Papua New Guinean sprinter
Wavala Kali
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Nationality | Papua New Guinean |
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Born | (1954-06-26) 26 June 1954 (age 70) |
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Sport | Sprinting |
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Event | 200 metres |
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Wavala Kali (born 26 June 1954) is a Papua New Guinean sprinter. He competed in the men's 200 metres and the men's 400 m at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal.[1]
Kali started running in 1971 at Iarowari High School. He is from Kelekapana, Abau District and Alukuni, Rigo District. He won a gold medal at the 1975 South Pacific Games. He was Papua New Guinea's first ever flag bearer at the Olympic Games.[2]
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