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{{short description|Fijian weightlifter}}
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| nationality = [[Fiji]]an
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| birth_place = [[Taveuni]], Fiji
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| sport = [[Olympic weightlifting|Weightlifting]]
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{{MedalBronze|[[Weightlifting at the 2014 Commonwealth Games|2014 Glasgow]]|[[Weightlifting at the 2014 Commonwealth Games – Women's 75 kg|75 kg]]}}
{{MedalBronze|[[Weightlifting at the 2018 Commonwealth Games|2018 Gold Coast]]|[[Weightlifting at the 2018 Commonwealth Games – Women's 69 kg|69 kg]]}}
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{{MedalComp|[[Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games]]}}
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{{MedalComp|[[Pacific Games]]}}
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{{MedalBronze|[[Weightlifting at the 2011 Pacific Games|2011 Nouméa]]|69 kg}}
{{MedalComp|[[Commonwealth Weightlifting Championships|Commonwealth Championships]]}}
{{MedalGold|[[2015 Commonwealth Weightlifting Championships|2015 Pune]]|69 kg}}
{{MedalGold|[[2016 Commonwealth Weightlifting Championships|2016 Penang]]|75 kg}}
{{MedalGold|[[2017 Commonwealth Weightlifting Championships|2017 Gold Coast]]|69 kg}}
{{MedalComp|[[Oceania Weightlifting Championships|Oceania Championships]]}}
{{MedalGold|[[2016 Oceania Weightlifting Championships|2016 Suva]]|69 kg}}
{{MedalGold|[[2017 Oceania Weightlifting Championships|2017 Gold Coast]]|69 kg}}
{{MedalSilver|[[2014 Oceania Weightlifting Championships|2014 Le Mont-Dore]]|75 kg}}
{{MedalSilver|2015 Port Moresby|75 kg}}
{{MedalBronze|[[2011 Oceania Weightlifting Championships|2011 Darwin]]{{efn|[[Weightlifting at the 2011 Arafura Games|Arafura Games]] also}}|69 kg}}
{{MedalBronze|[[2012 Oceania Weightlifting Championships|2012 Apia]]|75 kg}}
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| updated = 28 January 2022
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'''Apolonia Vaivai''' (born 5 February 1991) is a Fijian [[Olympic weightlifting|weightlifter]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://results.glasgow2014.com/athlete/athletics/1052509/apolonia_vaivai.html|title=Glasgow 2014 profile |accessdate=11 October 2014 |work=}}</ref> She competed in the [[Weightlifting at the 2014 Commonwealth Games – Women's 75 kg|women's 75 kg]] event at the [[2014 Commonwealth Games]] where she won a bronze medal.<ref>{{cite news |last=Deo |first=Dhanjay |last2=Naikaso |first2=Filipe |title=Vaivai sets eyes on Rio Olympics |work=Fiji Village |location=Fiji |date=30 July 2014 |url=http://fijivillage.com/sport/Vaivai-sets-eyes-on-Rio-Olympics-k259rs/ |accessdate=16 October 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Apolonia Vaivai Wins Fiji's First Medal |work=Sporting Scribe |location=Australia |date=30 July 2014 |url=https://www.sportingscribe.com/article/3162793/apolonia-vaivai-wins-fijis-first-medal-of-the-game}}</ref>
'''Apolonia Vaivai''' {{post-nominals|list=[[Order of Fiji|MOF]]}} (born 5 February 1991) is a Fijian [[Olympic weightlifting|weightlifter]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://results.glasgow2014.com/athlete/athletics/1052509/apolonia_vaivai.html|title=Glasgow 2014 profile |accessdate=11 October 2014 }}</ref> She competed in the [[Weightlifting at the 2014 Commonwealth Games – Women's 75 kg|women's 75 kg]] event at the [[2014 Commonwealth Games]] where she won a bronze medal.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Deo |first1=Dhanjay |last2=Naikaso |first2=Filipe |title=Vaivai sets eyes on Rio Olympics |work=Fiji Village |location=Fiji |date=30 July 2014 |url=http://fijivillage.com/sport/Vaivai-sets-eyes-on-Rio-Olympics-k259rs/ |accessdate=16 October 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Apolonia Vaivai Wins Fiji's First Medal |work=Sporting Scribe |location=Australia |date=30 July 2014 |url=https://www.sportingscribe.com/article/3162793/apolonia-vaivai-wins-fijis-first-medal-of-the-game}}</ref> In 2016, she won gold at the [[2016 Oceania Weightlifting Championships|Oceania Weightlifting Championships]] in the 69&nbsp;kg event.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.fijitimes.com/story.aspx?id=355568|title=Vaivai wins gold for Fiji|last=Bola-Bari|first=Vuniwaqa|date=27 May 2016|website=The Fiji Times ONLINE|publisher=|access-date=28 May 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160527135224/http://www.fijitimes.com/story.aspx?id=355568|archive-date=27 May 2016|url-status=dead}}</ref> Vaivai won another bronze medal in the 2018 Commonwealth Games.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.fijitimes.com/story.aspx?id=441145|title=1 in the bag|website=The Fiji Times ONLINE.|accessdate=11 April 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180410140858/http://www.fijitimes.com/story.aspx?id=441145|archive-date=10 April 2018|url-status=dead}}</ref>


