Younis Bese

Younis Bese

Date of birth	(1996-07-07) 7 July 1996 (age 28)
Place of birth	Suva, Fiji
Rugby union career
Position(s) Wing Senior career Years Team Apps (Points) 2022 Fijiana Drua 2 (0) International career Years Team Apps (Points) 2022   Fiji 1 (5)
Sports career
Sport	Athletics
Event(s)	100 metres 200 metres
Sports achievements and titles
Personal best(s)	100m: 12.10s 200m: 25.02s
Medal record Women's athletics Representing   Fiji Oceania Championships 2014 Rarotonga 100 m 2014 Rarotonga 200 m Pacific Games 2015 Port Moresby 100 m 2015 Port Moresby 200 m

Younis Bese (born 7 July 1996) is a Fijian rugby union player and former sprinter.

Athletics career

Bese won a gold medal in the 200m at the 2014 Oceania Athletics Championships in the Cook Islands. She was then runner-up to Papua New Guinea's Toea Wisil in the 100m. ^{[1] [2]}

Bese competed at the 2014 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow, Scotland. ^{[3] [4]} She represented Fiji in the women's 100m and 200m events. ^[3] She finished in 7th place in the 100m heats and in 6th place in the 200m heats. ^[5]

Bese then won two silver medals for Fiji at the 2015 Pacific Games in the 100m and 200m events. ^{[6] [7]}

Rugby career

In 2022, Bese was one of two replacement players that was called into the Fijiana Drua squad for round five of the Super W competition. ^[8] She made her Super W debut off the bench against the Waratahs. ^{[8] [9]} She then made the starting line up against the Brumbies in the final round. ^{[10] [11]}

Bese was named in the Fijiana squad for two test matches against Australia and Japan in May 2022. ^{[12] [13]} She made her international debut for Fiji against Japan and scored a try. ^{[14] [15] [16]}

References

1. Narain, Pravin (9 July 2014). "Bese relishes her dream". Fiji Broadcasting Corporation. Retrieved 31 July 2022.
2. "2014 OCEANIA AREA CHAMPIONSHIPS". Athletics Fiji. 31 July 2017. Retrieved 31 July 2022.
3. Bia, Aliki (11 July 2014). "Bese aims for Olympic Games". www.fijivillage.com. Retrieved 31 July 2022.
4. McDonald, Eleina (6 June 2014). "Team Fiji athletes confirmed for CWG 2014". Fiji Broadcasting Corporation. Retrieved 31 July 2022.
5. "Glasgow 2014 - Younis Bese Profile". g2014results.thecgf.com. Retrieved 31 July 2022.
6. "Meet your athletics". FijiTimes. 17 June 2016. Retrieved 31 July 2022.
7. "Port Moresby 2015 Results". www.insidethegames.biz. Retrieved 31 July 2022.
8. "Bese: I Almost Gave Up But I Was Urged To Keep On Playing Rugby". 13 April 2022. Retrieved 31 July 2022.
9. Williamson, Nathan (31 March 2022). "Super W: All the team news for Round Five". www.rugby.com.au. Retrieved 20 July 2022.
10. Kotobalavu, Josefa (7 April 2022). "Seruvakula rings the changes for Fijiana Drua-Brumbies clash". MaiTV Fiji. Retrieved 31 July 2022.
11. Matairakula, Talei (8 April 2022). "Bese's perseverance pays off". Fiji Broadcasting Corporation. Retrieved 31 July 2022.
12. "Rooster Chicken to sponsor Fijiana 15s for two historic test matches while Seruvakula names four new overseas-based players". FijiTimes. 29 April 2022. Retrieved 20 July 2022.
13. Biudole, Noa (29 April 2022). "4 overseas-bases reps in Fijiana XVs squad". fijilive.com. Retrieved 21 July 2022.
14. Birch, John (1 May 2022). "Japan's winning start to Tri-Series". Scrum Queens. Retrieved 20 July 2022.
15. Rahiman, Antonio (1 May 2022). "Tri-Series Rugby - Japan beats Fijiana 28-14". www.fijivillage.com. Retrieved 20 July 2022.
16. Matairakula, Talei (1 May 2022). "Fijiana 15s goes down to Japan". Fiji Broadcasting Corporation. Retrieved 20 July 2022.

External links

• Younis Bese at World Athletics
• Younis Bese at the Glasgow 2014 Commonwealth Games (archived)