Kato Ottio

Kato Ottio, whose full name was Benkato Ottio, was a Papua New Guinean rugby league footballer who played mainly as a centre. Born on 20 March 1994 and raised in the village of Tatana near Port Moresby, he first played volleyball and was part of the Papua New Guinea squad that won gold at the 2013 Pacific Mini Games before taking up rugby league. He signed with the Papua New Guinea Hunters in the Queensland Cup, won six caps for the national side, the Kumuls, from 2015, and spent two years with the Canberra Raiders feeder team, the Mount Pritchard Mounties, where he scored 29 tries in 23 games in 2016. He played at the 2017 World Cup and signed with the Widnes Vikings of Super League, but died on 9 January 2018 after collapsing from heat stroke in training.