Elina Nasaudrodro

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Elina Nasaudrodro
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Full nameElina Vavailagi Nasaudrodro
NationalityFlag of Fiji.svg  Fiji
Born (1985-12-22) 22 December 1985 (age 38)
Suva, Fiji
Height1.57 m (5 ft 2 in)
Weight57 kg (126 lb)
Sport
Sport Judo
Event57 kg

Elina Vavailagi Nasaudrodro (born December 22, 1985, in Suva) is a Fijian judoka who competed in the women's lightweight category. [1] She won a bronze medal in the 57-kg division at the 2004 Oceania Judo Championships in Noumea, New Caledonia, [2] and represented her nation Fiji at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens at the age of eighteen.

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Early life and education

Originally from Dakuni village on Beqa island, Nasaudrodro attended Lomary School, [3] and later moved to Pacific Harbour. [4] She trained with Sensei Yukiko Honda, [3] as well as the national women's head coach, Takahiko Hasegawa of the Fiji Judo Association. [5] [6] According to Hasegawa, Nasaudrodro was "randomly picked" out of a group of candidates to train as a judoka. [6]

Career

She qualified for the two-member Fijian judo squad at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, after placing third in the women's lightweight class (57 kg) at the 2004 Oceania Judo Championships in New Caledonia, and accumulating the highest number of points. [3] [7] At the Olympics, Nasaudrodro immediately lost her opening match to highly credentialed British judoka Sophie Cox, who pinned and duly wrapped her on the tatami in a broken scarf hold (kuzure kesa gatame) within a minute. [8] [9] According to Radio Australia, Nasaudrodro was suffering from a knee injury. [10]

In 2005, Nasaudrodro led the Oceania girls judo team, including three Fijians and one New Caledonian, to the Australian Youth Olympic Festival in Sydney. [11] Competing in the 63 kg weight class, she won a bronze medal after beating Chinese Taipei in the first round, and losing to Australia in the second. [4]

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References

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  5. ↑ "Mr. Hasegawa Takahiko 1933–2007". Fiji Judo Association. Retrieved 7 September 2022.
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  10. ↑ "Top Tongan archer struggles with windy Athens conditions". Radio Australia. 17 August 2004. Archived from the original on 17 September 2017. Retrieved 12 December 2014.
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