Cga: | NIU |
Cganame: | Niue Island Sports and Commonwealth Games Association |
Games: | Commonwealth Games |
Year: | 2022 |
Flagcaption: | Flag of Niue |
Website: | (Facebook) |
Location: | Birmingham, England |
Competitors Men: | 10 |
Competitors Women: | 5 |
Sports: | 3 |
Flagbearer Open: | Travis Tapatuetoa Olivia Buckingham |
Rank: | =40 |
Gold: | 0 |
Silver: | 0 |
Bronze: | 1 |
App Begin Year: | 2002 |
Niue competed at the 2022 Commonwealth Games in Birmingham, England from 28 July to 8 August 2022.[1] 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.[2] [3]
Boxer Travis Tapatuetoa and lawn bowler Olivia Buckingham were the delegation's flagbearers during the opening ceremony.[4] [5]
Boxer Duken Tutakitoa-Williams became Niue's first ever Commonwealth Games medallist when he won a bronze medal in the men's heavyweight event.
The following is the list of number of competitors participating at the Games per sport/discipline.
width=130 | Sport | width=55 | Men | width=55 | Women | width=55 | Total |
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Boxing | 4 | 0 | 4 | ||||
Lawn bowls | 5 | 5 | 10 | ||||
Weightlifting | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||||
Total | 10 | 5 | 15 |
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See main article: Boxing at the 2022 Commonwealth Games. A squad of four boxers was officially selected as of 20 June 2022.[2]
Athlete | Event | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | ||
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Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank | |||
Light welterweight | L | did not advance | ||||||
Welterweight | W 4–1 | L 0–5 | did not advance | |||||
Light heavyweight | L 0–5 | did not advance | ||||||
Heavyweight | W | L 0-5 | Did not advance |
See main article: Lawn bowls at the 2022 Commonwealth Games. A squad of ten bowlers was officially selected as of 20 June 2022.[2] It includes Dalton Tagelagi, who notably will compete during his tenure as the Premier of Niue.[6]
Athlete | Event | Group Stage | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Final / | ||||||
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Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Rank | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Rank | |||
Tukala Matua Tagelagi | Singles | L 11–21 | L 13–21 | L 9–21 | L 14–21 | 5 | did not advance | ||||
Tukala Matua Tagelagi Dalton Tagelagi | Pairs | L 14–23 | L 9–27 | L 10–23 | L 9–20 | 5 | did not advance | ||||
Norman Mitimeti Leslie Lagatule Kolonisi Polima | Triples | L 7–29 | L 9–26 | L 17–24 | 4 | did not advance | |||||
Norman Mitimeti Leslie Lagatule Kolonisi Polima Dalton Tagelagi | Fours | L 8–18 | L 7–21 | L 4–18 | 4 | did not advance |
Athlete | Event | Group Stage | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Final / | ||||||
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Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Rank | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Rank | |||
Olivia Buckingham | Singles | L 7–21 | L 19–21 | L 10–21 | L 16–21 | 5 | did not advance | ||||
Hina Rereiti Olivia Buckingham | Pairs | L 9–26 | L 6–23 | L 16–19 | 4 | did not advance | |||||
Selasiosiana Simpson Liline Hewett Tagaloa Tukuitoga | Triples | L 12–26 | L 10–31 | L 7–28 | 4 | did not advance | |||||
Selasiosiana Simpson Tagaloa Tukuitoga Liline Hewett Hina Rereiti | Fours | L 7–24 | L 3–29 | L 6–28 | 4 | did not advance |
See main article: Weightlifting at the 2022 Commonwealth Games and Weightlifting at the 2022 Commonwealth Games – Qualification. Niue accepted a Bipartite Invitation for the weightlifting competition and selected Giovanni Toimata to compete.[7] Toimata travelled to Birmingham, but was excluded from competition by the Commonwealth Games Federation following a mix-up with paperwork.[8]