Tania Maria Tupu (; born 28 December 1973) is a New Zealand former

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player who competed in the

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and in the

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. Tupu also competed for New Zealand at the 1994 World Championship held in Australia. She is married to former NBL player Chris Tupu. As coach of the Tokomanawa Queens, Tupu guided the team to the inaugural Tauihi Basketball Aotearoa championship in 2022.

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1973 births Living people New Zealand women's basketball players Olympic basketball players for New Zealand Basketball players at the 2000 Summer Olympics Basketball players at the 2004 Summer Olympics Tauihi Basketball Aotearoa coaches New Zealand basketball coaches People educated at Aotea College {{NewZealand-basketball-bio-stub