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Wales at the 2022 Commonwealth Games
Flag of Wales
CGF code	WAL
CGA	Commonwealth Games Wales
Website	teamwales.cymru/en
in Birmingham, England 28 July 2022 (2022-07-28) – 8 August 2022 (2022-08-08)
Competitors	201 (99 men and 102 women) in 16 sports
Flag bearers	Geraint Thomas Tesni Evans
Medals Ranked 8th	Gold 8 Silver 6 Bronze 14 Total 28
Commonwealth Games appearances (overview)
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Wales competed at the 2022 Commonwealth Games in Birmingham, England, between 28 July and 8 August 2022. Having competed at every Games since their 1930 inauguration, it was Wales' twenty-second appearance.

Geraint Thomas and Tesni Evans served as the delegation's flagbearers during the opening ceremony. Rosie Eccles carried the flag at the closing ceremony.

Medal tables

Wales finished tenth in the medal table, with a total of 28 medals, including 8 golds.

Medal	Name	Sport	Event	Date
Gold	James Ball	Cycling	Men's tandem sprint B	31 July
Gold	Jarrad Breen Daniel Salmon	Lawn bowls	Men's pairs	2 August
Gold	Olivia Breen	Athletics	Women's 100 metres (T38)	2 August
Gold	Aled Davies	Athletics	Men's discus throw (F44)/(F64)	3 August
Gold	Gemma Frizelle	Gymnastics	Women's rhythmic individual hoop	6 August
Gold	Rosie Eccles	Boxing	Women's light middleweight	7 August
Gold	Joshua Stacey	Table tennis	Men's singles C8–10	7 August
Gold	Ioan Croft	Boxing	Men's welterweight	7 August
Silver	James Ball	Cycling	Men's tandem 1 km time trial B	29 July
Silver	Dominic Coy Iestyn Harrett Olivia Mathias Non Stanford	Triathlon	Mixed relay	31 July
Silver	Natalie Powell	Judo	Women's 78kg	3 August
Silver	Joel Makin	Squash	Men's singles	3 August
Silver	Julie Thomas Mark Adams Gordon LLewellyn John Wilson	Lawn bowls	Mixed pairs B2–3	5 August
Silver	Taylor Bevan	Boxing	Men's light heavyweight	7 August
Bronze	Rhian Edmunds Emma Finucane Lowri Thomas	Cycling	Women's team sprint	29 July
Bronze	Emma Finucane	Cycling	Women's sprint	30 July
Bronze	Eluned King	Cycling	Women's points race	31 July
Bronze	Will Roberts	Cycling	Men's scratch race	31 July
Bronze	Medi Harris	Swimming	100 m backstroke women	31 July
Bronze	Lily Rice	Swimming	100 m backstroke women S8	31 July
Bronze	Owain Dando Ross Owen Jonathan Tomlinson	Lawn bowls	Men's triples	1 August
Bronze	Jasmine Hacker-Jones	Judo	Women's 63 kg	2 August
Bronze	Harrison Walsh	Athletics	Men's discus throw (F44)/(F64)	3 August
Bronze	Geraint Thomas	Cycling	Men's road time trial	4 August
Bronze	Jake Dodd	Boxing	Men's flyweight	6 August
Bronze	Garan Croft	Boxing	Men's light middleweight	6 August
Bronze	Owain Harris-Allan	Boxing	Men's bantamweight	6 August
Bronze	Charlotte Carey Anna Hursey	Table tennis	Women's doubles	7 August

Medals by sport
Sport				Total
Athletics	2	0	1	3
Boxing	2	1	3	6
Cycling	1	1	5	7
Gymnastics	1	0	0	1
Judo	0	1	1	2
Lawn bowls	1	1	1	3
Squash	0	1	0	1
Swimming	0	0	2	2
Table tennis	1	0	1	2
Triathlon	0	1	0	1
Total	8	6	14	28

Medals by date
Date				Total
29 July	0	1	1	2
30 July	0	0	1	1
31 July	1	1	4	6
1 August	0	0	1	1
2 August	2	0	1	3
3 August	1	2	1	4
4 August	0	0	1	1
5 August	0	1	0	1
6 August	1	0	3	4
7 August	3	1	1	4
Total	8	6	14	28

Medals by gender
Gender				Total
Male	5	3	7	9
Female	3	1	7	9
Mixed / open	0	2	0	2
Total	8	6	14	28

Competitors

The following is the list of number of competitors participating at the Games per sport/discipline.

