Tonga competed at the
2020 Summer Olympics
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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. It was the nation's tenth consecutive appearance at the Summer Olympics.
Competitors
The following is the list of number of competitors in the Games.
Athletics
Tonga received a universality slot from the
World Athletics to send a male track and field athlete to the Olympics.
;Track & road events
Swimming
Tonga received a universality invitation from
FINA to send two top-ranked swimmers (one per gender) in their respective individual events to the Olympics, based on the FINA Points System of June 28, 2021.
Taekwondo
Tonga entered two athletes into the taekwondo competition at the Games. Rio 2016 Olympian
Pita Taufatofua
Pita Nikolas Taufatofua (born 5 November 1983) is a Tongan athlete in taekwondo, cross-country skiing, and canoe. He is also a UNICEF ambassador and motivational speaker and lives in Brisbane, Australia.
Taufatofua became internationally famo ...
(men's +80 kg) and Malia Paseka (women's 67 kg) secured spots with a victory each in their respective weight classes at the
2020 Oceania Qualification Tournament in
Gold Coast, Queensland
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, Australia.
Weightlifting
Tonga received one tripartite invitation quota from the
International Weightlifting Federation.
IWF Absolute Ranking List (25 June 2021)
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References
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Nations at the 2020 Summer Olympics
2020
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