
  
15 December 1993 (age 23) (
1993-12-15
)

Event(s)
  
1500 m, 5000 m, steeplechase

Club
  
Glenhuntly Athletic Club

Personal best(s)
  
1500 m – 4:58.45 (2013) 3000 mS – 11:50.31 (2015) 5000 m – 18:01.62(2016)

Sharon Firisua (born 15 December 1993) is a Solomon Islands track and field athlete. In 2013 she was named the Solomon Islands Sportswoman of the Year. She started training seriously in 2010 and at her second Pacific Games in 2015 she took two gold medals at 5000 and 1000m and another in the half marathon in Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea.

At the 2016 Summer Olympics she competed in the 5000 m event.

References

Sharon Firisua Wikipedia