'Api Taufa

'Api Taufa
Citizenship	New Zealand
Occupation	Netball player

'Api Taufa is a Tongan New Zealander netball player who has represented Tonga internationally. She plays for the Central Manawa. She is the sister of netballer Salote Taufa.^[1]

Education

Taufa was educated at Newlands College.^[1] In 2016 she was part of the championship-winning Wellington under-19 tournament team.^[2] She was then selected for the New Zealand under-19 netball team.^[3][4] In November 2016 she was selected as a trialist for the New Zealand Under-21 netball team.^[5]

Career

In 2016 she was selected for the Central Manawa.^[6] In 2020 she ruptured her Achilles tendon.^[6] In February 2022 she was selected for the Central Manawa for the 2022 season.^[7] Later that year she was selected for the Tonga national netball team for the 2023 Netball World Cup Oceania qualifiers.^[8]

References

1. Tim Barton (17 September 2014). "Triplets, twins, sisters tie Newlands team together". Stuff. Retrieved 16 August 2022.
2. Phillip Rollo (14 July 2016). "Wellington surge past Auckland in Netball NZ under-19 championships final". Stuff. Retrieved 16 August 2022.
3. "Secondary school players make U19 netball tournament team". College Sport Media. 14 July 2016. Retrieved 16 August 2022.
4. "Congratulations Api Taufa". Newlands College. 18 July 2016. Retrieved 16 August 2022.
5. "Netball: NZ U21 triallists named". New Zealand Herald. 7 November 2016. Retrieved 16 August 2022.
6. "Taufa sisters back in sync for Manawa". Netball Central. 13 April 2022. Retrieved 16 August 2022.
7. "Experience a key feature for Manawa 2022 NNL campaign". Netball Wellington. 9 February 2022. Retrieved 16 August 2022.
8. "Tonga Netball Tala wins first game at Oceania Qualifiers". Matangi Tonga. 20 July 2022. Archived from the original on 19 July 2022.