Vasiti Solikoviti

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Vasiti Solikoviti
Date of birth (1993-08-02) 2 August 1993 (age 30)
Height1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
Weight73 kg (161 lb; 11 st 7 lb)
Rugby union career
National sevens team(s)
YearsTeamComps
Fiji
Medal record
Representing Flag of Fiji.svg  Fiji
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

Vasiti Solikoviti (born 2 August 1993) is a Fijian rugby sevens player. [1] She won a bronze medal at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo.

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Rugby career

Solikoviti competed in the women's sevens tournament at the 2020 Summer Olympics and won a bronze medal at the event. [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7]

Solikoviti was part of the Fijiana sevens team that won the silver medal at the 2022 Commonwealth Games in Birmingham. [8] [9] [10] [11] She later featured at the 2022 Rugby World Cup Sevens in Cape Town. [12]

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References

  1. "Vasiti Solikoviti". Olympedia. Retrieved 30 July 2021.
  2. Prasad, Vashneel (4 July 2021). "Fijian Rugby Sevens teams named for Tokyo Olympic Games". Official Website of Fiji Rugby Union. Retrieved 21 August 2022.
  3. "Olympic Champions Fiji have named their squads to compete in the Tokyo Olympics". RNZ. 5 July 2021. Retrieved 21 August 2022.
  4. "Fantastic Fijiana win historic Olympic medal". RNZ. 31 July 2021. Retrieved 21 August 2022.
  5. Deo, Rohit (31 July 2021). "2020 Tokyo Olympics: Fantastic Fijiana win historic Bronze medal". FijiTimes. Retrieved 21 August 2022.
  6. "How the Fijiana battled adversity to win historic Olympic medal at Tokyo Games". www.world.rugby. 12 August 2021. Retrieved 21 August 2022.
  7. "Rugby Sevens - Canada vs Fiji - Pool B Results". Tokyo 2020. Archived from the original on 29 July 2021. Retrieved 30 July 2021.
  8. Tavi, Karalaini. "Fiji 7's squad named for Birmingham Games". fbcnews.com.fj. Retrieved 2 August 2022.
  9. "Fiji Rugby names squads for Commonwealth Games Sevens". rnz.co.nz. Retrieved 2 August 2022.
  10. Prasad, Vashneel (1 August 2022). "Team Fiji Men's and Women's teams settle for silver medals at Commonwealth Games". Official Website of Fiji Rugby Union. Retrieved 4 August 2022.
  11. "Australia takes Women's Sevens gold over Fiji". ESPN.com. 31 July 2022. Retrieved 4 August 2022.
  12. Prasad, Vashneel (31 August 2022). "Saiasi Fuli names squad for Rugby World Cup". Official Website of Fiji Rugby Union. Retrieved 19 September 2022.