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| Born | 11 November 1989 [1] Hihifo, Haʻapai, Tonga [2] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Country |  Tonga | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Athletics | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Heamatangi Tu'ivai (born 11 November 1989) is a Tongan Athlete and rugby player who has represented Tonga at the Commonwealth Games and Pacific Mini Games.
Tu'ivai is from Hihifo in Haʻapai. [2]
At the 2009 Pacific Mini Games in Rarotonga in won silver in the 400 metres hurdles. [3] At the 2013 Pacific Mini Games in Mata Utu, Wallis and Futuna he won silver in the 400 meters and the 400 meters hurdles, and bronze as part of the 4 × 100 metres relay team. [4] He competed in the 400 meters at the 2014 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow, coming 7th in his heat. [2] At the 2013 Oceania Athletics Championships he won gold as part of the 4 × 100 metres relay team. [4] At the 2014 Oceania Athletics Championships he won bronze as part of the 4 × 100 metres relay team. [4] At the 2017 Oceania Athletics Championships he won bronze as part of the Tongan 4 × 400 metres relay team. [4]
Tu'ivai has also represented Tonga at rugby, as part of the Tonga A national rugby union team at the 2017 World Rugby Americas Pacific Challenge. [5]
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