In December 2012, just four months after London 2012, Thomsen announced he had quit taekwondo due to false promises, empty words and the lack of money.[3] He said he wanted to re-purpose his talents at rugby union after representing Manu Samoa in age grade rugby. In February 2013, he was part of the Samoa A squad in the Pacific Rugby Cup, in which Samoa A came runners up to Fiji Warriors.[4] Just two years after London 2012, Thomsen was then named in the Samoan national rugby union team for their 2014 mid-year tests and 2014 IRB Pacific Nations Cup.[5]
In a return to taekwondo for the Pacific Games held in Apia in 2019, Thomsen won a silver medal in a closely contested bout against Australia's Alan Salek in the +87 kg division.[6] He had won a gold medal at the games eight years earlier in Nouméa.
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kaino, thomsen, fuataga, born, 1991, samoan, sportsman, represented, country, taekwondo, rugby, union, competed, event, 2012, summer, olympics, defeated, anthony, obame, preliminary, round, eliminated, robelis, despaigne, repechage, contest, fuatagapersonal, i. Kaino Thomsen Fuataga born 12 May 1991 is a Samoan sportsman who has represented his country in taekwondo 1 and rugby union He competed in the 80 kg event at the 2012 Summer Olympics he was defeated by Anthony Obame in the preliminary round and was eliminated by Robelis Despaigne in the repechage contest 2 Kaino Thomsen FuatagaPersonal informationBorn 1991 05 12 12 May 1991 age 32 Faga alu American SamoaHeight1 80 m 5 ft 11 in 2012 Weight90 kg 200 lb 2012 SportCountrySamoaSportTaekwondoEvent 80 kgMedal record Men s TaekwondoRepresenting SamoaPacific Games2011 Noumea 87 kg2019 Apia 87 kgUpdated on 14 August 2012 Rugby union editKaino ThomsenOccupation s Rugby union playerRugby union careerPosition s CentreCurrent teamVaimoso Rugby ClubCorrect as of 20 May 2014Senior careerYearsTeamApps Points 2013 presentVaimoso Rugby Club Correct as of 24 May 2014International careerYearsTeamApps Points 2013 presentSamoa A Correct as of 24 ay 2014In December 2012 just four months after London 2012 Thomsen announced he had quit taekwondo due to false promises empty words and the lack of money 3 He said he wanted to re purpose his talents at rugby union after representing Manu Samoa in age grade rugby In February 2013 he was part of the Samoa A squad in the Pacific Rugby Cup in which Samoa A came runners up to Fiji Warriors 4 Just two years after London 2012 Thomsen was then named in the Samoan national rugby union team for their 2014 mid year tests and 2014 IRB Pacific Nations Cup 5 In a return to taekwondo for the Pacific Games held in Apia in 2019 Thomsen won a silver medal in a closely contested bout against Australia s Alan Salek in the 87 kg division 6 He had won a gold medal at the games eight years earlier in Noumea References edit Kaino Thomsen Fuataga 2012 Summer Olympics official website Archived from the original on 4 April 2013 Retrieved 14 August 2012 Kaino Thomsen Fuataga Events and Results 2012 Summer Olympics official website Archived from the original on 4 September 2012 Retrieved 14 August 2012 WHY I VE QUIT KAINO Kaino pursues blue dream Sport Manu Samoa names 47 strong squad Results Inside the Games 16 July 2019 Archived from the original on 16 July 2019 Retrieved 17 July 2019 External links editKaino Thomsen at TaekwondoData com nbsp Kaino Thomsen at Olympics com nbsp Kaino Thomsen at Olympedia nbsp Kaino Thomsen Fuataga profile at BBC Sport nbsp This Samoan biographical article relating to sport is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte nbsp This biographical article related to taekwondo is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Kaino Thomsen amp oldid 1212538181, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
