Fine Sani

Fine Sani Vea (born 19 November 1959) is a Tongan boxer.^[1] He competed in the men's light heavyweight event at the 1984 Summer Olympics, losing his first bout to Georgică Donici of Romania.^[2] Sani won a gold medal in the light heavyweight division at the 1982 Commonwealth Games while representing Fiji despite not having Fijian citizenship.^[3][4]

Fine Sani Vea

Personal information
Nationality	Tongan
Born	(1959-11-19) 19 November 1959 (age 65)
Sport
Sport	Boxing
Medal record Men's amateur boxing Representing  Fiji Commonwealth Games 1982 Brisbane Light heavyweight

Honours

National honours

• Order of Queen Sālote Tupou III, Member (31 July 2008).^[5]

References

1. "Fine Sani". Olympedia. Retrieved 24 October 2020.
2. Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Fine Sani Vea". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 1 January 2019.
3. GRAHAM GROOM (17 October 2017). THE COMPLETE BOOK OF THE COMMONWEALTH GAMES. Lulu.com. pp. 176–. ISBN 978-0-244-94031-7.
4. Rogers, Thomas (2 July 1984). "SPORTS WORLD SPECIALS; Tonga's Team". New York Times. Retrieved 25 April 2019.
5. "Royal orders presented at Palace". Matangi Tonga. 1 August 2008. Archived from the original on 21 January 2021. Retrieved 2 January 2022.

External links

• Fine Sani Vea at Olympics.com
• Fine Sani Vea at Olympedia

Olympic Games
Preceded by None	Flagbearer for  Tonga Los Angeles 1984	Succeeded by Siololovau Ikavuka