Raijieli Daveua

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Raijieli Daveua
Date of birth (1992-05-30) May 30, 1992 (age 32)
Place of birth Fiji
Height1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Weight69 kg (152 lb)
Rugby union career
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International career
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National sevens team
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Medal record
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Women's rugby sevens
Olympic Games
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2020 Tokyo Team competition
Commonwealth Games
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2022 Birmingham Team competition

Raijieli Daveua (born May 30, 1992) is a Fijian rugby sevens player. She was selected as a member of the Fiji women's national rugby sevens team to the 2016 Summer Olympics. [1] [2]

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Rugby career

Daveua also competed for Fiji at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo. [3] [4] She won a bronze medal at the event. [5] [6] [7]

Daveua won a silver medal with the Fijiana sevens team at the 2022 Commonwealth Games in Birmingham. [8] [9] [10] [11] She also featured at the 2022 Rugby World Cup Sevens in Cape Town. [12]

Daveua was named on the bench in the warm up match against Canada ahead of the World Cup. [13] [14] She was selected for the Fijiana squad to the 2021 Rugby World Cup in New Zealand. [15] [16]

She represented Fiji at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris. [17] [18]

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References

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