Ronald Lawrence Fotofili (born 6 July 1998) is a Tongan
athlete
An athlete is most commonly a person who competes in one or more sports involving physical strength, speed, power, or endurance. Sometimes, the word "athlete" is used to refer specifically to sport of athletics competitors, i.e. including track ...
. He competed in the
men's 100 metres event at the
2019 World Athletics Championships
The 2019 IAAF World Athletics Championships () was the seventeenth edition of the biennial, global sport of athletics, athletics competition organised by the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF), since renamed World Athleti ...
, where he was eliminated in the preliminary round. He also competed in the
men's 100 metres event at the
2020 Summer Olympics
The officially the and officially branded as were an international multi-sport event that was held from 23 July to 8 August 2021 in Tokyo, Japan, with some of the preliminary sporting events beginning on 21 July 2021. Tokyo ...
, where he suffered the result. He was a batonbearer for the
2022 Commonwealth Games Queen's Baton Relay
The Queen's Baton Relay for the 2022 Commonwealth Games covered 90,000 miles and visited 72 Commonwealth nations and territories from Birmingham Airport. The journey began at Buckingham Palace on 7 October 2021 and ended in Birmingham during th ...
when the baton came to Tonga in February 2022.
Fotofili is from the village of
Lapaha and attended
Tupou College
Tupou College is a Methodist boys' secondary boarding school in Toloa on the island of Tongatapu, Tonga. It is located on the Eastern District of Tongatapu near the village of Malapo. The school is owned by the Free Wesleyan Church of Tonga. Est ...
, where he began competing in athletics.
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1998 births
Living people
Tongan male sprinters
Place of birth missing (living people)
World Athletics Championships athletes for Tonga
Athletes (track and field) at the 2020 Summer Olympics
Olympic male sprinters
Olympic athletes for Tonga
21st-century Tongan sportsmen
Athletes (track and field) at the 2022 Commonwealth Games
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