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Fiji has won four Olympic medals, three in men's rugby sevens, and one in women's rugby sevens. Olympics rugby was first contested in 2016 and the Fiji men's team is the most successful of any country, winning gold in 2016 and 2020, and silver in 2024. The women's team won bronze in 2020.
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
The Fiji national rugby sevens team qualified for the Olympics by advancing to the quarterfinals in the 2019 London Sevens, securing a top four spot in the 2018–19 World Rugby Sevens Series. [4] Team roster. Fiji's 12-man squad plus one alternate was named on 6 July 2021. [5] Head coach: Gareth Baber
Antoine Dupont of France races clear of Fiji's Waisea Nacuqu to score a try during the men's gold medal Rugby Sevens match between France and Fiji at the 2024 Summer Olympics, in the Stade de ...
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]
The Fijian men's rugby sevens team qualified for the Olympics by having achieved one of the top four places at the 2014–15 Sevens World Series. [29] [30] Team roster. The following is the Fiji roster in the men's rugby sevens tournament of the 2016 Summer Olympics. [31] Head coach: Ben Ryan
Fiji competed at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, United Kingdom from July 27 to August 12, 2012. This was the nation's thirteenth appearance at the Olympics, having appeared at every games since 1956 except the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, and the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow due to its support for the American-led boycott.
England take on Fiji at Twickenham in their final Rugby World Cup warm-up fixture