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Fiji earned its first ever Olympic medal at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, a gold in men's rugby sevens. [7] The team broke out in a victory song that drew considerable online attention and Fiji declared a national holiday for the win. [8] At the 2020 Olympics the team successfully defended its title, while the women's team took a ...
Fiji competed at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo. Originally scheduled to take place from 24 July to 9 August 2020, the Games were postponed to 23 July to 8 August 2021, because of the COVID-19 pandemic. [1] This was Fiji's Tokyo debut after it failed to register any athletes at the 1964 Summer Olympics, also held in Tokyo.
Fiji women's national rugby sevens team qualified for the Olympics by virtue of the highest rank eligible nation's, not yet qualified, at the 2023 Oceania Sevens Championship. [8] Team roster. Fiji's squad of 13 players was finalized on 18 July 2024. Additionally Rogosau Adimereani was named as a traveling reserve. [9] Head coach: Saiasi Fuli
0–9. Fiji at the 1956 Summer Olympics; Fiji at the 1960 Summer Olympics; Fiji at the 1968 Summer Olympics; Fiji at the 1972 Summer Olympics; Fiji at the 1976 Summer Olympics
Fiji failed to register any athletes at the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, and joined the American-led boycott when Moscow hosted the 1980 Summer Olympics. Fiji Association of Sports and National Olympic Committee sent the nation's largest delegation to the Games, due to the attendance of the men's football and rugby sevens teams.
The Fiji women’s team also confirmed its place at the Paris Olympics with a 54-0 win over Papua New Guinea in the final qualifying match. Fijiana were bronze medalists at the Tokyo Olympics four ...
The Fiji Association of Sports and National Olympic Committee (FASANOC) was founded on 25 March 1949 and achieved International Olympic Committee (IOC) recognition on 20 September 1955. It is responsible for entering Fiji's representatives in the Olympic Games and the coordination and management of Fiji Teams to the South Pacific Mini Games ...
The home team took gold in Rugby Sevens, handing Fiji its first-ever Olympic loss in a title game since the sport entered the Olympics in 2016. Fiji won gold in Rio, then again in Tokyo.