Tuvalu at the 2006 Commonwealth Games
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Tuvalu was represented at the 2006 Commonwealth Games
2006 Commonwealth Games
The 2006 Commonwealth Games were held in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia between 15 March and 26 March 2006. It was the largest sporting event to be staged in Melbourne, eclipsing the 1956 Summer Olympics in terms of the number of teams competing, athletes competing, and events being held.The site...
in Melbourne
Melbourne
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by a xx-member strong contingent comprising xx sportspersons and xx officials. Tuvalu entered competitors in shooting, table tennis and weightlifting. 2006 marked the country's second participation in the Commonwealth Games
Commonwealth Games
The Commonwealth Games is an international, multi-sport event involving athletes from the Commonwealth of Nations. The event was first held in 1930 and takes place every four years....
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Medals and results
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Geoffery Ludbrook competed in shooting, in the men's 50m Rifle Prone, and finished 32nd out of 38 competitors.
Tuvaluans took part in the men's doubles in table tennis, and failed to reach the round of sixteen. In the men's Team Event, Tuvalu's table tennis players finished 26th out of 27 teams.
In weightlifting, Esau Logona finished twelfth out of fifteen in the men's 69kg Combined.