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Sesenieli Donu

Date of birth	(1996-03-03) 3 March 1996 (age 28)
Place of birth	Vatukarasa, Fiji
Height	1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)
Weight	76 kg (168 lb)
Rugby union career
International career Years Team Apps (Points) 2022  Fiji 1 National sevens team Years Team Comps  Fiji
Medal record Representing  Fiji Women's rugby sevens Olympic Games 2020 Tokyo Team competition Commonwealth Games 2022 Birmingham Team competition

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

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.

She was part of the Fijiana sevens team that won the silver medal at the 2022 Commonwealth Games in Birmingham. She later competed at the 2022 Rugby World Cup Sevens in Cape Town.

In September 2022, she made her fifteens debut in a warm up match against Canada. She was later named in the Fijiana squad for the delayed 2021 Rugby World Cup.

She competed for Fiji at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris.

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.

External links

• Sesenieli Donu at the World Rugby Women's Sevens Series (archived)
• Sesenieli Donu’s comeback journey at Fiji Rugby
• Sesenieli Donu at Olympedia (archive)
• Sesenieli Donu at Olympics.com
• Sesenieli Donu at the Paris 2024 Summer Olympics
• Sesenieli Donu at the Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games

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