Tausani Levale

{{short description|Canadian rugby sevens player}} {{infobox rugby biography | name = Tausani Levale | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1999|10|02}}<ref name=COCprofile>{{cite web|title=Tausani Levale profile |url=https://olympic.ca/team-canada/tausani-levale/ |website=Canadian Olympic Committee |accessdate=2019-08-24}}</ref> | birth_place = Tofino, British Columbia | height = 1.67 m<ref name=COCprofile/> | weight = 78 kg<ref name=COCprofile/> | position = Fly-half | repsevensyears1 = 2017-present | repsevensteam1 = Canada | repsevenscomp1 = | medals = {{MedalSport|Women's rugby sevens}} {{MedalCountry|{{CAN}}}} {{MedalCompetition|Pan American Games}} {{MedalGold|2019 Lima|Team competition}} }}

'''Tausani Levale''' is a Canadian rugby sevens player. She won a gold medal at the 2019 Pan American Games as a member of the Canada women's national rugby sevens team.<ref name=COCprofile/><ref>{{cite news |title=Canada's rugby 7s teams take gold, silver at Pan Am Games |author=Justin Piercy |url=https://www.cbc.ca/sports/olympics/pan-am-games-rugby-7s-canada-medals-1.5228164 |date=July 28, 2019 |website=CBC Sports}}</ref> Levale credits her interest in the sport of rugby union in part to her Samoan heritage and the complexity of the sport.<ref name=COCprofile/> Levale plays in both rugby sevens and the 15s.<ref name=COCprofile/> She made her debut with the Canadian national team at the age of 17 in 2017 and was the youngest woman to do so since Caroline Crossley in 2015.<ref>{{cite news |title=Levale goes from Ahousaht to world rugby stage |author=Brian Drewry |url=https://www.timescolonist.com/sports/levale-goes-from-ahousaht-to-world-rugby-stage-1.23102599 |website=Times Colonist |date=November 22, 2017 |accessdate=2019-08-24}}</ref>

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