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Full name | Evania Faaea Pelite | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Caboolture, Queensland, Australia [1] | 12 July 1995|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.69 m (5 ft 7 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 67 kg (10 st 8 lb) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Position | Fullback | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Position | Utility | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Evania Faaea "Vani" Pelite OAM (born 12 July 1995) is an Australian rugby union and rugby league player. She won a gold medal at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio.
Pelite made her debut for the Australian women's national rugby sevens team at the age of 17 at the 2013 Amsterdam Women's Sevens. [2] [3] She also represented Australia in touch rugby. [4] [5]
Pelite was selected to represent Australia in rugby sevens at the 2016 Summer Olympics. [6] She was a member of Australia's team at the 2016 Olympics, defeating New Zealand in the final to win the inaugural Olympic gold medal in the sport. [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] [12] [13]
She also won a silver medal at the 2018 Commonwealth Games. [14]
Pelite was named in the Australia squad for the Rugby sevens at the 2020 Summer Olympics. [15] The team came second in the pool round but then lost to Fiji 14-12 in the quarterfinals. [16] Full details.
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