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Tenika Willison (born 7 December 1997) is a New Zealand rugby sevens player. She plays for Chiefs Manawa in the Super Rugby Aupiki competition. She also plays for the Black Ferns sevens internationally and won a gold medal at the Tokyo Olympics.
Rugby career
Rugby sevens
Willison debuted for the Black Ferns Sevens side in 2016. She competed for New Zealand in the women's sevens tournament at the 2020 Summer Olympics where she won a gold medal.
Willison was named in the Black Ferns Sevens squad for the 2022 Commonwealth Games in Birmingham. She won a bronze medal at the event. She later competed in her second Rugby World Cup Sevens in Cape Town and won a silver medal.
Fifteens
Willison was signed by Chiefs Manawa for the 2023 Super Rugby Aupiki season. She was selected in the Black Ferns fifteens 30-player squad to compete in the Pacific Four Series and O’Reilly Cup. She made her international debut against Australia on 29 June 2023 at Brisbane.