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

Tonga has competed in eight editions of the Olympic Summer Games and two of the Olympic Winter Games. It became the smallest independent nation to win an Olympic medal in the Summer games when Super Heavyweight Boxer Paea Wolfgramm earned silver in the 1996 Super heavyweight 91 kg championships in Atlanta.

Tonga sought to enter a delegation for the 2010 Winter Olympics, which would have been the country's first participation in the Winter Games. The Tonga Amateur Sports Association (TASA) announced that it intended to send one athlete to compete in the luge event. In December 2008, two male athletes (Fuahea Semi and Taniela Tufunga) were selected to travel to Germany for training, although only one of them would compete at the Olympics. Semi was eventually selected as Tonga's candidate to compete in the Games, and was presented by his German sponsors under a new name, "Bruno Banani". He failed to qualify, however, crashing in the final round of qualifications and ending the Kingdom's hopes of competing at the 2010 Games. Banani qualified for the 2014 Winter Olympic Games in Sochi, Russia, becoming the first Tongan athlete to compete at the Winter Games.

Medal tables

Medals by Summer 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

Medals by Winter 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

List of medalists

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

See also

In Spanish: Tonga en los Juegos Olímpicos para niños

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