Tonga at the Olympics facts for kids

Quick facts for kids Tonga at the Olympics
IOC code	TGA
NOC	Tonga Sports Association and National Olympic Committee
Medals Ranked 134th	Gold Silver Bronze Total 0 1 0 1
Summer appearances
1984 1988 1992 1996 2000 2004 2008 2012 2016 2020
Winter appearances
2014 2018

The small island nation of Tonga has a big Olympic spirit! They have sent athletes to eight Olympic Summer Games and two Olympic Winter Games.

Tonga made history at the Summer Olympics. They became the smallest independent country to win an Olympic medal. This happened when boxer Paea Wolfgramm won a silver medal. He competed in the Super Heavyweight boxing event at the 1996 Atlanta Games.

Tonga also aimed to join the Winter Olympics. They tried to send an athlete to the 2010 Winter Olympics in Canada. The Tonga Amateur Sports Association (TASA) wanted to send a luge athlete. Luge is a sport where you slide down an icy track on a small sled.

Two athletes, Fuahea Semi and Taniela Tufunga, went to Germany for training. Only one could go to the Olympics. Fuahea Semi was chosen. His German sponsors gave him a new name, "Bruno Banani." Sadly, he crashed during the final tryouts and did not qualify for the 2010 Games.

But Bruno Banani did not give up! He worked hard and qualified for the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia. This made him the first Tongan athlete to ever compete in the Winter Games.

Olympic Medals for Tonga

Tonga has won one Olympic medal so far. It was a silver medal in boxing.

Summer Olympics Medal Count

This table shows how Tonga has done at the Summer Olympic Games.

Games	Athletes	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total	Rank
1984 Los Angeles	7	0	0	0	0	–
1988 Seoul	5	0	0	0	0	–
1992 Barcelona	5	0	0	0	0	–
1996 Atlanta	5	0	1	0	1	61
2000 Sydney	3	0	0	0	0	-
2004 Athens	5	0	0	0	0	–
2008 Beijing	3	0	0	0	0	-
2012 London	3	0	0	0	0	–
2016 Rio de Janeiro	7	0	0	0	0	–
2020 Tokyo	6	0	0	0	0	–
2024 Paris	4	0	0	0	0	–
2028 Los Angeles	Future event
Total		0	1	0	1	137

Winter Olympics Medal Count

Tonga has not yet won any medals at the Winter Olympic Games.

Games	Athletes	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total	Rank
2014 Sochi	1	0	0	0	0	–
2018 Pyeongchang	1	0	0	0	0	–
2022 Beijing	Did not participate
2026 Milan/Cortina	Future event
Total		0	0	0	0	–

Medals by Sport

Tonga's only medal came from boxing.

Tongan Olympic Medalists

Here is the list of the athlete who won a medal for Tonga.

Medal	Name	Games	Sport	Event
2 Silver	Paea Wolfgramm	1996 Atlanta	Boxing	Men's Super Heavyweight (>91 kg)

See Also

• List of flag bearers for Tonga at the Olympics
• Tonga at the Paralympics
• Tropical nations at the Winter Olympics

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