Josua Vakurunabili
| Full name | Ratu Josua Vakurunabili | ||||||||||
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| Date of birth | 10 June 1992 | ||||||||||
| Height | 1.89 m (6 ft 2 in) | ||||||||||
| Weight | 96 kg (212 lb)[1] | ||||||||||
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Ratu Josua Vakurunabili (born 10 June 1992) is a Fijian rugby union player.
Biography
[edit]Vakurunabili is from Vatukarasa Village in the Nadroga Navosa Province. He made his senior international debut at the London Sevens in 2017. He was named in the Dream Team at the 2019 Singapore Sevens tournament. He was named in the winning Fiji squad for the Rugby sevens at the 2020 Summer Olympics.[2]
Vakurunabili was part of the Fiji sevens team that won a silver medal at the 2022 Commonwealth Games.[3][4][5] A month later, he won a gold medal at the 2022 Rugby World Cup Sevens in Cape Town.[6][7][8][9]
References
[edit]- ^ "Josua Vakurunabili". world.rugby. Retrieved 7 December 2021.
- ^ "Rugby Sevens - VAKURUNABILI Josua". Tokyo 2020 Olympics. Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 27 July 2021. Retrieved 27 July 2021.
- ^ Tavi, Karalaini. "Fiji 7's squad named for Birmingham Games". fbcnews.com.fj. Archived from the original on 2 August 2022. Retrieved 2 August 2022.
- ^ "Fiji Rugby names squads for Commonwealth Games Sevens". rnz.co.nz. Retrieved 2 August 2022.
- ^ 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.
- ^ Baleilevuka, Rusiate (1 September 2022). "Fiji Men's 7s World Cup squad named". www.fijivillage.com. Retrieved 18 September 2022.
- ^ Prasad, Vashneel (22 August 2022). "Gollings names Fiji Airways Fijian 7s extended squad for LA 7s and the World Cup". Official Website of Fiji Rugby Union. Retrieved 18 September 2022.
- ^ "Fiji wins men's title at South Africa 2022 Rugby World Cup Sevens while Australia claim women's crown". olympics.com. 12 September 2022. Retrieved 18 September 2022.
- ^ Coetzee, Dylan (12 September 2022). "Rugby World Cup Sevens: Fiji and Australia claim gold in Cape Town". PlanetRugby. Retrieved 18 September 2022.
External links
[edit]- Josua Vakurinabili at the World Rugby Men's Sevens Series (archived)
- Josua Vakurunabili at Olympics.com
- Josua, Ratu Vakurunabili at Olympedia (archive)
- Josua Vakurinabili at the Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games
- Ratu Josua Kurinabili on Instagram
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- Fijian rugby sevens players
- Olympic rugby sevens players for Fiji
- Rugby sevens players at the 2020 Summer Olympics
- Medalists at the 2020 Summer Olympics
- Olympic gold medalists for Fiji
- Olympic medalists in rugby sevens
- Rugby sevens players at the 2022 Commonwealth Games
- Commonwealth Games silver medallists for Fiji
- Commonwealth Games medallists in rugby sevens
- Fiji international rugby sevens players
- Medallists at the 2018 Commonwealth Games
- Medallists at the 2022 Commonwealth Games
- Rugby union players from Nadroga-Navosa Province
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