Josua Tuisova Ratulevu (born 4 February 1994) is a Fijian

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, he currently plays for

Racing 92 Racing 92 () is a French rugby union club based in suburban Paris that was formed in 2001 with the collaboration of the Racing Club de France and US Métro. They were called Racing Métro 92 between 2001 and 2015, when they changed the name ...

in France's

Top 14 The Top 14 () is a professional rugby union club competition that is played in France. Created in 1892, the Top 14 is at the top of the national league system operated by the French National Rugby League, also known by its French initialism o ...

. He won a gold medal in sevens as part of the Fiji team at the

2016 Rio Olympics ) , nations = 207 (including IOA and EOR teams) , athletes = 11,238 , events = 306 in 28 sports (41 disciplines) , opening = 5 August 2016 , closing = 21 August 2016 , opened_by = Vice President Michel Temer , cauldron = Vanderlei Cordeiro de ...

. Known for his strong running and physical play, he is nicknamed "Human Bulldozer" and "The Bus". He began his career in Fiji playing sevens for Westfield Barbarians, captained by his older brother and ex-Fiji sevens player,

Pio Tuwai Pio Tuwai is a Fiji rugby union player. He is currently playing for the Fiji sevens team. Tuwai played for the Sri Lankan Army in 2014. He returned to the Fiji sevens team in 2015 and played at the Hong Kong Sevens The Hong Kong Sevens () ...

. He made his international sevens debut for Fiji in the

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against

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at rover.fijitimes"> In July 2013, he was signed by French

club

RC Toulonnais Rugby Club Toulonnais (), also known as RCT but usually Toulon; oc, Rugbi Club Tolonenc) is a French professional rugby union club based in Toulon in Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur. A current participant in the first-tier Top 14 competition, they ...

(Toulon). He made his debut against Racing Métro 92 in August, and scored his first try against Bayonne. In May 2015, he signed a four-year deal to stay at Toulon. Josua Tuisova August 2015

Honours

* Winner of the 2013–14 Top 14 * Winner of the 2013–14 Heineken Cup * Winner of the 2014–15 ERC Cup * Olympic Gold Medallist for Fiji sevens at the

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1994 births RC Toulonnais players Lyon OU players Racing 92 players Living people Fijian rugby union players Rugby union wings Rugby union centres People from Ba Province Fijian expatriate rugby union players Expatriate rugby union players in France Fijian expatriate sportspeople in France Rugby sevens players at the 2016 Summer Olympics Olympic rugby sevens players for Fiji Fiji international rugby sevens players Olympic gold medalists for Fiji Male rugby sevens players Olympic medalists in rugby sevens Medalists at the 2016 Summer Olympics Fiji international rugby union players People from Yasawa {{Fiji-rugbyunion-bio-stub