RIWAI Viniana

Fiji

Rugby Sevens

Date of Birth: 6 Jun 1991

Age: 30

Gender: Female

Height (m/ft): 1.65/5'4''

Place of birth: LABASA

Birth Country:

Fiji

Events and Medals
Records
Schedule
Bio
General Interest
Milestones

Events and Medals

Discipline	Event	Rank	Medal
Rugby Sevens	Women FIJ Fiji	3

Schedule

Change

Location	Event	Status
Tokyo Stadium	Women's Pool B #W01 FRA France 12 FIJ Fiji 5	Finished
Tokyo Stadium	Women's Pool B #W07 CAN Canada 12 FIJ Fiji 26	Finished
Tokyo Stadium	Women's Pool B #W13 FIJ Fiji 41 BRA Brazil 5	Finished
Tokyo Stadium	Women's Quarter-final #W22 FIJ Fiji 14 AUS Australia 12	Finished
Tokyo Stadium	Women's Semi-final #W30 NZL New Zealand 22 FIJ Fiji 17	Finished
Tokyo Stadium	Women's Bronze Medal Match #W33 FIJ Fiji 21 GBR Great Britain 12	Finished

Biographical Information

Highlights

Athlete:

Olympic Games

Rank	Event	Year	Location
8	Women	2016	Rio de Janeiro, BRA

Rugby World Cup Sevens

Rank	Event	Year	Location
9	Women	2013	Moscow, RUS
11	Women	2018	San Francisco, CA, USA

World Rugby Sevens Series

Rank	Event	Year
4	Women	2016/2017
7	Women	2020
9	Women	2018
10	Women	2019

World Rugby Sevens Series - Australia

Rank	Event	Year	Location
5	Women	2020	Sydney, NSW, AUS
5	Women	2017	Sydney, NSW, AUS
10	Women	2018	Sydney, NSW, AUS

World Rugby Sevens Series - Canada

Rank	Event	Year	Location
8	Women	2018	Langford, BC, CAN
9	Women	2017	Langford, BC, CAN

World Rugby Sevens Series - Dubai

Rank	Event	Year	Location
5	Women	2016	Dubai, UAE
7	Women	2019	Glendale, CO, USA
11	Women	2017	Dubai, UAE

World Rugby Sevens Series - France

Rank	Event	Year	Location
5	Women	2017	Clermont-Ferrand, FRA
6	Women	2018	Paris, FRA
9	Women	2019	Biarritz, FRA

World Rugby Sevens Series - Japan

Rank	Event	Year	Location
4	Women	2017	Kitakyushu, JPN
6	Women	2018	Kitakyushu, JPN

World Rugby Sevens Series - USA

Rank	Event	Year	Location
11	Women	2019	Glendale, CO, USA

Hobbies:

Playing football. (Facebook profile, 21 May 2016)

Occupation:

Athlete

Education:

University of the South Pacific, Suva, FIJ

Languages spoken:

English, Fijian

Coach:

Saiasi Fuli [national], FIJ

Other sports:

She represented Fiji in football at the 2011 South Pacific Games in Noumea, New Caledonia, and won the inter district championship title with Fijian club side Labasa in 2012 and 2013. (foxsportspulse.com, 04 Feb 2016; fijisun.com.fj, 10 Jan 2018)

Debut:

2012 for Fiji, in Guangzhou, People's Republic of China (fijisun.com.fj)

Injuries:

In February 2017 she sustained an injury while playing in the World Sevens Series event in Sydney, NSW, Australia. The injury led to her being unable to be selected for the next leg in Las, Vegas, NV, United States of America. (looptonga.com, 24 Feb 2017; world.rugby, 23 Feb 2017)

Start:

She took up rugby in 2013 while studying at the University of the South Pacific in Fiji. (foxsportspulse.com, 04 Feb 2016)

Reason:

She met coach Elenoa Kunatuba, who encouraged her to join the Marist Seahawks club in Fiji. (foxsportspulse.com, 04 Feb 2016)

Social Media

Legend

:: Bronze Medal
:: Gold Medal Event
:: Silver Medal Event
:: Bronze Medal Event

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