Bui Baravilala Explained

Full Name:Akalaini Baravilala
Birth Date:12 July 1991
Birth Place:Honolulu, Hawaii, U.S.
Height:5 ft 6 in
Weight:165 lb
Ru Position:Fullback
Repyears1:2014–present

Akalaini "Bui" Baravilala (born July 12, 1991) is an American rugby union player. She plays for the United States women's national rugby sevens team and the United States women's national rugby union team. She was a squad member of the United States national rugby union team to the 2014 Women's Rugby World Cup.[1] She was selected for the United States sevens team to the 2016 Summer Olympics.[2] [3]

Baravilala attended Radford High School in Honolulu and played volleyball and basketball.[4] She is of iTaukei descent from Fiji.[5]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: USA's Women's World Cup Squad Named . Release . Press . July 8, 2014 . www.rugbytoday.com . August 7, 2016 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20160403223104/http://www.rugbytoday.com/women/usas-womens-world-cup-squad-named . April 3, 2016.
  2. Web site: BARAVILALA Akalani . Rio 2016 . August 7, 2016 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20160806033815/https://www.rio2016.com/en/athlete/bui-baravilala . August 6, 2016.
  3. Web site: Get to know Team USA's Women's Rugby Sevens squad . Wise . Chad . July 18, 2016 . USA Rugby.org . August 7, 2016.
  4. Web site: Hawaii's Baravilala readies for rugby's return at 2016 Olympic Games . Scheuring . Ian . July 22, 2016 . Hawaii News Now.com . August 7, 2016.
  5. Web site: Durutalo and Baravilala named in USA 7s team to Rio . Cama . Akuila . July 2016 . Fiji One.tv . August 7, 2016 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160720172501/http://fijione.tv/durutalo-and-baravilala-named-in-usa-7s-team-to-rio/ . 2016-07-20 . dead.