Sesenieli Donu (born 3 March 1996) is a Fijian rugby sevens player. She competed in the

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Personal life

Donu is from Vatukarasa Village in the Nadroga Navosa Province.

Rugby career

Donu competed for

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in the

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at the

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. She was part of the Fijiana sevens team that won the silver medal at the

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. She later competed at the

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. In September 2022, she made her fifteens debut in a warm up match against

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. She was later named in the

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squad for the delayed

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. She competed for Fiji at the

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* 1996 births Living people Place of birth missing (living people) Olympic rugby sevens players for Fiji Rugby sevens players at the 2020 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 2020 Summer Olympics Olympic bronze medalists for Fiji Olympic medalists in rugby sevens Fiji international women's rugby sevens players Rugby sevens players at the 2022 Commonwealth Games Commonwealth Games silver medallists for Fiji Commonwealth Games medallists in rugby sevens Fiji international rugby sevens players Medallists at the 2022 Commonwealth Games Rugby sevens players at the 2024 Summer Olympics {{Fiji-rugbyunion-bio-stub