Alowesi Nakoci

Aloesi Nakoci

Full name	Alowesi Naikodravi Nakoci
Date of birth	(1991-08-18) 18 August 1991 (age 33)
Height	1.69 m (5 ft 7 in)
Weight	70 kg (154 lb) [1]
Rugby union career
Super Rugby Years Team Apps (Points) 2025 Fijian Drua (0) International career Years Team Apps (Points)   Fiji 3 National sevens team Years Team Comps   Fiji
Medal record Representing   Fiji Women's rugby sevens Olympic Games 2020 Tokyo Team competition

Aloesi Nakoci (born 18 August 1991) is a Fijian rugby sevens player. ^[2] She represented Fiji at the 2020 and 2024 Summer Olympics. She also competed for the Fijiana fifteens team at the delayed 2021 Rugby World Cup.

Rugby career

Nakoci competed for the Fijiana sevens team at the delayed 2020 Summer Olympics that took place in 2021. ^{[3] [4] [5]} She won a bronze medal at the event. ^{[6] [7] [8]}

In 2022, she was part of the Fijiana sevens side that participated at the Rugby World Cup Sevens in Cape Town in September. ^[9] A few weeks later, she played for the Fijiana fifteens team in a warm up match against Canada. ^[10] She was subsequently named in the Fijiana squad for the delayed 2021 Rugby World Cup which occurred in 2022. ^[11]

She represented Fiji at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris. ^{[12] [13]}

References

1. "Alowesi Nakoci". world.rugby. Retrieved 7 December 2021.
2. "Aloesi Nakoci". Olympedia. Retrieved 30 July 2021.
3. "Rugby Sevens - Canada vs Fiji - Pool B Results". Tokyo 2020. Archived from the original on 29 July 2021. Retrieved 30 July 2021.
4. Prasad, Vashneel (4 July 2021). "Fijian Rugby Sevens teams named for Tokyo Olympic Games". Official Website of Fiji Rugby Union. Retrieved 21 August 2022.
5. "Olympic Champions Fiji have named their squads to compete in the Tokyo Olympics". RNZ . 5 July 2021. Retrieved 21 August 2022.
6. "Fantastic Fijiana win historic Olympic medal". RNZ . 31 July 2021. Retrieved 21 August 2022.
7. Deo, Rohit (31 July 2021). "2020 Tokyo Olympics: Fantastic Fijiana win historic Bronze medal". FijiTimes. Retrieved 21 August 2022.
8. "How the Fijiana battled adversity to win historic Olympic medal at Tokyo Games". www.world.rugby. 12 August 2021. Retrieved 21 August 2022.
9. Prasad, Vashneel (31 August 2022). "Saiasi Fuli names squad for Rugby World Cup". Official Website of Fiji Rugby Union. Retrieved 19 September 2022.
10. "World Cup Warm-Up – Fiji vs Canada – ARN Guide". Americas Rugby News. 22 September 2022. Retrieved 26 September 2022.
11. Prasad, Vashneel (21 September 2022). "Seruvakula names 32-member squad for Rugby World Cup". Official Website of Fiji Rugby Union. Retrieved 23 September 2022.
12. Prasad, Vashneel (4 July 2021). "Fijian Rugby Sevens teams named for Tokyo Olympic Games". Official Website of Fiji Rugby Union. Retrieved 26 July 2024.
13. "Fiji - Rugby Sevens Olympic Games Paris 2024". www.world.rugby. 2024. Retrieved 27 July 2024.

External links

• Aloesi Nakoci at Olympedia