Bertrand Vili

Bertrand Vili (born 6 September 1983) is a French former track and field athlete who competed in the discus throw. He represented France at the 2009 World Championships in Athletics and was a silver medallist at the 2005 Jeux de la Francophonie.[1] He was a double shot put/discus gold medallist at the 2001 South Pacific Mini Games and also won javelin throw silver.[2] He won the gold medal in the discus at the 2007 Pacific Games in a games record of 58.31 m.[3] He successfully defended that title four years later at the 2011 Pacific Games, held in his native New Caledonia.[4] He has a personal best of 63.66 m (208 ft 10 1⁄4 in) and is the New Caledonian national record holder.

He won three straight national titles at the French Athletics Championships from 2007 to 2009.[5] He has also won at the Australian Athletics Championships (2009) and won a shot put and two discus titles at the New Zealand Athletics Championships between 2002 and 2004.[6]

In 2006 he wrote off his car in an accident while narrowly beneath the drink-drive limit. He was married to fellow athlete Valerie Adams from 2004 to 2010, with Adams citing Vili's drinking as a cause of their marital breakdown in her autobiography.[7] His cousin Laurent Vili is a former shot putter and rugby player.[8]

International competitions
YearCompetitionVenuePositionEventNotes
2001 South Pacific Mini Games Middlegate, Norfolk Island 1st Shot put 16.81 m
1st Discus throw 49.41 m
2nd Javelin throw 63.78 m
2002 World Junior Championships Kingston, Jamaica 5th Shot put 20.12 m
11th Discus throw 57.87 m
2003 European U23 Championships Bydgoszcz, Poland 7th Discus throw 54.88 m
2005 European U23 Championships Erfurt, Germany 11th Discus throw 55.40 m
Jeux e la Francophonie Niamey, Niger 2nd Discus throw 54.05 m
2007 Pacific Games Apia, Samoa 1st Discus throw 58.31 m GR
2nd Hammer throw 55.73 m
2009 World Championships Berlin, Germany 18th (q) Discus throw 60.88 m
2011 Pacific Games Nouméa, New Caledonia 1st Discus throw 54.12 m
  • Positions in qualifying rounds (q) are overall positions in the round including all groups.

National titles

See also

References
  1. Francophone Games. GBR Athletics. Retrieved 22 April 2018.
  2. South Pacific Mini Games. GBR Athletics. Retrieved 22 April 2018.
  3. Samoan athlete is strong medal contender in field events. The National (13 July 2015). Retrieved 22 April 2018.
  4. South Pacific Games Results. SportsTG. Retrieved 22 April 2018.
  5. Bertrand Vili. IAAF. Retrieved 22 April 2018.
  6. New Zealand Championships. GBR Athletics. Retrieved 22 April 2018.
  7. Adams 'embarrassed' by 2am haka. Stuff (28 October 2012). Retrieved 22 April 2018.
  8. Middleton, Julie (7 November 2008). Acquittal ends seven-year ordeal for rugby player Vili. New Zealand Herald. Retrieved 22 April 2018.
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