Rupeni Varea
{{short description|Fijian weightlifter}}
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| birth_place = Oinafa, Rotuma
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| sport = Weightlifting
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| olympics = 1996 Summer Olympics
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{{Medal|Bronze|2003 Fiji | Total }}
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Rupeni Fesaitu Varea (born 13 August 1968) is a Rotuman former weightlifter who represented Fiji.
Career
Varea represented Fiji at the 1996 Atlanta Olympic Games. He finished 17th in the 83 kg division.{{cite web|url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/va/rupeni-varea-1.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200418112758/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/va/rupeni-varea-1.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=2020-04-18|title=Rupeni Varea|publisher=sports-reference.com|accessdate=2009-03-24}}
Varea was selected as the best performer of the Fiji contingent at the 1998 Commonwealth Games in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. This followed his fifth overall placing in the 85 kg division ahead of New Zealander James Swann with a total lift of 310 kg.{{Cite web |date=1998-09-22 |title=Archived News: September 1998 |url=http://www.rotuma.net/os/NewsArchive/Archive1998/archive9809.htm |access-date=2022-06-11 |website=Rotuma.net}}
Fijian rugby union centre Ravai Fatiaki is his second cousin.
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Category:Olympic weightlifters for Fiji
Category:Weightlifters at the 1996 Summer Olympics
Category:Place of birth missing (living people)
Category:Fijian male weightlifters
Category:Weightlifters at the 1998 Commonwealth Games
Category:Commonwealth Games competitors for Fiji
Category:Pacific Games silver medalists for Fiji
Category:Pacific Games bronze medalists for Fiji
Category:Pacific Games medalists in weightlifting
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