Tuvalu at the Olympics
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| IOC code | TUV | ||||||||
| NOC | Tuvalu Association of Sports and National Olympic Committee | ||||||||
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Tuvalu participates in the Olympic Games in the Summer Olympics. They have yet to compete at the winter games.
The Tuvalu Association of Sports and National Olympic Committee (TASNOC) was recognised as a National Olympic Committee in July 2007.[1] Tuvalu entered the Olympic Games for the first time at the 2008 Summer Games in Beijing, China, with a weightlifter and two athletes in the men's and women's 100-metre sprints. A team with athletes in the same events represented Tuvalu at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, United Kingdom.[2]
Etimoni Timuani was the sole representative of Tuvalu at the 2016 Summer Olympics in the 100 m event.[3]
Medal tables
See also: All-time Olympic Games medal count
Medals by Summer Games
| Games | Athletes | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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 2008 Beijing | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - |
 2012 London | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - |
 2016 Rio de Janeiro | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - |
 2020 Tokyo | future event | ||||
| Total | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | |
Flag bearers
See also
References
- ↑ Lalua, Silafaga (9 July 2007). "Tuvalu in the IOC". Tuvalu-News.TV. Retrieved 31 October 2012.
- ↑ "Tuvalu Philatelic Bureau Newsletter (TPB: 02/2012)". London 2012 – Tuvalu in the 30th Olympiad of the Modern Era. 7 August 2012. Retrieved 7 March 2013.
- ↑ "The Underdogs: 15 Olympic Athletes That Could Shock the World". Rolling Stone. 5 August 2016. Retrieved 5 August 2016.
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