Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
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 national rugby sevens team qualified for the Olympics by securing the third of the four available places in the 2022–23 World Rugby Sevens Series. [2] [3] Team roster. Fiji's squad of 12 players was finalized on 18 July 2024. Additionally, Josaia Raisuqe and Filipe Sauturaga were named as traveling reserves. [4] Head coach: Osea Kolinisau
Fiji entered one athlete into the table tennis competition at the Games for the first time in the nation's Olympic history. Sally Yee secured a spot in the women's singles by virtue of her top three finish at the 2016 Oceania Qualification Tournament in Bendigo, Australia. [39]
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 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.
The Fiji national rugby sevens team has competed in the World Rugby Sevens Series, Rugby World Cup Sevens and the Olympics.Fiji won the gold medal in the inaugural rugby sevens at the Summer Olympics in 2016 in Brazil, the country's first Olympic medal in any event, and repeated as Olympic champions in the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, defeating New Zealand. [1]
Fiji sent a delegation to compete at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, United States from 28 July to 12 August 1984. This was the nation's sixth appearance at a Summer Olympic Games. Their first appearance was at the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne, Australia. Fiji's delegation consisted of fourteen competitors with the most being in ...
Fiji at the 1956 Summer Olympics; IOC code: FIJ: NOC: Fiji Association of Sports and National Olympic Committee: Website: www.fasanoc.org.fj: in Melbourne/Stockholm; Competitors: 4 in 3 sports: Flag bearer: Mesulame Rakuro [1] Medals: Gold 0 Silver 0 Bronze 0 Total 0: Summer Olympics appearances