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Evania Pelite
Personal information
Full nameEvania Faaea Pelite
Born(1995-07-12)12 July 1995(age 29)
Caboolture, Queensland,Australia[1]
Height1.69 m (5 ft 7 in)
Weight67 kg (10 st 8 lb)
Playing information
Rugby league
PositionFullback
Club
Years Team Pld T G FG P
2021– Gold Coast Titans 24 9 0 0 36
Representative
Years Team Pld T G FG P
2022– Australia 3 6 0 0 24
2022– Queensland 3 1 0 0 4
Rugby union
PositionUtility
Representative
Years Team Pld T G FG P
Australia 7s
Medals
Women'srugby sevens
RepresentingAustralia
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place 2016 Rio de Janeiro Team competition
Commonwealth Games
Silver medal – second place 2018 Gold Coast Team competition

Evania Faaea "Vani" PeliteOAM(born 12 July 1995) is an Australianrugby unionandrugby leagueplayer. She won a gold medal at the2016 Summer Olympicsin Rio.

Pelite made her debut for theAustralian women's national rugby sevens teamat the age of 17 at the 2013 Amsterdam Women's Sevens.[2][3]She also represented Australia intouch rugby.[4][5]

Pelite was selected to representAustraliainrugby sevensat the2016 Summer Olympics.[6]She was a member ofAustralia'steam at the2016 Olympics,defeatingNew Zealandin 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 the2018 Commonwealth Games.[14]

Pelite was named in theAustralia squadfor theRugby 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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  1. ^"Vani Pelite".Commonwealth Games Australia.Retrieved18 October2023.
  2. ^"Evania Pelite: Road to Rio".redsrugby.com.au.28 November 2015. Archived fromthe originalon 29 October 2017.Retrieved25 July2016.
  3. ^"Evania Pelite".Official Site of the2016 Australian Olympic Team.Australian Olympic Committee.Archived fromthe originalon 25 February 2017.Retrieved25 July2016.
  4. ^"Evania Pelite".rugby.com.au.Retrieved26 July2016.
  5. ^Scanlon, Jill (17 March 2016)."From touch heroes to rugby team-mates, Evania Pelite loves playing with these women".SBS.com.au.Retrieved25 July2016.
  6. ^"Aussies name rugby sevens squads for Rio Olympics".ABC News.14 July 2016.Retrieved25 July2016.
  7. ^"Australia wins gold in women's rugby sevens".Sky News.9 August 2016. Archived fromthe originalon 9 August 2016.Retrieved9 August2016.
  8. ^Newman, Beth (14 July 2016)."Rio Olympics: Australian Sevens teams announced".www.rugby.com.au.Retrieved14 September2016.
  9. ^"Rio Olympics: Australia's men's and women's sevens squads unveiled".foxsports.com.au.14 July 2016.Retrieved14 September2016.
  10. ^"Rio 2016: Olympic squads named by Australia for rugby sevens debut at Games".ABC.net.au.14 July 2016.Retrieved14 September2016.
  11. ^"Australia's Olympic Sevens squads announced".Rugby News.net.au.2016.Retrieved14 September2016.
  12. ^"Australia name a mix of veterans, young guns for men's, women's Olympic sevens squads".ESPN.com.au.15 July 2016.Retrieved14 September2016.
  13. ^"Key players return as Australia name Olympic sevens squads".worldrugby.org.2016.Retrieved14 September2016.
  14. ^"Vani Pelite Results | Commonwealth Games Australia".commonwealthgames.com.au.3 April 2018.Retrieved13 February2021.
  15. ^Williamson, Nathan (2 July 2021)."Australia announces Olympic Sevens squads | Latest Rugby News | RUGBY.com.au".www.rugby.com.au.
  16. ^"Australian Olympic Team for Tokyo 2021".The Roar.Retrieved4 April2022.
  17. ^worldrugby.org."DHL Performance Tracker - HSBC World Rugby Sevens Series | worldrugby.org/sevens-series".www.world.rugby.Retrieved13 May2019.
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