Nazario Fiakaifonu (born 27 March 1988 in

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) is a

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ka who competed in the heavyweight division of

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at the 2012 Summer Olympics. Fiakaifonu was selected to compete in the men's +100 kg weight division of the 2012 Summer Olympics in

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, United Kingdom. He was listed with height 1.89 m (6 ft 2 in) and weight . He lost to

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of Lithuania in the first round (of 32). Fiakaifonu competed in two championship matches prior to his appearance in the 2012 Summer Olympics—in August 2011 at the World Championships in Paris and in November 2011 at the Judo Oceania World Cup in

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. Although he lost both matches in the first round, his appearances did earn him points on the rankings list of the

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. In 2014, he expected to compete in the over 100 kg weight division of the

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, Scotland, but did not do so.See the complete list of matches at those games a
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(judoinside.com) and note that Fiakaifonu's name does not appear in that list. His sister Amata Fiakaifonu is also a competitive judoka.Amata won silver in the +70kg cadet women's division of the 2012 Oceania Judo Championships, in the best performance of Vanuatu in international judo competition up to 2014.

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Nazario Fiakaifonu
at Inside Judo
"Vanautu Pride" interview
(from ~0:50 to 2:32), YouTube video
"Life as an Olympic Athlete - Nazario Fiakaifonu - Vanuatu"
(1:30) YouTube video]
Other Youtube videos
1988 births Living people Vanuatuan male judoka Judoka at the 2012 Summer Olympics Olympic judoka of Vanuatu People from Port Vila {{Vanuatu-judo-bio-stub