Kinaua Biribo
Personal information
NationalityI-Kiribati
Born (1993-08-14) 14 August 1993 (age 30)
South Tarawa, Kiribati
Sport
CountryKiribati
SportJudo
Event–70 kg

Kinaua Biribo (born 14 August 1993 in South Tarawa) is an I-Kiribati judoka.

She represented her country in the middleweight tournament of the 2020 Summer Olympics, after participating at the 2021 World Championships (70 kg) in Budapest, and will be the flagbearer at the Tokyo opening ceremony.[1][2] She competed in the women's 70 kg event.[3]

Life

Kinaua started judo as well as traditional kiribati wrestling to find a way to self-defense after her experience of sexual assault and abduction at age 6.[4]Kinaua uses her platform to raise awareness of climate change and volunteered with the Kiribati Climate Action Network (Kiri-CAN).[4]

References

  1. ^ "'She can do it': Kiribati Olympic judo hopeful wants to combat domestic violence". 16 July 2021.
  2. ^ Srinivasan, Prianka; Fennell, Jordan (18 July 2021). "Struggling to get to Tokyo, Pacific Olympians fly with frozen fish, others train with heavy books". ABC News.
  3. ^ "Judo Results Book" (PDF). 2020 Summer Olympics. Archived (PDF) from the original on 1 August 2021. Retrieved 1 August 2021.
  4. ^ a b "Olympic judo hopeful Kiribati wants to tackle domestic violence". archysport. 18 July 2021.
Olympic Games Preceded byDavid Katoatau Flagbearer for  Kiribati Tokyo 2020 Succeeded byIncumbent

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