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Toua
Toua is a Papua New Guinean name. Notable people with this name include: Surname * Aidan Toua (born 1990), Papua New Guinean rugby player * Dika Toua Loa Dika Toua (born 23 June 1984) is a Papua New Guinean Olympic weightlifting, Olympian weightlifter. She competed at the 2020 Summer Olympics, in the Weightlifting at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Women's 49 kg, women's 49 kg class. She curren ... (born 1984), Papua New Guinean weightlifter * Isabel Toua, Papua New Guinean cricketer Given name * Toua Tueni (born 1997), Tuvaluan football player * Toua Udia (born 1992), Papua New Guinean weightlifter See also * Tua (other) {{given name, type=both Masculine given names Surnames of Papua New Guinean origin ...
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Dika Toua
Loa Dika Toua (born 23 June 1984) is a Papua New Guinean Olympic weightlifting, Olympian weightlifter. She competed at the 2020 Summer Olympics, in the Weightlifting at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Women's 49 kg, women's 49 kg class. She currently competes in the 49 kg weight class. She is a 15 time, and current, Oceania champion and a former Commonwealth champion. She is also the current Pacific Games champion. Career Olympic games At just 16 years of age, she was the inaugural woman to lift weight at an Olympic event, competing in the 48 kg category at the Sydney 2000 Summer Olympics."Toua lifting the hearts of an island"
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Toua finished in tenth place with a total lift of 117.5 kg. She was the national flag bearer at the Athens 2004 Summer Olympics open ...
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Aidan Toua
Aidan Manoa Toua (born 19 January 1990) is a rugby union player for Japanese team Honda Heat. He previously played Super Rugby for the Queensland Reds and ACT Brumbies. His usual position is fullback. Toua was educated at the Anglican Church Grammar School. In February 2013, Toua was named to start at fullback for the Reds against the Hurricanes in Brisbane. In 2020, he announced his retirement from rugby. But he continues to play for his local club, Easts Tigers, and helps with coaching at his former high school's First XV In 2022, he was selected in the Papua New Guinea national rugby union team The Papua New Guinea national rugby union team, nicknamed the Pukpuks, (Tok Pisin for 'crocodiles'), played its first international in 1966, defeating Vanuatu 47–3. Papua New Guinea have not so far qualified for a Rugby World Cup. They participa ..., known as the Pukpuks. References External links Reds Rugby Player Profile
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Isabel Toua
Isabel Toua (born 17 July 1995) is a Papua New Guinean cricketer. In July 2018, she was named in Papua New Guinea's squad for the 2018 ICC Women's World Twenty20 Qualifier tournament. She made her Women's Twenty20 International (WT20I) against Bangladesh in the World Twenty20 Qualifier on 7 July 2018. In August 2019, she was named in Papua New Guinea's squad for the 2019 ICC Women's World Twenty20 Qualifier tournament in Scotland. In October 2021, she was named in Papua New Guinea's team for the 2021 Women's Cricket World Cup Qualifier The 2021 Women's Cricket World Cup Qualifier was an international women's cricket tournament that was held in Zimbabwe in November and December 2021. The tournament was the final part of the qualification process for the 2022 Women's Cricket Worl ... tournament in Zimbabwe. References External links * 1995 births Living people 21st-century Papua New Guinean sportswomen Papua New Guinean women cricketers Papua New Guinea women Twenty2 ...
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Toua Udia
Toua Udia (born 7 December 1992) is a Papua New Guinean male weightlifter, competing in the 77 kg category and representing Papua New Guinea at international competitions. He won the bronze medal at the 2011 Pacific Games, the gold medal at the 2013 Pacific Mini Games and the gold medal at the 2015 Pacific Games, lifting a total of 302 kg. He participated at the 2014 Commonwealth Games The 2014 Commonwealth Games (), officially known as the XX Commonwealth Games and commonly known as Glasgow 2014 (; ), were an international multi-sport event celebrated in the tradition of the Commonwealth Games as governed by the Commonwea ... in the 77 kg event. Shortly after competing, Udia was acquitted in a case of sexual assault. Major competitions References External links * 1992 births Living people Papua New Guinean male weightlifters Place of birth missing (living people) Weightlifters at the 2014 Commonwealth Games Commonwealth Games competitors for Papua ...
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Toua Tueni
The Tuvalu national football team represents the country of Tuvalu in international association football. It is fielded by the Tuvalu National Football Association, the governing body of football in Tuvalu, and competes as an associate member of the Oceania Football Confederation (OFC), which encompasses the countries of Oceania. Tuvalu played their first international match on 30 August 1979 in a 18–0 loss to Tahiti in Suva. Tuvalu have competed in the Pacific Games and Pacific Mini Games, and all players who have played in at least one match, either as a member of the starting eleven or as a substitute, are listed below. Each player's details include his playing position while with the team, the number of caps Caps are flat headgear. Caps or CAPS may also refer to: Science and technology Computing * CESG Assisted Products Service, provided by the U.K. Government Communications Headquarters * Composite Application Platform Suite, by Java Caps, a Java ... earned and ...
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Papua New Guinea
Papua New Guinea, officially the Independent State of Papua New Guinea, is an island country in Oceania that comprises the eastern half of the island of New Guinea and offshore islands in Melanesia, a region of the southwestern Pacific Ocean north of Australia. It has Indonesia–Papua New Guinea border, a land border with Indonesia to the west and neighbours Australia to the south and the Solomon Islands to the east. Its capital, on its southern coast, is Port Moresby. The country is the world's third largest list of island countries, island country, with an area of . The nation was split in the 1880s between German New Guinea in the North and the Territory of Papua, British Territory of Papua in the South, the latter of which was ceded to Australia in 1902. All of present-day Papua New Guinea came under Australian control following World War I, with the legally distinct Territory of New Guinea being established out of the former German colony as a League of Nations mandate. T ...
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Tua (other)
TUA may stand for: * Theological University of Apeldoorn, a theological university in the Netherlands * Tokyo University of Agriculture, a private university in Japan * Tokyo University of the Arts, a national university in Japan * TOW Under Armor, armored missile systems * Trinity University of Asia, a university in Quezon City, Philippines * Tulcan Airport in Tulcán, Ecuador * Turkish Space Agency, (Türkiye Uzay Ajansı, TUA) * ''The Umbrella Academy ''The Umbrella Academy'' is an Absurdist fiction, absurdist Superhero fiction, superhero comic book series created by writer Gerard Way and artist Gabriel Bá. It follows a dysfunctional family of adopted superhero siblings with bizarre powers a ...'', a comic series by Gerard Way * '' Lemony Snicket: The Unauthorized Autobiography'', a 2002 novel See also * Tua (other) {{disambig ...
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Masculine Given Names
A given name (also known as a forename or first name) is the part of a personal name quoted in that identifies a person, potentially with a middle name as well, and differentiates that person from the other members of a group (typically a family or clan) who have a common surname. The term ''given name'' refers to a name usually bestowed at or close to the time of birth, usually by the parents of the newborn. A '' Christian name'' is the first name which is given at baptism, in Christian custom. In informal situations, given names are often used in a familiar and friendly manner. In more formal situations, a person's surname is more commonly used. In Western culture, the idioms "" and "being on first-name terms" refer to the familiarity inherent in addressing someone by their given name. By contrast, a surname (also known as a family name, last name, or ''gentile'' name) is normally inherited and shared with other members of one's immediate family. Regnal names and ...
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