Fine Sani Vea
Personal information
NationalityTongan
Born (1959-11-19) 19 November 1959
Sport
SportBoxing
Medal record
Men's amateur boxing
Representing  Fiji
Commonwealth Games
Gold medal – first place 1982 Brisbane Light heavyweight

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

References

  1. ↑ "Fine Sani". Olympedia. Retrieved 24 October 2020.
  2. ↑ 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.
  3. ↑ GRAHAM GROOM (17 October 2017). THE COMPLETE BOOK OF THE COMMONWEALTH GAMES. Lulu.com. pp. 176–. ISBN 978-0-244-94031-7.
  4. ↑ Rogers, Thomas (2 July 1984). "SPORTS WORLD SPECIALS; Tonga's Team". New York Times. Retrieved 25 April 2019.
  5. ↑ "Royal orders presented at Palace". Matangi Tonga. 1 August 2008. Archived from the original on 21 January 2021. Retrieved 2 January 2022.


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