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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| Full name | Evania Faaea Pelite | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 12 July 1995 Caboolture, Queensland, Australia[1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.69 m (5 ft 7 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 67 kg (10 st 8 lb) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Position | Fullback | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Rugby union | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Position | Utility | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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 edit
- 2019, Dubai Sevens performance tracker player of the round[17]
References edit
- ^ "Vani Pelite". Commonwealth Games Australia. Retrieved 18 October 2023.
- ^ "Evania Pelite: Road to Rio". redsrugby.com.au. 28 November 2015. Archived from the original on 29 October 2017. Retrieved 25 July 2016.
- ^ "Evania Pelite". Official Site of the 2016 Australian Olympic Team. Australian Olympic Committee. Archived from the original on 25 February 2017. Retrieved 25 July 2016.
- ^ "Evania Pelite". rugby.com.au. Retrieved 26 July 2016.
- ^ Scanlon, Jill (17 March 2016). "From touch heroes to rugby team-mates, Evania Pelite loves playing with these women". SBS.com.au. Retrieved 25 July 2016.
- ^ "Aussies name rugby sevens squads for Rio Olympics". ABC News. 14 July 2016. Retrieved 25 July 2016.
- ^ "Australia wins gold in women's rugby sevens". Sky News. 9 August 2016. Archived from the original on 9 August 2016. Retrieved 9 August 2016.
- ^ Newman, Beth (14 July 2016). "Rio Olympics: Australian Sevens teams announced". www.rugby.com.au. Retrieved 14 September 2016.
- ^ "Rio Olympics: Australia's men's and women's sevens squads unveiled". foxsports.com.au. 14 July 2016. Retrieved 14 September 2016.
- ^ "Rio 2016: Olympic squads named by Australia for rugby sevens debut at Games". ABC.net.au. 14 July 2016. Retrieved 14 September 2016.
- ^ "Australia's Olympic Sevens squads announced". Rugby News.net.au. 2016. Retrieved 14 September 2016.
- ^ "Australia name a mix of veterans, young guns for men's, women's Olympic sevens squads". ESPN.com.au. 15 July 2016. Retrieved 14 September 2016.
- ^ "Key players return as Australia name Olympic sevens squads". worldrugby.org. 2016. Retrieved 14 September 2016.
- ^ "Vani Pelite Results | Commonwealth Games Australia". commonwealthgames.com.au. 3 April 2018. Retrieved 13 February 2021.
- ^ Williamson, Nathan (2 July 2021). "Australia announces Olympic Sevens squads | Latest Rugby News | RUGBY.com.au". www.rugby.com.au.
- ^ "Australian Olympic Team for Tokyo 2021". The Roar. Retrieved 4 April 2022.
- ^ worldrugby.org. "DHL Performance Tracker - HSBC World Rugby Sevens Series | worldrugby.org/sevens-series". www.world.rugby. Retrieved 13 May 2019.
External links edit
- Evania Pelite at the World Rugby Women's Sevens Series (archived)
- Evania Pelite at the Australian Olympic Committee
- Evania Pelite at Olympics.com
- Evania Pelite at Olympedia
- Vani Pelite at Commonwealth Games Australia
- Vani Pelite at the Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games (archived)
