Fiu Tui
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| Born | 11 December 1988 (age 36) | ||||||||||||||
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| Country |  Tuvalu | ||||||||||||||
| Sport | Boxing | ||||||||||||||
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Fiu Tui (born 11 December 1988)[1] is a Tuvaluan boxer who has represented Tuvalu at the Commonwealth Games and Pacific Games.
Tui is a police officer.[2] He has previously worked as a sailor.[2] In 2009 he was one of eleven Tuvaluan sailors held hostage by Somali pirates aboard the MV Hansa Stavanger.[2] He was released after a ransom was paid.[3]
He won a bronze medal in the middleweight class at the 2019 Pacific Games in Apia.[4]
In 2022 he was selected as part of Tuvalu's team for the 2022 Commonwealth Games in Birmingham, England.[5] He used the platform of the Commonwealth games to advocate for stronger action on climate change.[6]
References
- ^ "Fiu Tui". Birmingham2022.com. Birmingham Organising Committee for the 2022 Commonwealth Games Limited. Retrieved 19 August 2022.
- ^ a b c Andrew Webster (30 July 2022). "'I am from Tuvalu and my country is going to sink': Comm Games team you should be backing". Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 19 August 2022.
- ^ "Tuvaluans speak of ordeal as pirate captives". ABC. 18 August 2009. Retrieved 19 August 2022.
- ^ "Boxing". Samoa 2019. Retrieved 19 August 2022.
- ^ "'It means a lot to us' - Tuvalu thrilled to be at Games". RNZ. 29 July 2022. Retrieved 19 August 2022.
- ^ "Present". Salient. 8 August 2022. Retrieved 19 August 2022.