Note

1. Plus 3 pilots
2. Plus 2 directors
3. Plus 1 guide

Athletics

A squad of twenty-two athletes and para athletes was officially selected on 8 June 2022. The para athletes all qualified via the World Para Athletics World Rankings (for performances registered between 31 December 2020 and 25 April 2022).

Two more athletes have since been added to the squad.

Men

Track and road events

Field events

Athlete	Event	Final
		Distance	Rank
Harrison Walsh	Discus throw F44/64	54.76
Aled Davies		51.39
Osian Jones	Hammer throw	69.15	6
Jac Palmer		66.63	11

Women

Track and road events

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Hannah Brier	100 m	11.48	4 q	11.61	8	Did not advance
Olivia Breen	100 m T38	13.03	2 Q	—		12.83
Hannah Brier	200 m	24.04	2 Q	23.84	6	Did not advance
Melissa Courtney-Bryant	1500 m	4:14.46	6 q	—		4:10.86	10
Beth Kidger	5000 m	—				15:37.47	13
Jennifer Nesbitt		—				15:34.98	12
Natasha Cockram	Marathon	—				2:40:18	12
Clara Evans		—				2:38:03	9
Bethan Davies	10,000 m walk	—				45:45.59	6
Heather Lewis		—				45:09.19	5

Field events

Combined events – Heptathlon

Boxing

A squad of nine boxers was officially selected on 8 June 2022.

Men

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Jake Dodd	Flyweight	—	Kolobe (LES) W RSC	Paiva (NIR) W RSC	MacDonald (ENG) L RSC	Did not advance
Owain Harris-Allan	Bantamweight	—	Lengola (LES) W 4–1	Chang (PNG) W 5–0	Mensah (GHA) L 0–3	Did not advance
Ioan Croft	Welterweight	Bye	Vadamootoo (MRI) W 5–0	Mbewe (MAW) W RSC	Jolly (SCO) W 4–1	Zimba (ZAM) W 5–0
Garan Croft	Light middleweight	Bye	Osoba (NGR) W 5–0	Clair (MRI) W 5–0	Walsh (NIR) L 1–4	Did not advance
Haaris Khan	Middleweight	Richardson (ENG) L 0–5	Did not advance
Taylor Bevan	Light heavyweight	Lye (NZL) W KO	Poutoa (SAM) W RSC	Ennis (JAM) W 5–0	Bowen (ENG) W 5–0	Lazzerini (SCO) L 1–4

Women

Athlete	Event	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Helen Jones	Light flyweight	Bye	Nikhat (IND) L 0–5	Did not advance
Zoe Andrews	Featherweight	Toussaint (ENG) L 1–4	Did not advance
Rosie Eccles	Light middleweight	Bye	Borgohain (IND) W 3–2	Nugent (NIR) W 5–0	Scott (AUS) W RSC

Cycling

A squad of twenty-four cyclists and para cyclists (plus three pilots) was officially selected on 8 June 2022. The para cyclists were awarded with quota places earned via the UCI Individual Tandem B Track Para Rankings (for performances registered between 1 January 2021 and 18 April 2022).

The selection of Elinor Barker was particularly notable as she will take part in the road race less than five months after giving birth.

Road

Men

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Owain Doull	Road race	3:37:20	58
Joe Holt		3:38:11	65
William Roberts		3:37:08	25
Luke Rowe		3:37:08	51
Geraint Thomas		3:28:51	8
Stephen Williams		Did not finish
Owain Doull	Time trial	49:05.46	7
Geraint Thomas		46:49.73

