Noc: | TGA |
Year: | 2018 |
Games: | Winter Olympics |
Games Link: | 2018 Winter Olympics |
Flagcaption: | Flag of Tonga |
Alt: | Refer to caption |
Nocname: | Tonga Sports Association and National Olympic Committee |
Location: | Pyeongchang, South Korea |
Date: | 9–25 February 2018 |
Competitors: | 1 |
Competitors Men: | 1 |
Events: | 1 |
Flagbearer: | Pita Taufatofua[1] |
Flagbearer Open: | Pita Taufatofua |
Flagbearer Close: | Pita Taufatofua |
Gold: | 0 |
Silver: | 0 |
Bronze: | 0 |
Appearances: | auto |
Tonga competed at the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang, South Korea, from 9 to 25 February 2018. It was represented by a single athlete, cross-country skier Pita Taufatofua. Pita Taufatofua, once again, marched into the Pyeongchang Olympic Stadium shirtless, smothered in coconut oil, and dressed in a traditional ta'ovala (a Tongan mat), after previously doing so in Rio.[2]
The following is the list of number of competitors participating in the Tongan delegation per sport.
width=130 | Sport ! | width=60 | Men ! | width=60 | Women ! | width=60 | Total |
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Cross-country skiing | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||||
Total | 1 | 0 | 1 |
See main article: article, Cross-country skiing at the 2018 Winter Olympics and Cross-country skiing at the 2018 Winter Olympics – Qualification. Tonga qualified one male athlete, Pita Taufatofua.[3] [4] [5]