Lavenia Cavuru
| Date of birth | 28 June 1994 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Height | 1.58 m (5 ft 2 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 63 kg (139 lb)[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Lavenia Cavuru (born 28 June 1994) is a Fijian rugby sevens player.[2] She won a bronze medal at the 2020 Summer Olympics. She also competed at the 2024 Paris Olympics.
Rugby career
[edit]Cavuru competed in the women's tournament at the 2020 Summer Olympics.[3][4][5] She won a bronze medal at the event.[6][7][8]
Cavuru was part of the Fijiana sevens team that won the silver medal at the 2022 Commonwealth Games in Birmingham.[9][10][11][12] She also competed at the Rugby World Cup Sevens in Cape Town.[13] In September she played in a warm up match against Canada.[14] She was also named in the Fijiana squad for the 2021 Rugby World Cup.[15]
She represented Fiji at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris.[16][17]
References
[edit]- ^ "Lavenia Cavuru". world.rugby. Retrieved 7 December 2021.
- ^ "Lavena Cavuru". Olympedia. Retrieved 30 July 2021.
- ^ "Rugby Sevens - Canada vs Fiji - Pool B Results". Tokyo 2020. Archived from the original on 29 July 2021. Retrieved 30 July 2021.
- ^ Prasad, Vashneel (4 July 2021). "Fijian Rugby Sevens teams named for Tokyo Olympic Games". Official Website of Fiji Rugby Union. Retrieved 21 August 2022.
- ^ "Olympic Champions Fiji have named their squads to compete in the Tokyo Olympics". RNZ. 5 July 2021. Retrieved 21 August 2022.
- ^ "Fantastic Fijiana win historic Olympic medal". RNZ. 31 July 2021. Retrieved 21 August 2022.
- ^ Deo, Rohit (31 July 2021). "2020 Tokyo Olympics: Fantastic Fijiana win historic Bronze medal". FijiTimes. Retrieved 21 August 2022.
- ^ "How the Fijiana battled adversity to win historic Olympic medal at Tokyo Games". www.world.rugby. 12 August 2021. Retrieved 21 August 2022.
- ^ 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. 6 July 2022. 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.
- ^ "Australia takes Women's Sevens gold over Fiji". ESPN.com. 31 July 2022. Retrieved 4 August 2022.
- ^ Prasad, Vashneel (31 August 2022). "Saiasi Fuli names squad for Rugby World Cup". Official Website of Fiji Rugby Union. Retrieved 19 September 2022.
- ^ "World Cup Warm-Up – Fiji vs Canada – ARN Guide". Americas Rugby News. 22 September 2022. Retrieved 26 September 2022.
- ^ Prasad, Vashneel (21 September 2022). "Seruvakula names 32-member squad for Rugby World Cup". Official Website of Fiji Rugby Union. Retrieved 23 September 2022.
- ^ Prasad, Vashneel (4 July 2021). "Fijian Rugby Sevens teams named for Tokyo Olympic Games". Official Website of Fiji Rugby Union. Retrieved 26 July 2024.
- ^ "Fiji - Rugby Sevens Olympic Games Paris 2024". www.world.rugby. 2024. Retrieved 27 July 2024.
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