Women

Track

Sprint

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / BM
		Time	Rank	Opposition Time	Opposition Time	Opposition Time	Opposition Time	Rank
James Ball piloted by Matt Rotherham	Men's tandem sprint B	9.851	2 Q	—		Beau Wootton (AUS) W 2–0	Neil Fachie (SCO) W 2–0
Alex Pope piloted by Steff Lloyd		10.401	4 Q	—		Neil Fachie (SCO) L 0–2	Beau Wootton (AUS) L 0–2	4
Rhian Edmunds	Women's sprint	10.933	9 Q	Lowri Thomas (WAL) W	Kelsey Mitchell (CAN) L 0–2	Did not advance
Emma Finucane		10.804	4 Q	Lusia Steele (SCO) W	Kristina Clonan (AUS) W 2–1	Kelsey Mitchell (CAN) L 0–2	Sophie Capewell (ENG) W 2–1
Lowri Thomas		10.888	8 Q	Rhian Edmunds (WAL) L	Did not advance
Eleanor Coster Rhian Edmunds Emma Finucane Lowri Thomas	Women's team sprint	48.095	3 QB	—			Australia (AUS) W

Keirin

Time trial

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Joe Holt	Men's time trial	1:01.422	8
Harvey McNaughton		1:02.659	13
James Ball piloted by Matt Rotherham	Men's tandem time trial B	1:00.053
Alex Pope piloted by Steff Lloyd		1:03.912	5
Eleanor Coster	Women's time trial	35.116	13
Emma Finucane		33.916	5
Lowri Thomas		DNS
Nia Holt piloted by Amy Cole	Women's tandem time trial B	1:13.435	5

Pursuit

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final / BM
		Time	Rank	Opponent Results	Rank
William Roberts	Men's pursuit	4:16.036	11	Did not advance
Joshua Tarling		4:16.873	12	Did not advance
Rhys Britton Joe Holt Harvey McNaughton William Roberts Joshua Tarling	Men's team pursuit	3:54.613	4 QB	Australia (AUS) L	4
Ella Barnwell	Women's pursuit	3:34.064	11	Did not advance
Anna Morris		3:26.386	6	Did not advance
Megan Barker Ella Barnwell Eluned King Anna Morris Jessica Roberts	Women's team pursuit	4:20.398	4 QB	England (ENG) L	4

Points race

Athlete	Event	Final
		Points	Rank
Rhys Britton	Men's points race	DNF
William Roberts		DNF
Joshua Tarling		9	7
Eluned King	Women's points race	32
Anna Morris		0	15
Jessica Roberts		21	10

Scratch race

Athlete	Event	Qualification	Final
Rhys Britton	Men's scratch race	1 Q	5
Joe Holt		6 Q	9
William Roberts		3 Q
Ella Barnwell	Women's scratch race	—	7
Megan Barker		—	12
Anna Morris		—	8

Diving

A squad of three divers was officially selected on 8 June 2022.

Gymnastics

A squad of thirteen gymnasts was officially selected on 15 June 2022.

Artistic

Men

Team Final & Individual Qualification

Individual Finals

Women

Team Final & Individual Qualification

Individual Finals

Rhythmic

Team Final & Individual Qualification

Individual Finals

Athlete	Apparatus	Score	Rank
Gemma Frizelle	Hoop	28.700
Gemma Frizelle	Ball	26.500	8
Elizabeth Popova		26.600	7
Elizabeth Popova	Clubs	27.700	5

Hockey

By virtue of its position in the FIH World Rankings for men and women respectively (as of 1 February 2022), Wales qualified for both tournaments.

Detailed fixtures were released on 9 March 2022, followed by both rosters on 15 June 2022.

Summary

Key:

• FT = After full time
• P = Match decided by penalty-shootout

Team	Event	Preliminary round					Semifinal	Final / BM / PM
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Wales men	Men's tournament	Canada W 5–1	England L 2–4	Ghana W 6–1	India L 1–4	3	Did not advance	Classification 5–6  New Zealand L 1–2	6
Wales women	Women's tournament	Canada L 0–4	India L 1–3	Ghana W 4–0	England L 0–5	4	Did not advance	Classification 7-8  South Africa L 0–1	8

Men's tournament

Roster

• Toby Reynolds-Cotterill (gk)
• Dewi Roblin (gk)
• Gareth Furlong
• Daniel Kyriakides
• Hywel Jones
• Ioan Wall
• Steve Kelly
• Lewis Prosser (co-c)
• Jacob Draper
• Dale Hutchinson
• Rupert Shipperley (co-c)
• Joe Naughalty
• Gareth Griffiths
• Rhys Bradshaw
• Luke Hawker (co-c)
• James Carson
• Ben Francis
• Owain Dolan-Gray

