Kinaua Biribo

Kinaua Biribo is an I-Kiribati judoka.
She represented her country in the middleweight tournament of the 2020 Summer Olympics, after participating at the 2021 World Championships in Budapest, and was the flagbearer at the Tokyo opening ceremony. She competed in the women's 70 kg event.

Life

Kinaua started judo as well as traditional kiribati wrestling to find a way to self-defense after her experience of sexual assault and abduction at age 6.She initially took up wrestling but she was only one of three women taking part. Kinaua uses her platform to raise awareness of the widespread domestic violence in her country and climate change and volunteered with the Kiribati Climate Action Network. She lost her first bout at the Olympics with the Australian Aoife Coughlan.