She is a member of the sevens squad and with the Black Ferns and she debuted for Wellington at 16-years old, was a former Hurricanes Secondary School player and played in the team’s first tournament win at the Oceania Sevens.Born: January 4th 1992
Age: 29 year's old
Height: 1.72m
Weight: 85kg
Test point: 10
Hi Leilani,
ReplyDeleteThanks for introducing me to Shakira Baker. She sounds like an exceptional young woman. I am amazed that debuted for Wellington at only 16 years of age. That seems so young to me!
I did notice in your post that she was born in 1992. I think that this would make her 24 years old, rather than 29 years old. Did I do my maths right? I hope so!
I also hope that you will continue to post great blogs. I am really enjoying them :)
Keep up the great work,
Rachel
Talofa Rachel I think that she is 24 as well but she sounds really cool. Who is your favourite athlete and why?
ReplyDeleteTalofa Leilani,
DeleteThat is a really good question. I would have to say that my favourite athlete, at the moment, is a woman named Larissa Franca. She is a beach volleyball player from Brazil. I am really interested in watching her because she is one of the world's top beach volleyball players who retired in 2012. However, she was so determined to win a gold medal at the Olympics that she came out of retirement a few years ago just to try for an Olympic gold one more time. I really admire her dedication!
If you'd like to know more about her, she has a page of Wikipedia - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Larissa_Fran%C3%A7a
Cheers, Rachel :)