Evania Pelite

Evania Pelite

Date of birth	12 July 1995
Place of birth	Brisbane, Queensland
Height	1.69 m (5 ft 6 ^1⁄2 in)
Weight	67 kg (148 lb)
Rugby union career
Playing career
Position	Utility
Sevens national teams
Years	Club / team		Comps
	Australia
Medal record Olympic Games 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 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 2016-07-25.
2. "Evania Pelite". rio2016.olympics.com.au. Retrieved 2016-07-25.
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 2016-07-25.
5. "Aussies name rugby sevens squads for Rio Olympics". ABC News. 2016-07-14. Retrieved 2016-07-25.
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 2016-09-14.
8. "Rio Olympics: Australia's men's and women's sevens squads unveiled". foxsports.com.au. 2016-07-14. Retrieved 2016-09-14.
9. "Rio 2016: Olympic squads named by Australia for rugby sevens debut at Games". ABC.net.au. 2016-07-14. Retrieved 2016-09-14.
10. "Australia's Olympic Sevens squads announced". Rugby News.net.au. 2016. Retrieved 2016-09-14.
11. "Australia name a mix of veterans, young guns for men's, women's Olympic sevens squads". ESPN.com.au. 15 July 2016. Retrieved 2016-09-14.
12. "Key players return as Australia name Olympic sevens squads". worldrugby.org. 2016. Retrieved 2016-09-14.