Montessa Tairakena
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Born12 September 2000
Height1.62 m (5 ft 4 in)
Weight65 kg (143 lb)
Position
Wing
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| Born | 12 September 2000 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Height | 1.62 m (5 ft 4 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 65 kg (143 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Montessa Tairakena (born 12 September 2000) is a New Zealand rugby sevens player.
Tairakena has also represented New Zealand in athletics and touch rugby.[1] She is of Maori descent and is from the Tainui iwi.[2] She attended Hamilton Girls' High School and captained their 1st XV to a national title in September 2018.[3][4] A month later she was a member of the Youth Olympic Games Sevens team that won gold.[5][6]