Lomalito Moala is a Tongan Australian

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who has represented Tonga at the Commonwealth Games. He won a Bronze medal at the

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. Moala was born in New Zealand and grew up in

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, but moved to

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in 2005 at the age of 15. He competed in the

2010 Commonwealth games The 2010 Commonwealth Games (Hindi: 2010 राष्ट्रमण्डल खेल), officially known as the XIX Commonwealth Games and commonly known as Delhi 2010, was an international multi-sport event that was held in Delhi, India, f ...

in New Delhi, winning bronze in the lightweight class. In 2012 he was part of the Tongan team at the Oceania Boxing Championships. He failed to qualify for the

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by a single point. He was selected for the Tongan team for the

2014 Commonwealth Games The 2014 Commonwealth Games ( gd, Geamannan a' Cho-fhlaitheis 2014), officially known as the XX Commonwealth Games and commonly known as Glasgow 2014, ( sco, Glesca 2014 or Glesga 2014; gd, Glaschu 2014), was an international multi-sport ev ...

in Glasgow. In the leadup to the opening ceremony he tweeted that he would wear the shirt of football club Celtic F.C. if retweeted a hundred times. He kept his promising at the opening ceremony, attracting media attention and the ire of Tongan fans. The next day, he failed to make the weigh-in and so was not able to compete. Moala now runs a boxing academy in

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Living people 2000 births Australian sportspeople of Tongan descent Boxers at the 2010 Commonwealth Games Commonwealth Games competitors for Tonga Commonwealth Games bronze medallists for Tonga Sportspeople from Lower Hutt Commonwealth Games medallists in boxing Medallists at the 2010 Commonwealth Games {{Australia-boxing-bio-stub