Pita Taufatofua

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Pita Nikolas Taufatofua

Pita Nikolas Taufatofua (born November 5, 1983 in Australia ) is a Taekwondo fighter and cross-country skier from Tonga .

sports

Taekwondo

In February 2016 he won the oceanic qualifying tournament for the Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro . At the opening ceremony he was the flag bearer of his team . He received special applause from the audience for his appearance in traditional costume and with an oiled upper body. Taufatofua competed in the heavyweight division and was eliminated in the first round.

Cross-country skiing

In 2017 Taufatofua competed in the Nordic World Ski Championships in cross-country skiing and worked towards participating in the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang. After a 153rd place in the qualification over the sprint distance of 1600 m, he could not qualify for the final of his discipline. In January 2018, he finally managed to meet the Olympic standard in a race in Iceland . At the opening ceremony of the Olympic Games in Pyeongchang, he appeared in traditional costume and with an oiled upper body and carried the flag of his country . In the race over 15 km freestyle he ran in 114th place out of 119 starters, just 23 minutes behind Olympic champion Dario Cologna .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Curious Olympic moment: Hot flag bearer from Tonga arrives - and everyone freaks out. In: express.de. Retrieved March 3, 2017 .
  2. ↑ Tonga's oily Olympian is now skiing. In: sueddeutsche.de . February 22, 2017. Retrieved March 3, 2017 .
  3. ↑ World Ski Championships 2017 - Men's SP F Qual in the database of the International Ski Federation (English), accessed on March 3, 2017
  4. ↑ Martial artist in Rio, cross-country skier in Pyeongchang. In: spiegel.de. Spiegel Online , January 20, 2018, accessed January 31, 2018 .
  5. ↑ Everyone is a winner - Cologna congratulates the Tonga Turbo Taufatofua. watson , February 16, 2018, accessed February 16, 2018 .
personal data
SURNAME Taufatofua, pita
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Taufatofua, Pita Nikolas
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Tongan taekwondo fighter and cross-country skier
DATE OF BIRTH 5th November 1983
PLACE OF BIRTH Australia