Medal record | ||
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Women's Judo | ||
Representing Fiji | ||
Commonwealth Games | ||
2002 Manchester | Women's 70 kg |
Sisilia Nasiga Rasokisoki (born 16 December 1979) is a Fijian judoka. She is one of Fijis most talented Judoka.
Nasiga competed at the 2002 Commonwealth Games in Manchester, where she won bronze in the women's 70 kg. [1] She has won gold at both the South Pacific Games and the South Pacific Judo Championships. [2] In 2008 Nasiga took 3rd place in the 70-kg division in the Zen Nihon Gakusei Taijuubetsu Taikai "All Japan University Student Weight Division Tournament" while she represented Fukuoka Keizai University. [3] She qualified to compete at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, where she was Fiji's only representative in judo. [4] She had previously competed at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens. [5]
Nasiga was defeated by Edith Bosch of the Netherlands at the Beijing Games. [6]
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