Talatala Po'oi
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| Born | 30 March 1997[1] Neiafu, Tonga[2] | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Country |  Tonga | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 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.[2] In 2016 he was selected as a member of the Tonga national under-20 football team for the 2016 OFC U-20 Championship.[3] He played in the match against the Cook Islands.[4]
At the 2017 Pacific Mini Games in Port Vila he won gold in the 110 metres hurdles and bronze in the 400 metres hurdles.[5] At the 2019 Pacific Games in Apia he won silver in the 110 metres hurdles.[6][7] Following the games he was granted land in Vavaʻu by governor Lord Fakatulolo.[8]
In 2018 he competed in the 110m hurdles at the 2018 Commonwealth Games on the Gold Coast in Australia,[9] coming 8th in his heat.[10]
