Vaiti Waqatabu

Vaiti Waqatabu (born {{birth based on age as of date|33|2020|6|18|noage=1}}){{cite web |url=https://www.fbcnews.com.fj/sports/netball/former-pearl-center-on-a-comeback/ |title=Former Pearl center on a comeback |publisher=FBC News |author=Karalaini Tavi |date=18 June 2020 |access-date=26 August 2023}} is a Fijian netball and rugby player who has captained the Fiji national netball team.

Waqatabu is from Rewasa in Ra Province and was educated at Adi Cakobau School.{{cite web |url=https://www.fijitimes.com/waqatabu-ready-to-lead-pearls/ |title=Waqatabu ready to lead Pearls |publisher=Fiji Times |date=6 September 2017 |access-date=26 August 2023}} She works as a corrections officer.{{cite web |url=https://fijisun.com.fj/2018/06/08/new-15s-challenge-for-vaiti/ |title=New 15s Challenge For Vaiti |publisher=Fiji Sun |author=Karalaini Tavi |date=8 June 2018 |access-date=26 August 2023}}

Netball career

Waqatabu was first selected for the Fiji national netball team in 2009.{{cite web |url=https://fijisun.com.fj/2009/12/27/waqatabu-remains-upbeat/ |title=Waqatabu remains upbeat |publisher=Fiji Sun |date=27 December 2009 |access-date=26 August 2023}} She was dropped from the team for the 2015 Netball World Cup,{{cite web |url=https://www.fijivillage.com/news/Best-group-of-players-selected-for-World-Cup---Carpenter-9ks5r2 |title=Best group of players selected for World Cup - Carpenter |publisher=Fiji Village |date=31 July 2015 |access-date=26 August 2023}} but was selected in 2017 as team captain.{{cite web |url=https://www.fijitimes.com/netball-exposure-2/ |title=Netball exposure |publisher=Fiji Times |date=5 October 2017 |access-date=26 August 2023}}

In February 2022 she was selected for the PacificAus Sports Series in Sydney.{{cite web |url=https://www.fijitimes.com/netball-names-team-for-series/ |title=Netball names team for series |publisher=Fiji Times |date=23 February 2022 |access-date=26 August 2023}} In November 2022 she was selected to captain the team for the 2022 Netball Singapore Nations Cup.{{cite web |url=https://www.fijivillage.com/news/Fiji-Pearls-name-side-for-2022-Nations-Cup-in-Singapore-854xfr |title=Fiji Pearls name side for 2022 Nations Cup in Singapore |publisher=Fiji Village |date=30 November 2022 |access-date=26 August 2023}}{{cite web |url=https://fijisun.com.fj/2022/12/01/vaiti-waqatabu-together-we-can/ |title=Vaiti Waqatabu: ‘Together, We Can’ |publisher=Fiji Sun |author=Karalaini Waqanidrola |date=1 December 2022 |access-date=26 August 2023}}

Rugby career

In 2015 she switched sports to join the Fiji women's national rugby sevens team,{{cite web |url=https://fijisun.com.fj/2015/11/26/waqatabu-ready-for-rugby-debut/ |title=Waqatabu Ready for Rugby Debut |publisher=Fiji Sun |date=26 November 2015 |access-date=26 August 2023}} making her first appearance at the Dubai sevens in 2016.{{cite web |url=https://www.fijitimes.com/waqatabu-takes-on-rugby-challenge/ |title=Waqatabu takes on rugby challenge |publisher=Fiji Times |date=17 January 2016 |access-date=26 August 2023}} In 2018 she joined the Fiji women's national rugby union team.

References

Category:Living people

Category:People from Ra Province

Category:People educated at Adi Cakobau School

Category:Fijian netball players

Category:Fijian civil servants

Category:Year of birth missing (living people)

Category:Fijian female rugby union players