Group play

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	India	4	3	1	0	27	5	+22	10	Semi-finals
2	England (H)	4	3	1	0	25	8	+17	10
3	Wales	4	2	0	2	14	10	+4	6	Fifth place match
4	Canada	4	0	1	3	4	25	−21	1	Seventh place match
5	Ghana	4	0	1	3	2	24	−22	1	Ninth place match

30 July 2022 11:00 Canada  1–5  Wales Sarmento  59' Report Furlong  8', 12', 14', 49' Griffiths  45' Umpires: David Tomlinson (NZL) Fraser Bell (SCO)

31 July 2022 14:00 England  4–2  Wales Ward  2' Bandurak  41', 57' Roper  53' Report Prosser  19' Carson  52' Umpires: Steve Rogers (AUS) Sean Rapaport (RSA)

3 August 2022 16:00 Wales  6–1  Ghana Furlong  26', 38', 44' Francis  48' Kyriakides  58' Dolan-Gray  58' Report Kwofie  21' Umpires: Tim Bond (NZL) Nick Bennett (ENG)

4 August 2022 14:00 India  4–1  Wales Harmanpreet  18', 19', 41' Gurjant  49' Report Furlong  55' Umpires: Nick Bennett (ENG) Tyler Klenk (CAN)

Fifth place match

7 August 2022 18:00 New Zealand  2–1  Wales Woods  7' Findlay  41' Report Furlong  24' Umpires: Bruce Bale (ENG) Nick Bennett (ENG)

Women's tournament

Roster

• Beth Bingham (co-c)
• Ella Jackson (gk)
• Eloise Laity
• Hannah Cozens
• Holly Munro
• Izzie Howell
• Izzy Webb
• Jo Westwood
• Leah Wilkinson (co-c)
• Livvy Hoskins
• Millie Holme
• Phoebe Richards
• Rebecca Daniel
• Rose Thomas (gk)
• Sarah Jones
• Sian French (co-c)
• Sophie Robinson
• Xenna Hughes

Group play

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	England (H)	4	4	0	0	21	1	+20	12	Semi-finals
2	India	4	3	0	1	12	6	+6	9
3	Canada	4	2	0	2	14	5	+9	6	Fifth place match
4	Wales	4	1	0	3	5	12	−7	3	Seventh place match
5	Ghana	4	0	0	4	1	29	−28	0	Ninth place match

29 July 2022 16:00 Canada  4–0  Wales Haughn  21' Stairs  33', 50' McManus  45' Report Umpires: Amber Church (NZL) Binish Hayat (PAK)

30 July 2022 19:00 India  3–1  Wales Vandana  26', 48' Gurjit  28' Report Hughes  45' Umpires: Cookie Tan (SGP) Lelia Sacre (CAN)

1 August 2022 09:00 Wales  4–0  Ghana Wilkinson  40' Webb  50' Holme  52' Bingham  58' Report Umpires: Binish Hayat (PAK) Rebecca Woodcock (ENG)

4 August 2022 11:00 England  5–0  Wales Balsdon  18', 34', 58' Martin  28' Ansley  54' Report Umpires: Wanri Venter (RSA) Binish Hayat (PAK)

Seventh place match

5 August 2022 11:15 Wales  0–1  South Africa Report Du Plessis  38' Umpires: Lelia Sacre (CAN) Cookie Tan (SGP)

Judo

A squad of six judoka was officially selected on 8 June 2022.

