Lavenia Tinai (born September 7, 1990) is a Fijian

rugby union Rugby union, commonly known simply as rugby, is a close-contact team sport that originated at Rugby School in the first half of the 19th century. One of the two codes of rugby football, it is based on running with the ball in hand. In its m ...

player. She represents

Fiji Fiji ( , ,; fj, Viti, ; Fiji Hindi: फ़िजी, ''Fijī''), officially the Republic of Fiji, is an island country in Melanesia, part of Oceania in the South Pacific Ocean. It lies about north-northeast of New Zealand. Fiji consists ...

in rugby sevens and made her debut in 2012. She was selected to represent

at the

2016 Summer Olympics The 2016 Summer Olympics ( pt, Jogos Olímpicos de Verão de 2016), officially the Games of the XXXI Olympiad ( pt, Jogos da XXXI Olimpíada) and also known as Rio 2016, was an international multi-sport event held from 5 to 21 August 20 ...

as a member of the Fiji women's national rugby sevens team, Fiji women's sevens team. She is the sister of former Fiji 7's rep, Ilai Tinai. Tinai competed for Fiji in rugby sevens at the 2020 Summer Olympics and won a bronze medal at the event. She was part of the Fiji women's national rugby sevens team, Fijiana sevens team that won the silver medal at the 2022 Commonwealth Games in Birmingham. She later competed at the 2022 Rugby World Cup Sevens, Rugby World Cup Sevens in Cape Town.

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* * 1990 births Rugby sevens players at the 2016 Summer Olympics Olympic rugby sevens players for Fiji Fiji international rugby sevens players Fijian female rugby union players Living people Rugby sevens players at the 2020 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 2020 Summer Olympics Olympic bronze medalists for Fiji Olympic medalists in rugby sevens Fiji international women's rugby sevens players Commonwealth Games silver medallists for Fiji Commonwealth Games medallists in rugby sevens Rugby sevens players at the 2022 Commonwealth Games Medallists at the 2022 Commonwealth Games Pacific Games gold medalists for Fiji Pacific Games medalists in rugby sevens {{Fiji-rugbyunion-bio-stub