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has competed in eleven of the

Commonwealth Games The Commonwealth Games, often referred to as the Friendly Games or simply the Comm Games, are a quadrennial international multi-sport event among athletes from the Commonwealth of Nations. The event was first held in 1930, and, with the exce ...

to date. The Cooks' first Commonwealth Games medal was won in 2018 by lawn bowlers

Taiki Paniani Taiki Paniani (born 22 February 1996) is a Cook Island international lawn bowler. Bowls career He was born in Rarotonga, Cook Islands and was selected as part of the Cook Islands team for the 2018 Commonwealth Games on the Gold Coast in Que ...

and

Aidan Zittersteijn Aidan Zittersteijn (born 8 September 1999) is a Cook Island international lawn bowler. Bowls career He was born in New Plymouth, New Zealand and was selected as part of the Cook Islands team for the 2018 Commonwealth Games on the Gold Coast ...

Medal tally

History

The Cook Islands first participated in the 1974 Commonwealth Games held at

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, missed the 1982 games, but has participated in all the games from

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onwards.

List of medalists

References

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