Niue Niue (, ; niu, Niuē) is an island country in the South Pacific Ocean, northeast of New Zealand. Niue's land area is about and its population, predominantly Polynesian, was about 1,600 in 2016. Niue is located in a triangle between Tong ...

competed at the

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from 28 July to 8 August 2022. It was Niue's sixth appearance at the Games. The Niue team of 15 athletes (ten men and five women), competing in three sports, was named on 20 June 2022. Boxer Travis Tapatuetoa and lawn bowler Olivia Buckingham were the delegation's flagbearers during the

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. Boxer Duken Tutakitoa-Williams became Niue's first ever Commonwealth Games medallist when he won a bronze medal in the men's heavyweight event.

Competitors

The following is the list of number of competitors participating at the Games per sport/discipline.

Medallists

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Boxing

A squad of four boxers was officially selected as of 20 June 2022. ;Men

Lawn bowls

A squad of ten bowlers was officially selected as of 20 June 2022. It includes

Dalton Tagelagi Dalton Emani Makamau Tagelagi (born 5 June 1968) is a Niuean politician and Premier of Niue since June 2020. He was elected premier by the Niue Legislative Assembly on 11 June 2020, defeating O'Love Jacobsen by 13 votes to 7. Tagelagi is the s ...

, who notably will compete during his tenure as the

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Weightlifting

Niue accepted a Bipartite Invitation for the weightlifting competition and selected Giovanni Toimata to compete. Toimata travelled to Birmingham, but was excluded from competition by the Commonwealth Games Federation following a mix-up with paperwork.

References

External links

Niue Island Amateur Sports Association Facebook site
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