Papua New Guinea Papua New Guinea (abbreviated PNG; , ; tpi, Papua Niugini; ho, Papua Niu Gini), officially the Independent State of Papua New Guinea ( tpi, Independen Stet bilong Papua Niugini; ho, Independen Stet bilong Papua Niu Gini), is a country i ...

made its

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début in the

1962 British Empire and Commonwealth Games The 1962 British Empire and Commonwealth Games were held in Perth, Australia, from 22 November to 1 December 1962. Athletic events were held at Perry Lakes Stadium in the suburb of Floreat and swimming events at Beatty Park in North Perth. The ...

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. The country has competed in 15 editions of the Games, Since 1962, Papua New Guinea have won a total of 14 medals in 5 sports.

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has been the most successful sport with 7 medals followed by

Boxing Boxing (also known as "Western boxing" or "pugilism") is a combat sport in which two people, usually wearing protective gloves and other protective equipment such as hand wraps and mouthguards, throw punches at each other for a predetermined ...

with 3,

Lawn bowls Bowls, also known as lawn bowls or lawn bowling, is a sport in which the objective is to roll biased balls so that they stop close to a smaller ball called a "jack" or "kitty". It is played on a bowling green, which may be flat (for "flat-gre ...

with 2,

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with 2, and

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with 1 medal.

Medals

After the

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, Papua New Guinea ranks 26th on the

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List of gold medallists

Games Summary

Notable achievements

;First medal * Kenneth Hopkins won Papua New Guinea's first ever

medal in

during the nation's debut commonwealth games in 1962. It was a bronze medal in the men's 71 kg category. ;First gold medal * Geua Tau won the country's first Commonwealth games gold by defeating New Zealand's Millie Khan 25-18 in

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for the women's singles event at the

1990 Commonwealth Games The 1990 Commonwealth Games ( mi, 1990 Taumāhekeheke Commonwealth) were held in Auckland, New Zealand from 24 January – 3 February 1990. It was the 14th Commonwealth Games, and part of New Zealand's 1990 sesquicentennial celebrations. Partic ...

. ;Most gold medals *

Steven Kari Steven Kakuna Kari (born 13 May 1993 in Port Moresby) is a Papua New Guinean weightlifter Olympic weightlifting, or Olympic-style weightlifting (officially named Weightlifting), is a sport in which athletes compete in lifting a barbell loaded ...

has won the most gold medals for Papua New Guinea in

. Kari has won 2 gold medals both in successive games in

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, and

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. ;Most medals *

Dika Toua Loa Dika Toua (born 23 June 1984) is a Papua New Guinean Olympian weightlifter. She competed at the 2020 Summer Olympics, in Women's −49 kg. She competes regularly in the 53 kg weight class. She is a 12 time, and current, Oceania titli ...

is the country's most decorated athlete at the Commonwealth games with 3 medals (1 gold and 2 silvers) in

. The weightlifter won gold in

and silver medals 1 in

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and the other in

References

External links

Papua New Guinea Olympic Committee & Commonwealth Games Association
{{Associations at the Commonwealth Games Papua New Guinea and the Commonwealth of Nations Nations at the Commonwealth Games