Friana Kwevira (born 27 May 1998) is a Vanuatuan female Paralympic right arm amputated javelin thrower. She represented

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which is also her first Paralympic related event. She claimed Vanuatu's first ever Commonwealth Games medal at the Gold Coast Commonwealth Games by clinching an historical bronze medal in the women's javelin throw event with achieving a distance of 26.49m. With this medal achievement, Vanuatu joined two other Pacific nations including

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and the

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for winning their maiden Commonwealth Games medals respectively as the nations ended their medal drought at the

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1998 births Living people Vanuatuan female javelin throwers Javelin throwers with limb difference Commonwealth Games medallists in athletics Commonwealth Games bronze medallists for Vanuatu Athletes (track and field) at the 2018 Commonwealth Games Medallists at the 2018 Commonwealth Games {{Vanuatu-athletics-bio-stub