Tonga at the 2014 Winter Olympics

Tonga qualified for a place in the men's singles when Bruno Banani finished in the top 38 (with a maximum of three per nation qualifying) during an event in the 2013–14 Luge World Cup.^[8] He took up luge in 2009 having previously trained in rugby, and had failed to qualify for the 2010 Winter Olympics by being a single point short after crashing in the final qualifying race.^[9] Banani, whose birth name is Fuahea Semi, had attracted media attention by changing his name to that of a German lingerie company, as part of a marketing ploy.^[10][11] His name change was criticised by International Olympic Committee Vice President Thomas Bach, who described it as being "in bad taste".^[12]

Banani was 26 years old at the time of the Sochi Olympics.^[13][14] The men's singles competition was held on 8–9 February, with two runs being contested each day; the final mark of each athlete was the sum of all four of their runs.^[15] On the first day, Banani's run times were 53.656 seconds^[16] and 53.637 seconds.^[17] Overnight, he was in 33rd place out of 39 competitors, and three seconds behind the leader.^[18] On the second day, he posted run times of 53.162 seconds^[19] and 53.221 seconds for his fourth and final run.^[20] Banani finished 32nd out of 39 competitors, with a combined time of 3 minutes and 33.676 seconds.^[15] Felix Loch of Germany won the gold medal with a total time of 3 minutes and 27.526 seconds,^[21] the silver medal was taken by Albert Demchenko of Russia, and the bronze medal was earned by Armin Zöggeler of Italy.^[22]

• Tropical nations at the Winter Olympics
• Tonga at the 2014 Commonwealth Games
• Tonga at the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics