Wales Wales ( cy, Cymru ) is a Countries of the United Kingdom, country that is part of the United Kingdom. It is bordered by England to the Wales–England border, east, the Irish Sea to the north and west, the Celtic Sea to the south west and the ...

competed at the

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, from April 4 to April 15, 2018. It is Wales's 21st appearance at the Commonwealth Games, having competed at every Games since their inception in 1930. Swimmer

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was the country's flag bearer during the

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Competitors

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

Medallists

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Athletics

Team Wales announced its provisional squad of athletes on 27 November 2017 and 24 January 2018. The current 27-strong squad of 14 men and 13 women is correct as of 12 March 2018. However, only 12 women competed. ;Men ;Track & road events ;Field events ;Combined events –

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;Women ;Track & road events ;Field events

Boxing

Team Wales announced its squad of 7 boxers (4 men and 3 women) on 24 January 2018. ;Men ;Women

Cycling

Team Wales announced the selection of para-cyclist James Ball on 29 November 2017. Most of the 21-strong squad of 15 men and 6 women was made public on 24 January 2018, with Pete Mitchell confirmed as a para-cycling pilot on 1 February 2018.

Road

;Men ;Women

Track

;Sprint ;Keirin ;Time trial ;Pursuit ;Points race ;Scratch race

Mountain bike

Diving

On 24 January 2018, it was announced that

Aidan Heslop Aidan Heslop (born 18 April 2002) is a British diver and high diver who competes internationally representing Wales and Great Britain. At the 2018 Commonwealth Games he competed representing Wales, finishing 6th in the 10 metre platform and 1 ...

will be the first diver in 20 years to represent Wales at the Commonwealth Games. ;Men

Gymnastics

Team Wales announced its squad of 13 gymnasts (5 men and 8 women) on 23 February 2018.

Artistic

;Men ;Team Final & Individual Qualification ;Individual Finals ;Women ;Team Final & Individual Qualification ;Individual Finals

Rhythmic

;Team Final & Individual Qualification ;Individual Finals

Hockey

Wales qualified both men's and women's teams by placing in the top nine (excluding the host nation, Australia) among Commonwealth nations in the FIH World Rankings as of 31 October 2017. Each team consists of 18 players for a total of 36. Both teams were announced on 1 March 2018.

Men's tournament

;Roster * Lewis Prosser * Luke Hawker * David Kettle * James Fortnam *

Jacob Draper Jacob Benjamin Draper (born 24 July 1998) is a Welsh field hockey player who plays as a defender for Dutch Hoofdklasse club Pinoké and the Wales and Great Britain national teams. Club career Draper will play for Belgian club Beerschot in the ...

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Rhys Gowman Rhys or Rhŷs is a popular Welsh given name (usually male) that is famous in Welsh history and is also used as a surname. It originates from Deheubarth, an old region of South West Wales, with famous kings such as Rhys ap Tewdwr. It is pronounced ...

Daniel Kyriakides Daniel Kyriakides (born 21 March 1995) is a Welsh international field hockey player who plays as a midfielder or defender for Wales and Great Britain. James Kyriakides is his elder brother. Club career Kyriakides plays club hockey in the Men's ...

James Kyriakides James Kyriakides (born 20 March 1991) is a Welsh field hockey player. He is the older brother of Daniel Kyriakides. He represented Wales in the 2014 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow. James also represented Wales at the 2018 Gold Coast Commonwealth G ...

* Alf Dinnie *

Ben Francis Benjamin David Francis (born 4 June 1992) is a British businessman and entrepreneur. He is the founder and CEO of Gymshark. With a stake over 70% in Gymshark, Francis has a net worth of £700m as of 2021. Early life Francis grew up in Bro ...

Gareth Furlong Sir Gareth (; Old French: ''Guerehet'', ''Guerrehet'') is a Knight of the Round Table in Arthurian legend. He is the youngest son of King Lot and Queen Morgause, King Arthur's half-sister, thus making him Arthur's nephew, as well as brother to ...

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Rupert Shipperley Rupert Scott Shipperley (born 21 November 1992) is a Welsh international field hockey player who plays as a midfielder or forward for Wales and Great Britain. He plays club hockey in the Men's England Hockey League Premier Division for Hampstea ...

* Jonny Gooch *

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* Owain Dolan Gray * James Carson ;Pool B ---- ---- ---- ;9th–10th place match

Women's tournament

;Roster *

Leah Wilkinson Leah Julia Wilkinson (born 3 December 1986) is a Welsh international field hockey player who plays as a defender for Wales and Great Britain. She was born in Burton-on-Trent, England, and plays club hockey in the Women's England Hockey League P ...

* Sian French * Rose Thomas * Ella Jackson * Julie Whiting * Natasha Marke-Jones * Sophie Clayton * Sarah Jones *

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Phoebe Richards Phoebe Richards (born 26 March 1993) is a field hockey player from Wales, who plays as a forward. Personal life Phoebe Richards was born and raised in Knighton, Wales. In addition to hockey, Richards also used to play football for England at ...

Tina Evans Tina may refer to: People * Tina (given name), people and fictional characters with the given name ''Tina'' Places *Tina, Iran, a village in Khuzestan Province, Iran *Tina, Tunisia, a town in Sfax Governorate, Tunisia *Tina, Guadalcanal, Solomon ...

* Dannielle Jordan *

Eloise Laity Eloise Frances "Ellie" Laity (born 9 May 1994) is a Welsh international field hockey player, who plays as a midfielder for Wales. Career Club hockey Laity plays club hockey in the Women's England Hockey League Premier Division for Clifton Robin ...

