Evania Pelite

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Evania Pelite
Date of birth (1995-07-12) 12 July 1995 (age 28)
Place of birthBrisbane, Queensland
Height1.69 m (5 ft 6+1⁄2 in)
WeightTemplate:Unit weight
Rugby union career
Position(s) Utility

Medal record
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place 2016 Rio de Janeiro Team

Evania Pelite (born 12 July 1995) is an Australian rugby union and touch rugby player. She won a gold medal at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio.

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.[1][2] She also represented Australia in touch rugby.[3][4]

Pelite was selected to represent Australia in rugby sevens at the 2016 Summer Olympics.[5] 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.[6][7][8][9][10][11][12]

References

  1. ^ "Evania Pelite: Road to Rio". redsrugby.com.au. 28 November 2015. Retrieved 25 July 2016.
  2. ^ "Evania Pelite". rio2016.olympics.com.au. Retrieved 25 July 2016.
  3. ^ "Evania Pelite". rugby.com.au. Retrieved 26 July 2016.
  4. ^ 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.
  5. ^ "Aussies name rugby sevens squads for Rio Olympics". ABC News. 14 July 2016. Retrieved 25 July 2016.
  6. ^ "Australia wins gold in women's rugby sevens". Sky News. 9 August 2016. Retrieved 9 August 2016.
  7. ^ Newman, Beth (14 July 2016). "Rio Olympics: Australian Sevens teams announced". www.rugby.com.au. Retrieved 14 September 2016.
  8. ^ "Rio Olympics: Australia's men's and women's sevens squads unveiled". foxsports.com.au. 14 July 2016. Retrieved 14 September 2016.
  9. ^ "Rio 2016: Olympic squads named by Australia for rugby sevens debut at Games". ABC.net.au. 14 July 2016. Retrieved 14 September 2016.
  10. ^ "Australia's Olympic Sevens squads announced". Rugby News.net.au. 2016. Retrieved 14 September 2016.
  11. ^ "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.
  12. ^ "Key players return as Australia name Olympic sevens squads". worldrugby.org. 2016. Retrieved 14 September 2016.
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