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Viniana Naisaluwaki Riwai (born 6 June 1991) is a Fijian footballer, who plays as a midfielder for Rewa FC and the Fiji women's national team, and a rugby sevens player, who plays for the Fiji women's national team.

Viniana Riwai

Personal information
Full name	Viniana Naisaluwaki Riwai
Date of birth	(1991-06-06) 6 June 1991 (age 31)
Place of birth	Fiji
Height	1.65 m (5 ft 5 in)
Position(s)	Midfielder
Club information
Current team	Rewa
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
	Rewa
National team
2010–	Fiji
Honours Representing  Fiji Women's rugby sevens Olympic Games 2020 Tokyo Team competition Commonwealth Games 2022 Birmingham Team competition
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Riwai was educated at Labasa Sangam Primary School, Labasa Muslim College, and Suva Sangam College.[1] She later studied at the University of the South Pacific.[2]

Football career

Riwai took up soccer in high school and was selected for the Fiji women's football team for the 2011 Pacific Games.[2] She capped for Fiji at senior level during the 2018 OFC Women's Nations Cup.[1]

Rugby sevens career

Riwai made her senior international debut for the Fiji women's national rugby sevens team at the 2013 China Women's Sevens.[3] She was named in the 2013 Rugby World Cup Sevens squad for Fiji.[4] She was a member of the Fijian team at the 2016 Summer Olympics.[5][6]

Riwai competed for Fiji in rugby sevens at the 2020 Summer Olympics and she won a bronze medal at the event.[7][8][9][10][11]

Riwai was part of the Fijiana sevens team that won the silver medal at the 2022 Commonwealth Games in Birmingham.[12][13][14][15] She also featured at the Rugby World Cup Sevens in Cape Town.[16]

References

External links

• Viniana Riwai at Olympedia
• Viniana Riwai at Olympics at Sports-Reference.com (archived)

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