| Date of birth | 9 June 2000 | ||||||||||||||
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| Height | 185 cm (6 ft 1 in) | ||||||||||||||
| Weight | 92 kg (203 lb; 14 st 7 lb) | ||||||||||||||
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Joji Nasova (born 9 June 2000) is a Fijian rugby sevens player. He was selected for the 2024 Summer Olympics. He was part of the Fijian team which reached the finals of the men's rugby sevens tournament. [1] [2] [3]
The Fiji national rugby sevens team has competed in the World Rugby Sevens Series, Rugby World Cup Sevens and the Olympics. Fiji won the gold medal in the inaugural rugby sevens at the Summer Olympics in 2016 in Brazil, the country's first Olympic medal in any event, and repeated as Olympic champions in the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, defeating New Zealand. Fiji would fall short from winning gold for a third straight time in 2024 after a defeat in the final to hosts France. Overall, Fiji are the only national rugby sevens team in the world to have won the Sevens Treble, the three major achievements in Sevens. They have won multiple World Rugby Sevens Series and Rugby World Cup Sevens.
The Fiji women's national rugby sevens team represents Fiji at regional and international sevens tournaments.
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