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He finished 17th in the light heavyweight (75-825 kg category).
He finished 17th in the light heavyweight (75-825 kg category).
1996 Olympic Games Varea represented Fiji at the 1996 Atlanta Olympic Games. 1998 He was selected as the best performer of the Fiji contingent at the in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. This followed his fifth overall placing in the 85 kg class ahead of New Zealander James Swann with a total lift of 310 kg.
He and Fijian rugby union centre Ravai Fatiaki are second cousins.