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| Born | 7 July 1996 Suva, Fiji | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Country |  Fiji | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Athletics | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Event(s) | 100 metres 200 metres | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Personal best(s) | 100m: 12.10s 200m: 25.02s | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Younis Bese (born 7 July 1996) is a Fijian rugby union player and former sprinter.
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]
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. [12] [13] She made her international debut for Fiji against Japan and scored a try. [14] [15] [16]
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