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Born | (1997-03-30) 30 March 1997 (age 27) Neiafu, Tonga | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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Sport | Athletics | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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Talatala oe Toetu Po'oi (born 30 March 1997) is a Tongan Athlete who has represented Tonga at the Commonwealth Games, Pacific Games, and Pacific Mini Games. He has also been a member of the Tonga national under-20 football team.
Po'oi is from Neiafu in the province of Vavaʻu. In 2016 he was selected as a member of the Tonga national under-20 football team for the 2016 OFC U-20 Championship. He played in the match against the Cook Islands.
At the 2017 Pacific Mini Games in Port Vila he won gold in the 110 metres hurdles and bronze in the 400 metres hurdles. At the 2019 Pacific Games in Apia he won silver in the 110 metres hurdles. Following the games he was granted land in Vavaʻu by governor Lord Fakatulolo.
In 2018 he competed in the 110m hurdles at the 2018 Commonwealth Games on the Gold Coast in Australia, coming 8th in his heat.
References
- "Talatala PO'OI". World Athletics. Retrieved 29 July 2022.
- ^ "Talatala POOI". Gold Coast 2018. Retrieved 29 July 2022.
- "The road to Korea 2017 begins". Oceania Football Confederation. 20 June 2016. Retrieved 29 July 2022.
- "Samoa lay down early marker". Solomon Star. 22 June 2016. Retrieved 29 July 2022.
- "Athletics draws crowd on first day of competition". Loop Tonga. 12 December 2017. Retrieved 29 July 2022.
- "Mosese Foliaki and Talatala Po'oi win Gold and Silver 110m hurdles". Matangi Tonga. 19 July 2019. Retrieved 28 July 2022.
- "Tonga soar to gold and silver in men's hurdles". Samoa 2019. 18 July 2019. Retrieved 28 July 2022.
- "Vava'u Governor gifts land to athletes". Tonga Broadcasting Commission. 29 July 2019. Retrieved 28 July 2022.
- "Video: Tonga's flag-bearer ready for family affair at Commonwealth Games: 'I'll hold the flag with pride for my country'". 1News. 27 March 2018. Retrieved 29 July 2022.
- Philip Cass (11 April 2018). "A mixed week so far for Tongan athletes at Gold Coast Commonwealth Games". Kaniva Tonga. Retrieved 29 July 2022.
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