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Place of Birth: Suva, Central Division, Fiji
About Isireli Naikelekelevesi
- Isireli Naikelekelevesi (born 17 December 1976) is a Fijian former middle-distance runner who specialised in the 800 metres.
- He is the Fijian national record holder in that event.Born in Suva, he represented his country at the Summer Olympics in 1996, 2000 and 2004.
- In 1996 he anchored a 4 × 400 metres relay team including Soloveni Nakaunicina, Henry Semiti and Solomone Bole, while in the latter two years he ran in the heats of the 800 m.
- He competed in the 800 m heats at the 2001 World Championships in Athletics and also appeared at the Commonwealth Games in 1998 and 2002 (reaching the semi-finals on his second attempt).
- He ran for Fiji at the IAAF World Cross Country Championships in both 1996 and 1998.His greatest successes came at regional level.
- He began with a 5000 metres bronze at the 1994 Oceania Junior Athletics Championships.
- He won three back-to-back middle-distance doubles at the South Pacific Games (1995, 1999, 2003) and also claimed a 400 metres bronze and relay silver in 2003.
- He remains the Games record holder in the 800 m.
- At the South Pacific Mini Games, he won a middle-distance double and took steeplechase bronze.
- The following edition in 2001 brought a sweep from 400 m to 1500 m and a fourth gold in the relay.
- At the 2005 edition he was edged out in the 1500 m by Samoa's Setefano Mika, but retained his 800 m and relay titles.At the Oceania Athletics Championships he was a mainstay of distance running for a decade.
- He won his first 5000 metres title at the 1996 Oceania Athletics Championships and also won silver in the 10,000 metres.
- He won the 800 m title in 2000, but was beaten into second by New Zealander Gareth Hyett in 2002.
- He was again 800 m runner-up in 2006 finishing behind Samoa's Aunese Curreen.In his last major international events he took two middle-distance silver medals behind Curreen at the 2007 Pacific Games and 2008 Oceania Athletics Championships.
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