Gerardine Nafanua Solia-Gibb (born 16 October 1983)[1] is a Samoan New Zealander netball and rugby player who has represented Samoa internationally in both sports, including at the Commonwealth Games. She is the sister of netball player Frances Solia.[2]
Solia-Gibb is from Wainuiomata and was educated at St Mary's College, Wellington.[2] She works as a fibre-optic cable installer.[3] She played netball for the Capital Shakers and Central Pulse.[4] She was selected for the Samoa national netball team for the 2006 Commonwealth Games,[5] and the 2007 World Netball Championships.[6][7] She was co-captain alongside Brooke Amber Williams for the 2019 Netball World Cup.[8]
In 2016 she was selected for the Samoa women's national rugby sevens team to play against New Zealand and the Cook Islands.[2] In November 2020 she was selected for the Samoa women's national rugby union team for the 2021 Rugby World Cup qualifying repecharge match against Tonga.[9]
References
edit- ^ "Gene Nafanua Solia-Gibb". Netball Central. Retrieved 21 July 2022.
- ^ a b c Nicholas Boyack (16 June 2016). "Former netballer and mum of four selected to represent Manu Sina Samoa". Stuff. Retrieved 21 July 2022.
- ^ Thomas Airey (28 December 2018). "Mother of five topping the charts in netball training". Samoa Observer. Retrieved 21 July 2022.
- ^ "Parata laments lack of accuracy". Stuff. 30 September 2011. Retrieved 21 July 2022.
- ^ Dan Whitfield (2 May 2018). "Mum of many talents". Wainuiomata News. pp. 1–2. Retrieved 21 July 2022 – via issu.
- ^ "Netball: The rest of the world minnows chase rankings". New Zealand Herald. 8 November 2007. Retrieved 21 July 2022.
- ^ "Top netters in Samoa WNC side". Fiji Times. 12 June 2019. Retrieved 20 July 2022 – via PressReader.
- ^ Thomas Airey (30 May 2019). "Netball World Cup squad train in Sydney". Samoa Observer. Retrieved 21 July 2022.
- ^ "Manusina Announces Squad for World Cup Repechage". Samoa Global News. 13 November 2020. Retrieved 21 July 2022.
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