Lomano Lemeki
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Rugby player
Lemeki representing Japan during the Rugby World Cup | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Full name | Lomano Lava Lemeki | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Date of birth | (1989-01-20) 20 January 1989 (age 35) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Place of birth | Auckland, New Zealand | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.77 m (5 ft 10 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 96 kg (212 lb; 15 st 2 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
School | Liston College | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Lomano Lava Lemeki (レメキ ロマノ, Remeki Romano, born 20 January 1989) is a professional rugby union player who plays as a wing for Japan Rugby League One club Green Rockets Tokatsu. Born in New Zealand, he represents Japan at international level after qualifying on residency grounds.[1]
International career
Lemeki grew up in New Zealand before moving to Japan in 2009.[2][3] He helped Japan win the 2013 Thailand Sevens when he scored the match-winning try against Hong Kong 7s to seal their victory.[4]
Personal life
He married a Japanese woman and received Japanese citizenship in 2014.[citation needed]
References
- ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 7 September 2022. Retrieved 6 October 2019.
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: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - ^ asiarugby.com (20 March 2014). "60 seconds with... Japan Sevens' Lomano Lemeki". Archived from the original on 21 April 2016. Retrieved 10 April 2016.
- ^ Alvin Sallay (28 March 2014). "Japan's 'Terminator' Lomano Lemeki aims to take on the world". Retrieved 10 April 2016.
- ^ SportAsia (22 September 2013). "Rugby: Japan break Hong Kong hearts again to win Thailand Sevens". Retrieved 10 April 2016.
External links
- Lomano Lemeki at the World Rugby Men's Sevens Series
- Lomano Lemeki at ESPNscrum
- Lomano Lemeki at ItsRugby.co.uk
- Lomano Lemeki at Olympics.com
- Lomano Lemeki at Olympedia
- Lomano Lemeki at honda-heat.jp
- Lomano Lemeki at Olympics at Sports-Reference.com (archived)
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