| Date of birth | 23 July 1999 | ||||||||||
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| Height | 190 cm (6 ft 3 in) | ||||||||||
| Weight | 92 kg (203 lb; 14 st 7 lb) | ||||||||||
| Notable relative(s) | Brian Lima (father) | ||||||||||
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BJ Telefoni Lima (born 23 July 1999) is a Samoan rugby sevens player.
| Date of birth | 23 July 1999 | ||||||||||
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| Height | 190 cm (6 ft 3 in) | ||||||||||
| Weight | 92 kg (203 lb; 14 st 7 lb) | ||||||||||
| Notable relative(s) | Brian Lima (father) | ||||||||||
| Rugby union career | |||||||||||
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BJ Telefoni Lima (born 23 July 1999) is a Samoan rugby sevens player.
Lima made his international sevens debut during the Sydney leg of the 2022–23 Sevens Series. [1] He competed for Samoa at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris. [2] [3]
His father, Brian Lima, represented Samoa at five Rugby World Cups. [1]
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