Sisilia Nasiga Rasokisoki (born 16 December 1979) is a

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. Nasiga competed at the

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, where she won bronze in the women's 70 kg. She has won gold at both the South Pacific Games and the South Pacific Judo Championships. In 2008 Nasiga took 3rd place in the 70-kg division in the ''Zen Nihon Gakusei Taijuubetsu Taikai'' "All Japan University Student Weight Division Tournament" while she represented Fukuoka Keizai University. She qualified to compete at the

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, where she was Fiji's only representative in judo. She had previously competed at the

2004 Summer Olympics The 2004 Summer Olympics ( el, Θερινοί Ολυμπιακοί Αγώνες 2004, ), officially the Games of the XXVIII Olympiad ( el, Αγώνες της 28ης Ολυμπιάδας, ) and also known as Athens 2004 ( el, Αθήνα 2004), ...

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. Nasiga was defeated by

Edith Bosch Edith Bosch (born 31 May 1980) is a Dutch judoka. Her Olympic debut was at the 2000 Olympics in Sydney where she finished seventh. She won the silver medal at the 2004 Summer Olympics in the middleweight division. She was also European champion ...

of the

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at the Beijing Games."Fiji's Sisilia Rasokisoki defeated in judo"
, August 9, 2008

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1979 births Living people Fijian female judoka Olympic judoka for Fiji Judoka at the 2004 Summer Olympics Judoka at the 2008 Summer Olympics Judoka at the 2002 Commonwealth Games I-Taukei Fijian people Commonwealth Games silver medallists for Fiji Commonwealth Games medallists in judo 20th-century Fijian women 21st-century Fijian women Medallists at the 2002 Commonwealth Games {{Fiji-judo-bio-stub