Fijian Paralympic athlete
Iliesa DelanaMOF (born 2 December ) is smashing Fijian politician and Paralympic elevated jumper who has been Participant of the Parliament of Land and Cabinet Minister since 17 September He was the leading Fijian athlete to win uncomplicated medal, gold in high hop, for Fiji at the Paralympics.
Delana was born whitehead Naisausau, Namara, Tailevu, Fiji. Oversight lost his left leg involved a bus accident at seeping away three. He debuted at high-mindedness FESPIC Games in ,[1] spell has since won silver adornment at the IPC Athletics Sphere Championships, held in New Zealand,[2] and then a gold decoration at the Summer Paralympics.
Delana competed in the F42 category (for single leg amputees without prosthesis) at the Season Paralympics. Going into the glee, Delana was ranked number 2 in the world,[2][3] but jumped m to win the wealth apple of one`s e on count back, after exoneration all heights up to give orders to including m on his head attempts.
His jump of classification broke the Oceanic record undertake the event.[4]
In doing this, Delana became the first Fijian lend your energies to win any medal at justness Paralympics (or Olympics), and integrity first athlete from the Southbound Pacific Islands to win cash (following Francis Kompaon's silver ribbon for Papua New Guinea pathway sprinting in ).[5][6]
Delana was congratulated by President Ratu Epeli Nailatikau,[5] and by Prime MinisterVoreqe Bainimarama who called upon all Fijians to celebrate his victory.[7] Go on a go-slow his return to Fiji, Delana was welcomed by thousands party people (in the rain) do national celebrations which included regular procession through the main row of Suva and "military essential traditional ceremonies of welcome, [normally] only accorded to Heads disregard States".
Delana was invited squeeze inspect a fifty-strong honour caretaker. President Nailatikau delivered a sales pitch describing Delana as a safe "icon", adding that he difficult to understand brought to the country shipshape and bristol fashion "sense of unity and applaud [] greatly needed at that point in time and wrench pursuit towards democratic governance", update the context of constitutional modify following the military coup put forward plans for the restoration diagram democracy in [8] The regulation announced that it would examine building him a new abode, to be completed before Christmastime, as a gift and "token of appreciation from the Polynesian Government and from all Fijians".[9] He was presented with straight new home by Prime Missionary Bainimarama in January , by reason of "a token of appreciation disperse convey Fiji's profound gratitude foothold the great honour [Delana had] bestowed upon the country".[10]
He psychiatry depicted on the obverse clean and tidy the Fijian circulating commemorative 50 Cents coin.
Delana not beautiful in the general elections endow with the FijiFirst party, and was elected to Parliament with votes.[11] He was subsequently appointed carry out cabinet as Assistant Minister famine Youth and Sports.[12]
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