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| NAME = Vaivai, Apolonia

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| SHORT DESCRIPTION = Fijian weightlifter
| DATE OF BIRTH = 5 February 1991
| PLACE OF BIRTH = Taveuni, Fiji
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Latest revision as of 11:51, 1 August 2024

Apolonia Vaivai
Personal information
Born (1991-02-05) 5 February 1991 (age 33)
Taveuni, Fiji
Height1.53 m (5 ft 0 in)
Weight75 kg (165 lb)
Sport
SportWeightlifting
Event75 kg
Medal record
Representing  Fidschi
Women's weightlifting
Commonwealth Games
Bronze medal – third place 2014 Glasgow 75 kg
Bronze medal – third place 2018 Gold Coast 69 kg
Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games
Silver medal – second place 2017 Ashgabat 69 kg
Pacific Games
Silver medal – second place 2015 Port Moresby 75 kg
Bronze medal – third place 2011 Nouméa 69 kg
Commonwealth Championships
Gold medal – first place 2015 Pune 69 kg
Gold medal – first place 2016 Penang 75 kg
Gold medal – first place 2017 Gold Coast 69 kg
Oceania Championships
Gold medal – first place 2016 Suva 69 kg
Gold medal – first place 2017 Gold Coast 69 kg
Silver medal – second place 2014 Le Mont-Dore 75 kg
Silver medal – second place 2015 Port Moresby 75 kg
Bronze medal – third place 2011 Darwin[a] 69 kg
Bronze medal – third place 2012 Apia 75 kg
Updated on 28 January 2022

Apolonia Vaivai MOF (born 5 February 1991) is a Fijian weightlifter.[1] She competed in the women's 75 kg event at the 2014 Commonwealth Games where she won a bronze medal.[2][3] In 2016, she won gold at the Oceania Weightlifting Championships in the 69 kg event.[4] Vaivai won another bronze medal in the 2018 Commonwealth Games.[5]

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  1. ^ Arafura Games also

References

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  1. ^ "Glasgow 2014 profile". Retrieved 11 October 2014.
  2. ^ Deo, Dhanjay; Naikaso, Filipe (30 July 2014). "Vaivai sets eyes on Rio Olympics". Fiji Village. Fiji. Retrieved 16 October 2014.
  3. ^ "Apolonia Vaivai Wins Fiji's First Medal". Sporting Scribe. Australia. 30 July 2014.
  4. ^ Bola-Bari, Vuniwaqa (27 May 2016). "Vaivai wins gold for Fiji". The Fiji Times ONLINE. Archived from the original on 27 May 2016. Retrieved 28 May 2016.
  5. ^ "1 in the bag". The Fiji Times ONLINE. Archived from the original on 10 April 2018. Retrieved 11 April 2018.
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