Sesenieli Donu

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Sesenieli Donu
Date of birth (1996-03-03) 3 March 1996 (age 29)
Place of birthVatukarasa, Fiji
Height1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)
Weight76 kg (168 lb) [1]
Rugby union career
International career
YearsTeamApps(Points)
2022Flag of Fiji.svg  Fiji 1
National sevens team
YearsTeamComps
Flag of Fiji.svg  Fiji
Medal record
Representing Flag of Fiji.svg  Fiji
Women's rugby sevens
Olympic Games
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2020 Tokyo Team competition
Commonwealth Games
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2022 Birmingham Team competition

Sesenieli Donu (born 3 March 1996) is a Fijian rugby sevens player. [2] She competed in the 2020 and 2024 Summer Olympics.

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Personal life

Donu is from Vatukarasa Village in the Nadroga Navosa Province.

Rugby career

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

  1. ↑ "Sesenieli Donu". world.rugby. Retrieved 7 December 2021.
  2. ↑ "Sesenieli Donu". 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. ↑ Tavi, Karalaini. "Fiji 7's squad named for Birmingham Games". fbcnews.com.fj. Retrieved 2 August 2022.
  7. ↑ "Fiji Rugby names squads for Commonwealth Games Sevens". RNZ . 6 July 2022. Retrieved 2 August 2022.
  8. ↑ 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.
  9. ↑ "Australia takes Women's Sevens gold over Fiji". ESPN.com. 31 July 2022. Retrieved 4 August 2022.
  10. ↑ Prasad, Vashneel (31 August 2022). "Saiasi Fuli names squad for Rugby World Cup". Official Website of Fiji Rugby Union. Retrieved 19 September 2022.
  11. ↑ "World Cup Warm-Up – Fiji vs Canada – ARN Guide". Americas Rugby News. 22 September 2022. Retrieved 26 September 2022.
  12. ↑ Prasad, Vashneel (21 September 2022). "Seruvakula names 32-member squad for Rugby World Cup". Official Website of Fiji Rugby Union. Retrieved 23 September 2022.
  13. ↑ Prasad, Vashneel (4 July 2021). "Fijian Rugby Sevens teams named for Tokyo Olympic Games". Official Website of Fiji Rugby Union. Retrieved 26 July 2024.
  14. ↑ "Fiji - Rugby Sevens Olympic Games Paris 2024". www.world.rugby. 2024. Retrieved 27 July 2024.


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