Interesting Facts About South Pacific’s Sports
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The United Federation of Micronesia sent five athletes to the Olympic Summer Games in 2004, which took place in Greece. The national team had athletes in three sports: athletics (John Howard and Evangeleen Ikelap), swimming (Anderson and Tracy Ann Bonabart way), weightlifting (Manuel Minginfel). Minginfel was the flag bearer of the Micronesian delegation Olympic …
The Kingdom of Tonga has won several international medals. During the 1996 Olympic Games in Atlanta boxer Paea Wolfgramm won a silver medal Tonga. He won the first Olympic medal in the country. He said.. “I’m proud I was chosen by the powers that I was the first medal winner for Tonga to be on the Olympic experience was amazing to go in order as far as I am, I am very thankful to God for my benefit prayers, the people here. took me as their own heroes. Thank you. “
Papua New Guinea sent three athletes at the Olympic Games in 1984.
Guam (U.S. territory) has never won an Olympic medal.
Samoa has sent eight athletes to the Olympic Summer Games in 1984 in the United States. They appeared in three sports: athletics (2), boxing (4) and weightlifting (2).
Palau – it is one of the world’s youngest republic in the Olympics for the first time in Olympic Games 2000 in Sydney (Australia).
In the 1980s, Francis Maselino Fao (boxing) the best athlete in American Samoa.
The Solomon Islands has sent four athletes to the Summer Olympic Games 1996 in Atlanta (Georgia, USA).
Papua New Guinea 7-time Olympian: Montreal-1976, Los Angeles 1984, Seoul 1988, Barcelona 1992, Atlanta 1996, Sydney and Athens-2000 to 2004. For political reasons, Papua New Guinea has not participated in the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow (USSR / Soviet Union).
The South Pacific Games, I have held in Suva (Fiji), with 12 participating countries
The most popular sports in Tonga is rugby, boxing, athletics and sailing. The most popular athletes of Tonga are: George Smith (rugby), Paea Wolfgramm (silver medalist Boxing / Olympics, 1996), Willie Tonga (Rugby), Doug “Vicious Viney (kickboxing), Israel Folau (Rugby), Ana Liku (athletics), Tevita Taufoo (boxing / Olympic semifinalist in 1984), Sifa Taumoepeau (archery), Tolutau Koura (athletics), Jonah Lomu (rugby).
Apia (Samoa) hosted the 2007 South Pacific Games
Number of medals for the South Pacific Games:
Rank Country …. ……… …… Gold Silver Bronze … … Total
1st New Caledonia ……… 90 ……… …… 69 68 …….. 227
2.Tahiti …………………… 44 …… ……… 42 32 ….. … 118
3.Samoa ………………… 43 ……. 32 ……… 50 ……. 0125
4.Fiji ……………………… 40 ……. 54 ……… 42nd ……. 136
5.Papua New Guinea … 38 ……. 24 ……… 32 ……… 94
6.Nauru ………………… 15 ……… 9 ……… ….. 12 …. 36
7.Palau ………………….. 9 ………. ……….. 4th March ……… 16
8.Micronesia …………… 6 ……….. ……….. 1st June ……. .. 13
9.Cook Islands ………… ……….. 9 5 8 ……….. ……… 22
10.Tonga ……………….. 3 ……… 14 ……… 10 …… … 27
11.American Samoa ….. ……….. 3 ……… ………. 11 22. August
12.Tokelau ……………… 3 ……….. 1 ………… 1 … …….. 5
13.Wallis & Futuna …… 3 ………… ……….. 1 0 ……….. 4
14.Vanuatu …………….. 2 ………… ……….. 1st September …. ….. 12
15.Solomon Islands ….. ……….. January 11 ……… 14 ……… 26
16.Guam ……………….. 1 ………… ……….. 2 6. ………. 9
17.Kiribati ………………. 0 …………. 4 ……….. 2nd ………. 6
18.Marshall Islands ….. ………….. 0 1 ………. 1 ……….. 2
19.Tuvalu ……………… 0 ………….. 1 ……….. 1st ……… 2
20.Nieu ………………… …………. 1 0 ……….. 1 ……….. 2
21.Norfolk Islands …….. 0 ……….. ………… 1 0 1 ………..
Mariana 22.Northern … 0 0 …………. ……….. ……….. 0 0
Fiji is the home of Vijay Singh, one of the best golfers in the 21 Century. He was born 22nd February 1963 in Lautoka (former British colony). How many Fijian Vijay Hindu descent. He lives in Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida (USA). Laisenia Qarase (Prime Minister of Fiji) wrote. “Please accept the sincere congratulations of the government and all the people of Fiji for their outstanding achievements and extraordinary reach the top of golf, the status of a number one golfer in the world, this is a great success and they have fame and glory for you and your family and brought our country. We can be a country with only 850,000 people, but in your many achievements and the final victory that you achieved now, you have the commitment, hard work and perseverance shown, it can no boundaries for his achievements and his success. “
Title:
1984 Malaysian PGA Championship
1988: Nigerian Open
1989: Volvo Open Championship Open, Zimbabwe Open, Nigerian
1990: El Bosque Open
1991: King Hassan
1992: Malaysian Open, Volvo German Open
1993: Bell Cup
1994: Scandinavian Masters
1995: Phoenix Open, Open passport
1997: Memorial Tournament, South Africa Open, Toyota World Match Play Championship
1998: PGA Championship
1999: Honda Classic
2000: The Masters, Taipei Open
2001: Malaysian Open, Singapore Masters Calñtex
2002: Shell Houston Open
2004: Shell Houston Open HP Classic of New Orleans PGA Championship, Bell Canadian Open
2005: Sony Open, Buick Open
2006: Barclays Classic
2007: Mercedes Championships, Korea Open, Arnold Palmer Invitational
Alejandro Guevara Onofre: He is a freelance writer. Alejandro is of Italian origin, Africa and Peru. He has published over 75 scientific work in the English language, and more than twenty in Spanish, in matters of world, Olympic sports, countries, and tourism. His next test is called “The Dictator and Alicia Alonso”. He is an expert on foreign affairs. Alejandro is the first author who has published a World Book Encyclopedia in Latin America.
He admires Frida Kahlo (Mexican painter), José Gamarra (former president of the Bolivian Olympic Committee, from 1970 to 1982) Hillary Clinton (former First Lady of the United States) and Jimmy Carter (former President of the United States). Alejandro said: “The person I admire most is José Gamarra He has devoted his professional and personal lives to the sport José played an important role in the promotion of Olympism in Bolivia, there is a poor third world country’s. . and Latin America. His biography is interesting. ” Athletes, it is most admire Olympic volleyball player Flo Hyman. “The African-American sportswoman is my idol.
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