Lavenia Tinai (born September 7, 1990) is a Fijian rugby union player. She represents Fiji in rugby sevens and made her debut in 2012.[1] She was selected to represent Fiji at the 2016 Summer Olympics as a member of the Fiji women's sevens team.[2][3] She is the sister of former Fiji 7's rep, Ilai Tinai.
| Date of birth | September 7, 1990 | ||||||||||
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| Height | 1.65 m (5 ft 5 in) | ||||||||||
| Weight | 57 kg (126 lb; 9 st 0 lb) | ||||||||||
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Tinai competed for Fiji in rugby sevens at the 2020 Summer Olympics and won a bronze medal at the event.[4][5][6][7][8] She was part of the Fijiana sevens team that won the silver medal at the 2022 Commonwealth Games in Birmingham.[9][10][11][12] She later competed at the Rugby World Cup Sevens in Cape Town.[13]
References
edit- ^ Mannan, Justine (3 January 2016). "Attitude Shift For Tinai". Fiji Sun.com.fj. Retrieved 2016-07-30.
- ^ "Fiji 7s squads for Rio 2016 announced". Pacific Islands News Association. 17 July 2016. Retrieved 2016-07-30.
- ^ Moresio, Stella (24 July 2016). "Anything Is Possible For Tinai". Fiji Sun.com.fj. Retrieved 2016-07-30.
- ^ Prasad, Vashneel (2021-07-04). "Fijian Rugby Sevens teams named for Tokyo Olympic Games". Official Website of Fiji Rugby Union. Retrieved 2022-08-21.
- ^ "Olympic Champions Fiji have named their squads to compete in the Tokyo Olympics". RNZ. 2021-07-05. Retrieved 2022-08-21.
- ^ "Fantastic Fijiana win historic Olympic medal". RNZ. 2021-07-31. Retrieved 2022-08-21.
- ^ Deo, Rohit (2021-07-31). "2020 Tokyo Olympics: Fantastic Fijiana win historic Bronze medal". FijiTimes. Retrieved 2022-08-21.
- ^ "How the Fijiana battled adversity to win historic Olympic medal at Tokyo Games". www.world.rugby. 2021-08-12. Retrieved 2022-08-21.
- ^ Tavi, Karalaini. "Fiji 7's squad named for Birmingham Games". fbcnews.com.fj. Retrieved 2 August 2022.
- ^ "Fiji Rugby names squads for Commonwealth Games Sevens". rnz.co.nz. Retrieved 2 August 2022.
- ^ Prasad, Vashneel (2022-08-01). "Team Fiji Men's and Women's teams settle for silver medals at Commonwealth Games". Official Website of Fiji Rugby Union. Retrieved 2022-08-04.
- ^ "Australia takes Women's Sevens gold over Fiji". ESPN.com. 2022-07-31. Retrieved 2022-08-04.
- ^ Prasad, Vashneel (2022-08-31). "Saiasi Fuli names squad for Rugby World Cup". Official Website of Fiji Rugby Union. Retrieved 2022-09-19.
External links
edit- Lavenia Tinai at Olympedia
- Lavenia Tinai at Olympics at Sports-Reference.com (archived)
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