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Tonga at the 2024 Summer Olympics; IOC code: TGA: NOC: Tonga Sports Association and National Olympic Committee: Website: www.oceaniasport.com /tonga: in Paris, France 26 July 2024 () – 11 August 2024 () Competitors: 4 in 3 sports: Flag bearer : Maleselo Fufofuka & Noelani Day [1] Medals: Gold 0 Silver 0 Bronze 0 Total 0
The Tonga Amateur Sports Association (TASA) announced that it intended to send one athlete to compete in the luge event. In December 2008, two male athletes ( Fuahea Semi and Taniela Tufunga) were selected to travel to Germany for training, although only one of them would compete at the Olympics.
The athlete, 40, became a global sensation as Tonga's flag bearer during the 2016 Summer Olympics opening ceremony in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. There, he gained international attention for his oiled ...
He had previously tried to qualify for the Olympics on two occasions. [2] He was the first athlete from Tonga to compete in the Olympics in taekwondo. [3] He was Tonga's flagbearer for the opening ceremony. [2] Taufatofua did not qualify for the 2024 Summer Olympics in either taekwondo or kayak. [12]
This is a list of flag bearers who have represented Tonga at the Olympics. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] Flag bearers carry the national flag of their country at the opening ceremony of the Olympic Games .
United States-born kitefoiler J.J. Rice, who was set to represent Tonga at the Paris Olympics, died in a diving accident. He was 18.Rice's father Darren Rice confirmed his son's death Monday to ...
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Tonga competed at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo. Originally scheduled to take place from 24 July to 9 August 2020, the Games were postponed to 23 July to 8 August 2021, due to the COVID-19 pandemic. [1] It was the nation's tenth consecutive appearance at the Summer Olympics.