Lote Raikabula
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| Birth name | Lote Raikabula | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Date of birth | 31 July 1983 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Fiji | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 87 kg (13 st 10 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Medal record | ||
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Representing  New Zealand
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| Commonwealth Games | ||
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2006 Melbourne | Rugby 7's |
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2010 Delhi | Rugby 7's |
Lote Raikabula (born 31 July 1983 in Suva, Fiji) is a New Zealand rugby player who has played both Rugby Union and Rugby sevens. He currently plays for the All Blacks Sevens team in the IRB Sevens World Series. He has played more than 60 tournaments since his debut in 2006,[1] playing in 20 tournament-winning teams. With five IRB Sevens World Series medals, a Rugby World Cup Sevens title and two Commonwealth Games gold medals he is arguably New Zealand Sevens' most successful player.[2]
Raikabula has played Rugby Union for both Hawkes Bay[3] and Manawatu[4] in the Air New Zealand Cup.
Career highlights
- New Zealand Sevens 2006–present
- Hawke's Bay 2006, 2007
- East Coast 2005
- Wellington Sevens 2002 - 2005
- Wellington Under 21 2003
References
Categories:
- 1983 births
- New Zealand rugby union players
- New Zealand people of I-Taukei Fijian descent
- Rugby sevens players
- Rugby sevens players at the 2006 Commonwealth Games
- Commonwealth Games gold medallists for New Zealand
- Fijian emigrants to New Zealand
- Living people
- New Zealand international rugby union (sevens) players
- I-Taukei Fijian people