Fred Fatiaki is a Fijian Paralympic athlete, athletics coach and official. He coached the first Fijian and Pacific Islander to ever win a gold medal at the
2012 Summer Paralympics
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,
Iliesa Delana
Iliesa Delana (born 2 December 1984) is a Fijian politician and Paralympic high jumper who has been Member of the Parliament of Fiji and Cabinet Minister since 17 September 2014. He was the first Fijian athlete to win a medal, gold in high jump, ...
who he had been coaching since 2006.
In 2013 he won the Fiji Sports Awards Coach of the Year for 2012.
Fatiaki has been working for the Fiji Paralympic Committee since 2008.
Fred is the older brother of Fijian
rugby union
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player
Ravai Fatiaki.
References
Living people
Fijian people of Rotuman descent
Paralympic coaches for Fiji
Coaches at the 2012 Summer Paralympics
Fijian sports coaches
Year of birth missing (living people)
Competitors in athletics with disabilities
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