'Api Taufa

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'Api Taufa is a Tongan New Zealander netball player who has represented Tonga internationally. She plays for the Central Manawa. She is the sister of netballer Salote Taufa.

Education

Taufa was educated at Newlands College.{{cite web |url=https://www.stuff.co.nz/dominion-post/sport/college-sport/10506514/Triplets-twins-sisters-tie-Newlands-team-together |title=Triplets, twins, sisters tie Newlands team together |publisher=Stuff |author=Tim Barton |date=17 September 2014 |access-date=16 August 2022}} In 2016 she was part of the championship-winning Wellington under-19 tournament team.{{cite web |url=https://www.stuff.co.nz/sport/netball/82119868/wellington-surge-past-auckland-in-netball-nz-under19-championships-final |title=Wellington surge past Auckland in Netball NZ under-19 championships final |publisher=Stuff |author=Phillip Rollo |date=14 July 2016 |access-date=16 August 2022}} She was then selected for the New Zealand under-19 netball team.{{cite web |url=https://www.collegesportmedia.co.nz/netball/secondary-school-players-make-u19-netball-tournament-team |title=Secondary school players make U19 netball tournament team |publisher=College Sport Media |date=14 July 2016 |access-date=16 August 2022}}{{cite web |url=https://sports.newlands.school.nz/congratulations-api-taufa/ |title=Congratulations Api Taufa |publisher=Newlands College |date=18 July 2016 |access-date=16 August 2022}} In November 2016 she was selected as a trialist for the New Zealand Under-21 netball team.{{cite web |url=https://www.nzherald.co.nz/rotorua-daily-post/sport/netball-nz-u21-triallists-named/7UXSICQYQMARYFII5XG2H2635A/ |title=Netball: NZ U21 triallists named |publisher=New Zealand Herald |date=7 November 2016 |access-date=16 August 2022}}

Career

In 2016 she was selected for the Central Manawa.{{cite web |url=https://www.netballcentral.co.nz/zones/central/news/taufa-sisters-back-in-sync-for-manawa.html |title=Taufa sisters back in sync for Manawa |publisher=Netball Central |date=13 April 2022 |access-date=16 August 2022}} In 2020 she ruptured her Achilles tendon. In February 2022 she was selected for the Central Manawa for the 2022 season.{{cite web |url=https://www.sporty.co.nz/netballwellington/newsarticle/111945?newsfeedId=1428003 |title=Experience a key feature for Manawa 2022 NNL campaign |publisher=Netball Wellington |date=9 February 2022 |access-date=16 August 2022}} Later that year she was selected for the Tonga national netball team for the 2023 Netball World Cup Oceania qualifiers.{{cite web |url=https://matangitonga.to/2022/07/20/tonga-netball-tala-wins-first-game-oceania-qualifiers |title=Tonga Netball Tala wins first game at Oceania Qualifiers |publisher=Matangi Tonga |date=20 July 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220719223600/https://matangitonga.to/2022/07/20/tonga-netball-tala-wins-first-game-oceania-qualifiers |archive-date=19 July 2022}}

References

Category:Living people

Category:New Zealand sportspeople of Tongan descent

Category:New Zealand netball players

Category:Tongan netball players

Category:Year of birth missing (living people)

Category:National Netball League (New Zealand) players

Category:Central Manawa players

Category:People educated at Newlands College