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Fiu Tui
Tuvaluan boxer (born 1988) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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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]
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