Evania Pelite

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Evania Pelite
Personal information
Full nameEvania Faaea Pelite
Born (1995-07-12) 12 July 1995 (age 28)
Caboolture, Queensland, Australia [1]
Height1.69 m (5 ft 7 in)
Weight67 kg (10 st 8 lb)
Playing information
Rugby league
Position Fullback
Club
YearsTeamPldTGFGP
2021– Gold Coast Titans 2490036
Representative
YearsTeamPldTGFGP
2022– Australia 360024
2022– Queensland 31004
Rugby union
Position Utility
Representative
YearsTeamPldTGFGP
Australia 7s
Medals
Women's rugby sevens
Representing Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia
Olympic Games
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2016 Rio de Janeiro Team competition
Commonwealth Games
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2018 Gold Coast Team competition

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.

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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.

Honours and achievements

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References

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