Men

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage	Final/BM
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Callum Bennett	-60 kg	Mwenda (TAN) W 10–0	J Katz (AUS) L 0–10	Did not advance
Daniel Rabbitt		Agudoo (GHA) W 10–0	Ferguson (SCO) W 10s2–0s2	Hall (ENG) L 0–10	Did not advance	Zulu (ZAM) L 0s1–10	Did not advance
Gregg Varey	-66 kg	—	Yartey (GHA) W 10s2–0s3	Short (SCO) L 0s3–10s2	Did not advance	N Katz (AUS) L 0s3–10	Did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage	Final/BM
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Ashleigh-Anne Barnikel	-48 kg	Marappulige (SRI) W 10–0	Whitebooi (RSA) L 0–10	Did not advance	Esposito (MLT) L 0–10	Did not advance
Jasmine Hacker-Jones	-63 kg	—	Howell (ENG) L 0s2–10	Did not advance	James (NGR) W 10s2–0s3	Etoua Biock (CMR) W 10–1
Natalie Powell	-78 kg	—	Agathe (MRI) W 10–0	Godbout (CAN) W 10–0	—	Reid (ENG) L 0–1s1

Lawn bowls

A squad of four parasport players (plus two directors) was officially selected on 27 May 2022.

Ten players were added to the squad on 8 June 2022.

Men

Athlete	Event	Group stage					Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final / BM
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Daniel Salmon	Singles	Kelly (NIR) L 12–21	Tagelagi (NIU) W 21–9	Bester (CAN) L 10–21	Dixon (NFK) W 21–11	3	Did not advance
Jarrad Breen Daniel Salmon	Pairs	Namibia (NAM) W 16–14	Jamaica (JAM) W 33–8	Northern Ireland (NIR) L 11–14	Norfolk Island (NFK) W 19–16	2 Q	South Africa (RSA) W 16–11	Northern Ireland (NIR) W 22–14	England (ENG) W 19–18
Owain Dando Ross Owen Jon Tomlinson	Triples	Fiji (FIJ) L 12–13	Northern Ireland (NIR) D 15–15	Norfolk Island (NFK) W 31–10	—	2 Q	Scotland (SCO) W 17–12	England (ENG) L 5–17	Fiji (FIJ) W 21–7
Jarrad Breen Owain Dando Ross Owen Jon Tomlinson	Fours	Norfolk Island (NFK) W 19–8	Brunei (BRU) W 28–2	Malaysia (MAS) D 12–12	—	1 Q	New Zealand (NZL) W 18–16	Northern Ireland (NIR) L 9–18	England (ENG) L 12–17	4

Women

Athlete	Event	Group stage					Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final / BM
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Laura Daniels	Singles	Arthur-Almond (FLK) W 21–2	Choudhury (IND) W 21–10	O'Neill (NIR) W 21–19	Hoggan (SCO) L 14–21	2 Q	Wilson (NFK) L 11–21	Did not advance
Sara Nicholls Caroline Taylor	Pairs	Canada (CAN) D 16–16	Australia (AUS) L 15–21	Brunei (BRU) W 27–8	—	2 Q	New Zealand (NZL) L 15–16	Did not advance
Anwen Butten Laura Daniels Ysie White	Triples	Cook Islands (COK) L 11–14	Botswana (BOT) D 16–16	Scotland (SCO) W 16–14	—	2 Q	Malaysia (MAS) L 22–25	Did not advance
Anwen Butten Sara Nicholls Caroline Taylor Ysie White	Fours	New Zealand (NZL) L 12–18	South Africa (RSA) L 15–16	Niue (NIU) W 28–6	—	3	Did not advance

Parasport

Athlete	Event	Group stage						Semifinal	Final / BM
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Paul Brown Chris Spriggs	Men's pairs B6–8	South Africa (RSA) W 14–9	Scotland (SCO) L 9–19	New Zealand (NZL) L 12–20	England (ENG) L 11–12	Australia (AUS) L 11–15	5	Did not advance
Julie Thomas directed by Mark Adams Gordon Llewellyn directed by John Wilson	Mixed pairs B2–3	England (ENG) L 9–18	South Africa (RSA) W 15–8	New Zealand (NZL) W 18–8	Australia (AUS) L 13–18	Scotland (SCO) L 8–15	3 Q	Australia (AUS) W 13–10	Scotland (SCO) L 9–16

Netball

By virtue of its position in the World Netball Rankings (as of 31 January 2022), Wales qualified for the tournament.

Complete fixtures were announced in March 2022, followed by the chosen squad on 5 July 2022.

