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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: Summer Olympics appearances
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.
He attended Tonga Side School and Tonga High School, [6] and graduated from Saint Peter's Lutheran College in Brisbane in 2000. [7] His Tongan father, Dr Pita Faiva Taufatofua, would later be appointed as governor of Haʻapai in 2021; [8] his mother is Australian of British descent. [6] He began practicing taekwondo at age five. [9]
The 2024 Summer Olympics opening ceremony may be a little less glossy compared to previous years due to the absence of Pita Taufatofua. However, the former Tongan flag bearer still took part in ...
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.
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 sent a delegation to compete at the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia from 7–23 February 2014. This was the Pacific island nation's debut at the Winter Olympic Games . The Tongan delegation consisted of one luge athlete, Bruno Banani , who had changed his name in a marketing gimmick to match that of German brand Bruno Banani .