Fine Sani
Tongan boxer (born 1959)
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Nationality | Tongan | ||||||||||||||
Born | (1959-11-19) 19 November 1959 (age 64) | ||||||||||||||
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Sport | Boxing | ||||||||||||||
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Fine Sani Vea (born 19 November 1959) is a Tongan boxer.[1] He competed in the men's light heavyweight event at the 1984 Summer Olympics, losing his first bout to Georgică Donici of Romania.[2] Sani won a gold medal in the light heavyweight division at the 1982 Commonwealth Games while representing Fiji despite not having Fijian citizenship.[3][4]
Honours
- National honours
- Order of Queen Sālote Tupou III, Member (31 July 2008).[5]
References
- ^ "Fine Sani". Olympedia. Retrieved 24 October 2020.
- ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Fine Sani Vea". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 1 January 2019.
- ^ GRAHAM GROOM (17 October 2017). THE COMPLETE BOOK OF THE COMMONWEALTH GAMES. Lulu.com. pp. 176–. ISBN 978-0-244-94031-7.
- ^ Rogers, Thomas (2 July 1984). "SPORTS WORLD SPECIALS; Tonga's Team". New York Times. Retrieved 25 April 2019.
- ^ "Royal orders presented at Palace". Matangi Tonga. 1 August 2008. Archived from the original on 21 January 2021. Retrieved 2 January 2022.
External links
- Fine Sani Vea at Olympics.com
- Fine Sani Vea at Olympedia
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Preceded by None | Flagbearer for Tonga Los Angeles 1984 | Succeeded by |
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- 1950: up to 80 kg
- 1954 – 2018: up to 81 kg
- 2022 – present: up to 80 kg
- 1930: Joe Goyder (ENG)
- 1934: George Brennan (ENG)
- 1938: Nick Wolmarans (SAF)
- 1950: Don Scott (ENG)
- 1954: Piet van Vuuren (SAF)
- 1958–1962: Anthony Madigan (AUS)
- 1966: Roger Tighe (ENG)
- 1970: Fatai Ayinla (NGR)
- 1974: Bill Knight (ENG)
- 1978: Roger Fortin (CAN)
- 1982: Fine Sani (FIJ)
- 1986: Jim Moran (ENG)
- 1990: Joseph Akhasamba (KEN)
- 1994: Dale Brown (CAN)
- 1998: Courtney Fry (ENG)
- 2002: Jegbefumere Albert (NGR)
- 2006: Kenny Anderson (SCO)
- 2010: Callum Johnson (SCO)
- 2014: David Nyika (NZL)
- 2018: Sammy Lee (WAL)
- 2022: Sean Lazzerini (SCO)
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