Sesenieli Donu
| Date of birth | 3 March 1996 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Place of birth | Vatukarasa, Fiji | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.76 m (5 ft 9 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 76 kg (168 lb)[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Sesenieli Donu (born 3 March 1996) is a Fijian rugby sevens player.[2] She competed in the 2020 and 2024 Summer Olympics.
Personal life
[edit]Donu is from Vatukarasa Village in the Nadroga Navosa Province.
Rugby career
[edit]Donu competed for Fiji in the women's tournament at the 2020 Summer Olympics.[3][4][5]
She was part of the Fijiana sevens team that won the silver medal at the 2022 Commonwealth Games in Birmingham.[6][7][8][9] She later competed at the 2022 Rugby World Cup Sevens in Cape Town.[10]
In September 2022, she made her fifteens debut in a warm up match against Canada.[11] She was later named in the Fijiana squad for the delayed 2021 Rugby World Cup.[12]
She competed for Fiji at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris.[13][14]
References
[edit]- ^ "Sesenieli Donu". world.rugby. Retrieved 7 December 2021.
- ^ "Sesenieli Donu". Olympedia. Retrieved 30 July 2021.
- ^ "Rugby Sevens - Canada vs Fiji - Pool B Results". Tokyo 2020. Archived from the original on 29 July 2021. Retrieved 30 July 2021.
- ^ Prasad, Vashneel (4 July 2021). "Fijian Rugby Sevens teams named for Tokyo Olympic Games". Official Website of Fiji Rugby Union. Retrieved 21 August 2022.
- ^ "Olympic Champions Fiji have named their squads to compete in the Tokyo Olympics". RNZ. 5 July 2021. Retrieved 21 August 2022.
- ^ Tavi, Karalaini. "Fiji 7's squad named for Birmingham Games". fbcnews.com.fj. Retrieved 2 August 2022.
- ^ "Fiji Rugby names squads for Commonwealth Games Sevens". RNZ. 6 July 2022. Retrieved 2 August 2022.
- ^ Prasad, Vashneel (1 August 2022). "Team Fiji Men's and Women's teams settle for silver medals at Commonwealth Games". Official Website of Fiji Rugby Union. Retrieved 4 August 2022.
- ^ "Australia takes Women's Sevens gold over Fiji". ESPN.com. 31 July 2022. Retrieved 4 August 2022.
- ^ Prasad, Vashneel (31 August 2022). "Saiasi Fuli names squad for Rugby World Cup". Official Website of Fiji Rugby Union. Retrieved 19 September 2022.
- ^ "World Cup Warm-Up – Fiji vs Canada – ARN Guide". Americas Rugby News. 22 September 2022. Retrieved 26 September 2022.
- ^ Prasad, Vashneel (21 September 2022). "Seruvakula names 32-member squad for Rugby World Cup". Official Website of Fiji Rugby Union. Retrieved 23 September 2022.
- ^ Prasad, Vashneel (4 July 2021). "Fijian Rugby Sevens teams named for Tokyo Olympic Games". Official Website of Fiji Rugby Union. Retrieved 26 July 2024.
- ^ "Fiji - Rugby Sevens Olympic Games Paris 2024". www.world.rugby. 2024. Retrieved 27 July 2024.
External links
[edit]- Sesenieli Donu at the World Rugby Women's Sevens Series (archived)
- Sesenieli Donu’s comeback journey at Fiji Rugby
- Sesenieli Donu at Olympedia (archive)
- Sesenieli Donu at Olympics.com
- Sesenieli Donu at the Paris 2024 Summer Olympics
- Sesenieli Donu at the Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games
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- Rugby sevens players at the 2020 Summer Olympics
- Medalists at the 2020 Summer Olympics
- Olympic bronze medalists for Fiji
- Olympic medalists in rugby sevens
- Fiji international women's rugby sevens players
- Rugby sevens players at the 2022 Commonwealth Games
- Commonwealth Games silver medallists for Fiji
- Commonwealth Games medallists in rugby sevens
- Fiji international rugby sevens players
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