Tonga 🇹🇴 at the Commonwealth Games and the Olympics

 Time to visit Tonga. It is 1800km (1100 m) north of New Zealand north island. Fiji 🇫🇯 New Caledonia and Vanuatu 🇻🇺 are also nearby. Its NOC was created in 1963 znd recognized in 1984. Tonga made its debut in 1984 and has appeared in every games since. Tonga made its winter debut in 2014 and appeared in 2018. Did not go in 2022 due to nearby eruption. Has one medal overall - a silver by Paea Wolfgram in 1996 in boxing super heavyweight 91kg. Tonga became ghe smallest independent nation to win a medal. No winter medals yet. Best known Tongan is Pita Taufatofua. He was first introduced at the 2016 summer games when he carried the Tongan flag covered in coconut oil and wearing a ta'ovala (a Tongan mat). He carried their flag in 2018 and with Malia Paseka in 2020.

At the Commonwealth Games, they first appeared in 1974 and only missed 1978 and 1986.  They have 3 bronzes so far and all in boxing. Paea Wolfgramm in 1994 in super heavyweight, Lomalito Moala in 2010 in the lightweight division and Junior Fa in 2010 in the superweight division. Here is the flag of Tonga.