Josua Vakurunabili (born 10 June 1992) is a Fijian

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player.

Biography

Vakurunabili is from Vatukarasa Village in the Nadroga Navosa Province. He made his senior international debut at the

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in 2017. He was named in the Dream Team at the 2019

Singapore Sevens The Singapore Sevens is an annual rugby sevens tournament contested by national teams. It was first hosted as part of the IRB World Sevens Series in 2002. The Standard Chartered Bank was the original title sponsor. It was effectively replace ...

tournament. He was named in the winning Fiji squad for the

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. Vakurunabili was part of the Fiji sevens team that won a silver medal at the

2022 Commonwealth Games The 2022 Commonwealth Games, officially known as the XXII Commonwealth Games and commonly known as Birmingham 2022, was an international multi-sport event for members of the Commonwealth of Nations that took place in Birmingham, England bet ...

. A month later, he won a gold medal at the

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* 1992 births Living people Fijian rugby union players Fijian rugby sevens players Olympic rugby sevens players for Fiji Rugby sevens players at the 2020 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 2020 Summer Olympics Olympic gold medalists for Fiji Olympic medalists in rugby sevens Rugby sevens players at the 2022 Commonwealth Games Commonwealth Games silver medallists for Fiji Commonwealth Games medallists in rugby sevens Medallists at the 2018 Commonwealth Games Medallists at the 2022 Commonwealth Games {{Fiji-rugbyunion-bio-stub