Niue at the 2022 Commonwealth Games
# Niue at the 2022 Commonwealth Games

Niue competed at the 2022 Commonwealth Games in Birmingham, England from 28 July to 8 August 2022. It was Niue's sixth appearance at the Games.

The Niue team of 15 athletes (ten men and five women), competing in three sports, was named on 20 June 2022.

Boxer Travis Tapatuetoa and lawn bowler Olivia Buckingham were the delegation's flagbearers during the opening ceremony.

Boxer Duken Tutakitoa-Williams became Niue's first ever Commonwealth Games medallist when he won a bronze medal in the men's heavyweight event.

## Competitors

The following is the list of number of competitors participating at the Games per sport/discipline.

| Sport | Men | Women | Total |
| - | - | - | - |
| Boxing | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| Lawn bowls | 5 | 5 | 10 |
| Weightlifting | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Total | 10 | 5 | 15 |

## Medallists

| Medal | Name | Sport | Event | Date |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| | Duken Tutakitoa-Williams | Boxing | Men's heavyweight | 6 August 2022 |

## Boxing

A squad of four boxers was officially selected as of 20 June 2022.

### Men

| Athlete | Event | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | Final |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Athlete | Event | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank |
| De Niro Pao | Light welterweight | Sanford (CAN) L RSC | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Xavier Mata'afa-Ikinofo | Welterweight | Bye | Onana Ngah (CMR) W 4–1 | Tokas (IND) L 0–5 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Travis Tapatuetoa | Light heavyweight | Bye | Kumar (IND) L 0–5 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Duken Tutakitoa-Williams | Heavyweight | — | Bye | Schuster (COK) W RSC | Plodzicki-Faoagali (SAM) L 0-5 | Did not advance | |

## Lawn bowls

A squad of ten bowlers was officially selected as of 20 June 2022. It includes Dalton Tagelagi, who notably will compete during his tenure as the Premier of Niue.

### Men

| Athlete | Event | Group Stage | Group Stage | Group Stage | Group Stage | Group Stage | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Final / BM | Final / BM |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Athlete | Event | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Rank | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Rank |
| Tukala Matua Tagelagi | Singles | Bester (CAN) L 11–21 | Dixon (NFK) L 13–21 | Salmon (WAL) L 9–21 | Kelly (NIR) L 14–21 | 5 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Tukala Matua Tagelagi Dalton Tagelagi | Pairs | New Zealand L 14–23 | Jersey L 9–27 | Scotland L 10–23 | Canada L 9–20 | 5 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Norman Mitimeti Leslie Lagatule Kolonisi Polima | Triples | Australia L 7–29 | Jersey L 9–26 | Cook Islands L 17–24 | — | 4 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Norman Mitimeti Leslie Lagatule Kolonisi Polima Dalton Tagelagi | Fours | Australia L 8–18 | Northern Ireland L 7–21 | Canada L 4–18 | — | 4 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |

### Women

| Athlete | Event | Group Stage | Group Stage | Group Stage | Group Stage | Group Stage | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Final / BM | Final / BM |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Athlete | Event | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Rank | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Rank |
| Olivia Buckingham | Singles | Ahmad (MAS) L 7–21 | Lim (SGP) L 19–21 | Inch (NZL) L 10–21 | Pharaoh (ENG) L 16–21 | 5 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Hina Rereiti Olivia Buckingham | Pairs | South Africa L 9–26 | India L 6–23 | New Zealand L 16–19 | — | 4 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Selasiosiana Simpson Liline Hewett Tagaloa Tukuitoga | Triples | England L 12–26 | New Zealand L 10–31 | India L 7–28 | — | 4 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Selasiosiana Simpson Tagaloa Tukuitoga Liline Hewett Hina Rereiti | Fours | South Africa L 7–24 | New Zealand L 3–29 | Wales L 6–28 | — | 4 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |

## Weightlifting

Niue accepted a Bipartite Invitation for the weightlifting competition and selected Giovanni Toimata to compete. Toimata travelled to Birmingham, but was excluded from competition by the Commonwealth Games Federation following a mix-up with paperwork.

| Athlete | Event | Weight lifted | Weight lifted | Total | Rank |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Athlete | Event | Snatch | Clean & jerk | Total | Rank |
| Giovanni Toimata | Men's +109 kg | DNS | DNS | DNS | DNS |
