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| birth_place = [[Nadi, Fiji|Nadi]], Fiji
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| height = 1.80 m
| weight = 93 kg
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| occupation = Professional Sportsman
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{{MedalGold | [[1998 Commonwealth Games|1998 Kuala Lumpur]] | [[Rugby sevens at the 1998 Commonwealth Games|Team competition]] }}
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{{MedalGold| [[2006 Commonwealth Games|2006 Melbourne]] | [[Rugby sevens at the 2006 Commonwealth Games|Team competition]]}}
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'''Amasio Valence''' (born 12 May 1979) is a former [[rugby sevens]] player. He was born in [[Nadi, Fiji]], but after he first made his break into professional rugby in 2000, he switched allegiances to [[New Zealand]]. He was hailed as one of the most promising players in the discipline in recent years. Valence is the only New Zealander to have won three gold medals in rugby sevens at the [[Commonwealth Games]]; in [[1998 Commonwealth Games|1998]], [[2002 Commonwealth Games|2002]] and [[Rugby Sevens at the 2006 Commonwealth Games|2006]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.nzherald.co.nz/sport/sevens-valences-appetite-is-a-sevens-inspiration/JW547VFPXMFNT7Q5YBODISU62I/ |title=Sevens: Valence's appetite is a sevens inspiration |publisher=New Zealand Herald |date= |access-date=27 April 2023}}</ref> He last played for New Zealand in 2008.

In 2005 he was named to the New Zealand squad for the Dubai sevens.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://archive.gulfnews.com/indepth/dubai_rugby_sevens/Archive/10000743.html |title=Valence To Join All Blacks |access-date=23 April 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070211043841/http://archive.gulfnews.com/indepth/dubai_rugby_sevens/Archive/10000743.html |archive-date=11 February 2007 |url-status=dead |df=dmy-all }}</ref>

While Valence played rugby, his entire family enjoyed [[soccer]], with his older brother, [[Nikola Raoma]] being picked for the [[Fiji national football team|national side of Fiji]] in 2002.<ref name=urbanwire>{{cite web |url=http://www.theurbanwire.com/UW/amasiovalence.html |title=From Soccer to Rugby |publisher=Urbanwire |date= |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070210002205/http://www.theurbanwire.com/UW/amasiovalence.html |archive-date=10 February 2007}}</ref>

==References==
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== External links ==
* {{World Rugby Sevens Series profile|mens/52873}}

{{New Zealand Squad 1998 Commonwealth Games}}
{{1998 New Zealand Commonwealth Games team}}
{{New Zealand Squad 2002 Commonwealth Games}}
{{2002 New Zealand Commonwealth Games team}}
{{New Zealand Squad 2006 Commonwealth Games}}
{{2006 New Zealand Commonwealth Games team}}

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