Feʻofaʻaki Epenisa
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| Born | 2 April 1996[1] Vavaʻu, Tonga | |||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Boxing | |||||||||||||||||
| Weight class | Middleweight, Featherweight, Lightweight | |||||||||||||||||
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Feʻofaʻaki Epenisa (born 2 April 1996) is a Tongan boxer. She is the first female boxer from Tonga to take part in an Olympic Games.[2][3][4] Epenisa lost to Vietnam's Hà Thị Linh in the 60kg division round-of-32 at the 2024 Summer Olympics.[5] She was also one of Tonga's flag-bearers at the closing ceremony.[6]
References
- ^ "Feofaaki Epenisa Olympics 2024". mykhel.com.
- ^ "The first Tongan female boxer in the Olympics". tongaindependent.com.
- ^ "Fe'ofa'aki Epenisa: 'Little brown girl from Vava'u' carries Tonga boxing to the Olympics". RNZ.
- ^ "Tonga's first female Olympic boxer, Fe'ofa'aki 'Epenisa". Matangi Tonga Online.
- ^ "Fe'ofa'aki Epenisa's Olympic debut ends in defeat against Vietnam's Ha Thi Linh". Talanoa 'O Tonga.
- ^ "Paris 2024 Olympics: The flagbearers at Sunday's Closing Ceremony". olympics.com.