Fred Fatiaki is a Fijian Paralympic athlete, athletics coach and official. He coached the first Fijian and Pacific Islander to ever win a gold medal at the
2012 Summer Paralympics
The 2012 Summer Paralympics, branded as the London 2012 Paralympic Games, were an international multi-sport parasports event held from 29 August to 9 September 2012 in London, England, United Kingdom. They were the 14th Summer Paralympic Gam ...
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Iliesa Delana who he had been coaching since 2006.
In 2013 he won the Fiji Sports Awards Coach of the Year for 2012.
Fatiaki has been working for the Fiji Paralympic Committee since 2008.
Fred is the older brother of Fijian
rugby union
Rugby union, commonly known simply as rugby, is a close-contact team sport that originated at Rugby School in the first half of the 19th century. One of the two codes of rugby football, it is based on running with the ball in hand. In its m ...
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Ravai Fatiaki
Ravai Fatiaki (born 1 March 1987) is a Fijian rugby union player who plays for Leicester Tigers in England's Premiership Rugby. He plays as a centre or fly-half.
Biography
Fatiaki's older brother of Fred, coached the former Assistant Minister ...
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References
Living people
Fijian people of Rotuman descent
Paralympic coaches of Fiji
Coaches at the 2012 Summer Paralympics
Fijian sports coaches
Year of birth missing (living people)
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