{{short description|Papua New Guinean sprinter}} {{Use dmy dates|date=July 2020}} {{Infobox sportsperson | name = Wavala Kali | birth_name = | image = | caption = | nationality = Papua New Guinean | sport = Sprinting | event = 200 metres | club = | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1954|6|26|df=yes}} | birth_place = | death_date = | death_place = | height = | weight = }}
'''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.<ref name="SportsRef">{{cite Sports-Reference |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ka/wavala-kali-1.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200418004434/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ka/wavala-kali-1.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=18 April 2020 |title=Wavala Kali Olympic Results |accessdate=13 July 2017}}</ref>
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.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.postcourier.com.pg/team-pngs-first-flag-bearer-at-the-1976-olympic-games/|title=Team PNG's first flag bearer at the 1976 Olympic Games|website=Post Courier}}</ref>
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Kali, Wavala}} Category:1954 births Category:Living people Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 1974 British Commonwealth Games Category:Commonwealth Games athletes for Papua New Guinea Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 1976 Summer Olympics Category:Papua New Guinean men sprinters Category:Olympic athletes for Papua New Guinea Category:Place of birth missing (living people) Category:Pacific Games gold medalists for Papua New Guinea Category:Pacific Games medalists in athletics
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