Fijian judoka
Sisilia Nasiga Rasokisoki (born 16 December 1979) is a Fijian judoka. She is one of Fijis most talented Judoka.
Nasiga competed at the 2002 Commonwealth Games in Manchester, where she won bronze in the women's 70 kg.[1] She has won gold at both the South Pacific Games and the South Pacific Judo Championships.[2] In 2008 Nasiga took 3rd place in the 70-kg division in the Zen Nihon Gakusei Taijuubetsu Taikai "All Japan University Student Weight Division Tournament" while she represented Fukuoka Keizai University.[3] She qualified to compete at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, where she was Fiji's only representative in judo.[4] She had previously competed at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens.[5]
Nasiga was defeated by Edith Bosch of the Netherlands at the Beijing Games.[6]
References
- ^ Results on the BBC website
- ^ "Nasiga sets sight on Olympic medal", Fiji Times, March 27, 2008
- ^ "一般社団法人 全日本学生柔道連盟".
- ^ "Nasiga sets sight on Olympic medal", Fiji Times, March 27, 2008
- ^ "Nasiga optimistic to win Gold" Archived 2011-07-17 at the Wayback Machine, Fiji Broadcasting Corporation, May 29, 2008
- ^ "Fiji's Sisilia Rasokisoki defeated in judo" Archived 2008-09-08 at the Wayback Machine, August 9, 2008
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