Tahiti at the 2019 Pacific Games

Tahiti at the
2019 Pacific Games
Tahiti at the; 2019 Pacific Games
IOC code	TAH
8 July 2019 – 20 July 2019
Competitors	in 21 sports
Medals; Ranked 4th	Gold35Silver39Bronze45Total119
Pacific Games appearances
	1963 ; 1966 ; 1969 ; 1971 ; 1975 ; 1979 ; 1983 ; 1987 ; 1991 ; 1995 ; 1999 ; 2003 ; 2007 ; 2011 ; 2015 ; 2019 ; 2023 ;
	← 2015 2023 →

Last updated December 06, 2025

French Polynesia competed as Tahiti at the 2019 Pacific Games in Apia, Samoa from 7 to 20 July 2019. The country participated in 21 sports at the 2019 games.^[1]

Archery

Tahiti won a gold medal, a silver medal and two bronze medals, totalling to 4. They came 4th in the medal table behind the hosts Samoa. * Host nation (Samoa)

Both their gold and silver medals came from the efforts of Jean-Pierre Winkelstroeter in the recurve men's full round and men's matchplay respectively, while their bronze medals came from Thiry Teng in the same events.

Athletics

Badminton

Tahiti qualified seven players in badminton for the 2019 games.^[2]

Men

Rauhiri Goguenheim
Manuarii Ly
Remi Rossi

Women

Heinamu Frogier
Hinahere Mara
Melissa Mi You
Esther Tau

Basketball

5x5

Men's basketball

TBC

Women's basketball

TBC

3x3

Men

TBC

Women

TBC

Boxing

Cricket

Football

Men's football

Squad

TBC

Women's football

Squad

TBC

Golf

Tahiti qualified eight players for the 2019 tournament:^[1]

Women

Vaea Nauta
Maggy Dury
Flavia Reid-Amaru
Moea Simon

Men

Matahiapo Wohler
Jeremy Biau
Nicolas Changarnier
Ari De Maeyer

Judo

Lawn bowls

Netball

Outrigger canoeing

Powerlifting

Rugby league nines

Men's rugby league

TBC

Women's rugby league

TBC

Rugby sevens

Men's sevens

Women's sevens

Sailing

Shooting

Squash

Swimming

Table tennis

Taekwondo

Tennis

Touch rugby

Triathlon

Volleyball

Beach volleyball

Volleyball (Indoor)

Weightlifting

Tahiti selected nine athletes (six men and three women) in weightlifting at the 2019 games.^[3]

Men

Joackim Ah Scha; -105 kg
Mahei Oopa: -74 kg
Marc Lisan: -83 kg
Miguel Hopuetai: -93 kg
Kevin Boukansan: -120 kg
François Lanteres: + 120 kg

Women

Heilani Sao Yao: -63 kg
Vaitiare Sham Koua: -84 kg
Sandra Pratz: -57 kg

References

1 2 "Athlete List for Samoa 2019 Pacific Games". Pacific Games Council. 17 June 2019. Archived from the original on 30 June 2019.
↑ "Pacific Games 2019". Badminton World Federation. Archived from the original on 28 June 2019. Retrieved 28 June 2019.
↑ "Samoa 2019 – Force athlétique : Tahiti sera représentée dans 9 catégories sur 15". Sports Tahiti. 5 July 2019. Archived from the original on 13 July 2019.

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[eligible-samoa-2019-1] 1 2 "Athlete List for Samoa 2019 Pacific Games". Pacific Games Council. 17 June 2019. Archived from the original on 30 June 2019.

[2] "Pacific Games 2019". Badminton World Federation. Archived from the original on 28 June 2019. Retrieved 28 June 2019.

[3] "Samoa 2019 – Force athlétique : Tahiti sera représentée dans 9 catégories sur 15". Sports Tahiti. 5 July 2019. Archived from the original on 13 July 2019.

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Tahiti at the 2019 Pacific Games

IOC code	TAH
8 July 2019 (2019-07-08) – 20 July 2019 (2019-07-20)
Competitors	in 21 sports
Medals Ranked 4th	Gold 35 Silver 39 Bronze 45 Total 119
Pacific Games appearances
1963 1966 1969 1971 1975 1979 1983 1987 1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015 2019 2023
← 2015 2023 →

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	New Caledonia	4	4	4	12
2	Fiji	3	3	1	7
3	Samoa*	2	1	3	6
4	Tahiti	1	1	2	4
5	Tonga	0	1	0	1
Totals (5 entries)		10	10	10	30