Alena Saili
| Date of birth | 13 December 1998 | ||||||||||||||
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| Place of birth | Porirua, New Zealand | ||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) | ||||||||||||||
| Weight | 77 kg (170 lb) | ||||||||||||||
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Alena Saili (born 13 December 1998) is a New Zealand rugby sevens player.
Saili joined the Black Ferns Sevens in 2017.[1] She won a gold medal at the 2018 Commonwealth Games.[1] She competed at the 2020 Summer Olympics and won a gold medal.[2]
Saili was named in the Black Ferns Sevens squad for the 2022 Commonwealth Games in Birmingham.[3][4] She won a bronze medal at the event.[5][6] She was part of the Black Ferns sevens team that won a silver medal at the Rugby World Cup Sevens in Cape Town.[7][8][9]
References
- ^ a b "Alena Salli". New Zealand Olympic Team. 18 June 2018. Retrieved 12 February 2021.
- ^ "SAILI Alena". Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 5 September 2021. Retrieved 5 September 2021.
- ^ "Rugby Sevens teams named for Commonwealth Games". allblacks.com. 29 June 2022. Retrieved 4 July 2022.
- ^ "Experienced New Zealand sevens squads revealed for Commonwealth Games". Stuff. 29 June 2022. Retrieved 4 July 2022.
- ^ McConnell, Lynn (1 August 2022). "Double bronze for New Zealand Sevens sides in Birmingham". allblacks.com. Retrieved 5 August 2022.
- ^ "NZ Sevens sides bounce back to win bronze medals". 1 News. 1 August 2022. Retrieved 5 August 2022.
- ^ Julian, Adam (12 September 2022). "New Zealand sides scoop silver in Cape Town". allblacks.com. Retrieved 22 September 2022.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ "NZ Sevens come up short, losing World Cup finals in Cape Town". 1 News. 12 September 2022. Retrieved 22 September 2022.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ Wilson, Sam (11 September 2022). "Recap: New Zealand's men and women beaten in Rugby World Cup Sevens finals in Cape Town". Stuff. Retrieved 22 September 2022.
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External links
- Alena Saili at Black Ferns Sevens
- Alena Saili at the World Rugby Women's Sevens Series (archived)
- Alena Saili at the New Zealand Olympic Committee
- Alena Saili at Olympics.com
- Alena Saili at Olympedia
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Categories:
- 1998 births
- Living people
- Commonwealth Games competitors for New Zealand
- Commonwealth Games gold medallists for New Zealand
- Commonwealth Games medallists in rugby sevens
- Medalists at the 2020 Summer Olympics
- New Zealand female rugby sevens players
- New Zealand women's international rugby sevens players
- New Zealand people of Samoan descent
- Olympic gold medalists for New Zealand
- Olympic medalists in rugby sevens
- Olympic rugby sevens players of New Zealand
- Rugby sevens players at the 2018 Commonwealth Games
- Rugby sevens players at the 2020 Summer Olympics
- Rugby union players from Porirua
- Rugby sevens players at the 2022 Commonwealth Games
- New Zealand rugby union biography, 1990s birth stubs