Josua Vakurunabili (born 10 June 1992) is a Fijian rugby union player.

Biography

Vakurunabili is from Vatukarasa Village in the Nadroga Navosa Province. He made his senior international debut at the London Sevens in 2017. He was named in the Dream Team at the 2019 Singapore Sevens 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

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

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in Cape Town.

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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