Tuvalu at the Olympics
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Tuvalu participates in the Olympic Games in the Summer Olympics.[1] 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.[2] 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.[3]
See also: Tuvaluan records in athletics, Tuvalu at the 2008 Summer Olympics and Tuvalu at the 2012 Summer Olympics
References
- ↑ IOC. "Tuvalu". Retrieved 9 December 2011.
- ↑ 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.