* Beth Bingham * Izzie Howell * Delyth Thomas *

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* Jo Westwood ;Pool B ---- ---- ---- ;9th–10th place match

Lawn bowls

Team Wales announced its squad of 17 lawn bowlers and directors (10 men and 7 women) in two tranches. The first tranche of 7 participants was announced on 29 November 2017; the second tranche of 10 participants was announced on 24 January 2018. ;Men ;Women ;Para-sport

Netball

Wales qualified a netball team by virtue of being ranked in the top 11 (excluding the host nation, Australia) of the

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on July 1, 2017. ;Pool B ---- ---- ---- ---- ;Eleventh place match

Rugby sevens

Wales qualified a team of 12 men by being among the top nine ranked nations from the Commonwealth in the

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ranking. In addition, they qualified a team of 12 women by being the top ranked Commonwealth nation in the 2017 Rugby Europe Women's Sevens Grand Prix among those not already qualified though the

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ranking. During the tournament,

Harri Millard Harri Millard (born 17 August 1996) is a Welsh rugby union player who plays for Cardiff Rugby as a centre. He is a Wales under-20 international. Harri played his Mini and a junior rugby at Mountain Ash RFC Mountain Ash RFC is a Welsh rugby u ...

replaced the injured Morgan Williams. The women's team was announced on 12 March 2018, followed by the men's team on 19 March 2018.

Men's tournament

;Squad *

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* Ethan Davies * Morgan Williams * James Benjamin *

Angus O'Brien Angus O'Brien (born 17 September 1994) is a Welsh rugby union player who plays Dragons RFC. He can play as outside half and fullback. O'Brien is a Wales under-20 international. Angus O’Brien played club rugby for Caerleon RFC at Junior level ...

Adam Thomas Adam Thomas (born 11 August 1988) is an English actor, known for his roles as Donte Charles in the BBC One school-based drama series '' Waterloo Road'' (2006–2009, 2022–present) and Adam Barton in the ITV soap opera ''Emmerdale'' (2009� ...

Luke Morgan Luke Morgan is a fictional character from the British Channel 4 soap opera ''Hollyoaks'', played by Gary Lucy. He was introduced by the show's creator Phil Redmond as part of the Morgan family, and made his first appearance on 29 March 1999. The ...

Justin Tipuric Justin Tipuric ( ; born 6 August 1989) is a Welsh international rugby union player who plays for Wales as an openside flanker. Early life Tipuric is of Croatian descent. He grew up in Trebanos after initially being born in the village of Allt ...

* Owen Jenkins *

Hallam Amos Hallam Benjamen Amos (born 24 September 1994) is a former Welsh rugby union player who played for Cardiff Rugby and Newport Gwent Dragons. He mostly played as a wing, but he was also capable of playing at fullback and as a centre. Born in Stoc ...

* Benjamin Roach * Tom Williams *

;Pool D ;Classification semi-finals ;Match for seventh place

Women's tournament

;Squad * Sinead Breeze * Laurie Harries *

Sioned Harries Sioned Harries (born 22 November 1989) is a Welsh rugby union player who plays back row for the Whitland RFC/Scarlets and the Wales women's national rugby union team. She won her first international cap against Australia in the 2010 Women's Rugb ...

* Hannah Jones *

Jasmine Joyce Jasmine Joyce (born 9 October 1995) is a Welsh rugby union player who plays wing for the Wales women's national rugby union team, Team GB and Bristol Bears. She made her debut for the Wales national squad in 2017, and represented them at the 2021 W ...

* Bethan Lewis * Lucy Packer *Kayleigh Powell *

Shona Powell-Hughes Shona Powell-Hughes (born 8 July 1991) is a Welsh Rugby Union professional player who plays prop for the Wales women's national rugby union team and Gloucester Hartpury. She made her debut for the Wales national squad in 2010 as the youngest member ...

* Gemma Rowland *

Elinor Snowsill Elinor Snowsill (born 27 June 1989) is a Welsh rugby union player who plays as a fly-half for Bristol Bears. She made her debut for Wales against Sweden in 2009, earning 76 caps before her international retirement in August 2023. Club career Sno ...

Sian Williams Sian Mary Williams (; born 28 November 1964) is a Welsh journalist, current affairs presenter best known for her work with the BBC, and psychologist. From 2001 until 2012, Williams regularly presented weekday editions of ''BBC Breakfast'' as ...

;Pool B ;Classification semi-finals ;Match for seventh place

Shooting

Team Wales announced its squad of 11 shooters (8 men and 3 women) on 24 January 2018. ;Men ;Women ;Open

Squash

Team Wales announced its squad of 4 players (2 men and 2 women) on 24 January 2018. ;Singles ;Doubles

Swimming

Team Wales announced the selection of two para-swimmers on 20 December 2017. The remainder of its 14-strong squad of 5 men and 9 women was made public on 24 January 2018. ;Men ;Women

Table tennis

Team Wales announced the selection of parasport player Joshua Stacey on 29 November 2017. Three women were added to the squad on 24 January 2018. ;Singles ;Doubles ;Team ;Para-sport

Triathlon

Team Wales announced its squad of 4 triathletes (2 men and 2 women) on 24 January 2018. ;Individual ;Mixed Relay

Weightlifting

Team Wales announced its squad of 16 weightlifters and powerlifters (8 men and 8 women) in three tranches. Twelve weightlifters were selected on 6 December 2017. Three powerlifters were selected on 20 December 2017 and a final weightlifter was added on 22 December 2017. ;Men ;Women

Powerlifting

Wales participated with 3 athletes (2 men and 1 woman).

Wrestling

Team Wales announced its squad of 2 wrestlers (both men) on 24 January 2018.

References

{{Associations at the 2018 Commonwealth Games Nations at the 2018 Commonwealth Games Wales at the Commonwealth Games 2018 in Welsh sport