Summary

Team	Event	Group stage						Semifinal	Final / BM / Cl.
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Wales women	Women's tournament	Jamaica L 43–72	Scotland W 48–42	Australia L 33–79	South Africa L 51–69	Barbados W 60–44	4	Did not advance	Classification 7–8  Malawi L 56–62	8

Roster

• Betsy Creak
• Georgia Rowe
• Zoe Matthewman
• Eleanor Roberts
• Suzy Drane (co-c)
• Bethan Dyke
• Clare Jones (co-vc)
• Shona O'Dwyer
• Nia Jones (co-c)
• Christina Shaw
• Leila Thomas
• Ella Powell-Davies (co-vc)

Group play

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Jamaica	5	5	0	0	378	205	+173	10	Semi-finals
2	Australia	5	4	0	1	386	187	+199	8
3	South Africa	5	3	0	2	323	275	+48	6	Classification matches
4	Wales	5	2	0	3	235	306	−71	4
5	Scotland	5	1	0	4	224	302	−78	2
6	Barbados	5	0	0	5	150	421	−271	0

29 July 2022 18:00	Report	Jamaica	72–43	Wales		National Exhibition Centre Umpires: Louise Travis Ken Metekingi
		Beckford  8/12 (67%) Fowler  32/33 (97%) Nelson  29/29 (100%) Robison  3/5 (60%)		Creak  22/27 (81%) Roberts  3/5 (60%) Rowe  18/19 (95%)

31 July 2022 20:00	Report	Scotland	42–48	Wales		National Exhibition Centre Umpires: Ken Metekingi Kate Wright
		Barrie  15/22 (68%) Goodwin  20/27 (74%) McCall  7/13 (54%)		Creak  12/16 (75%) Rowe  36/38 (95%)

2 August 2022 12:00	Report	Australia	79–33	Wales		National Exhibition Centre Umpires: Gareth Fowler Louise Travis
		Bueta  26/27 (96%) Koenen  49/54 (91%) Wood  4/4 (100%)		Creak  11/11 (100%) Roberts  6/11 (55%) Rowe  16/18 (89%)

3 August 2022 12:00	Report	South Africa	69–51	Wales		National Exhibition Centre Umpires: Angela Armstrong-Lush Bronwen Adams
		Taljaard  1/1 (100%) van der Berg  35/39 (90%) Venter  33/36 (92%)		Creak  26/37 (70%) Roberts  4/5 (80%) Rowe  21/25 (84%)

4 August 2022 11:00	Report	Wales	60–44	Barbados		National Exhibition Centre Umpires: Louise Travis Elizna Van Den Berg
		Creak  30/33 (91%) Roberts  9/14 (64%) Rowe  21/24 (88%)		Agard  4/5 (80%) Blackman  19/19 (100%) Wharton  21/27 (78%)

Seventh place match

5 August 2022 14:30	Report	Wales	56–62	Malawi		National Exhibition Centre Umpires: Ken Metekingi Kate Wright
		Creak  8/10 (80%) Roberts  1/2 (50%) Rowe  47/49 (96%)		Chimaliro  3/4 (75%) Kumwenda  49/50 (98%) Simtowe  10/11 (91%)

Rugby sevens

Wales officially qualified for the men's tournament. They did so through their position in the 2018–19 / 2019–20 World Rugby Sevens Series.

The squad was confirmed on 13 July 2022.

Summary

Team	Event	Preliminary Round				Quarterfinal / CQ	Semifinal / CS	Final / BM / CF
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Wales men's	Men's tournament	Canada L 0–31	Zambia W 38–5	Fiji L 24–38	3	CQ 9-16  Malaysia W 33–14	CS 9-16  England L 10–14	Did not advance	11

Men's tournament

Roster

• Luke Treharne
• Tyler Morgan
• Morgan Sieniawski
• Sam Cross
• Tom Brown
• Callum Williams
• Owen Jenkins
• Tom Williams
• Morgan Williams
• Cole Swannack
• Lloyd Lewis
• Ewan Rosser
• Callum Carson

Pool C

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	Fiji	3	3	0	0	109	36	+73	9	Advance to Quarter-finals
2	Canada	3	2	0	1	67	31	+36	7
3	Wales	3	1	0	2	62	74	−12	5	Advance to classification Quarter-finals
4	Zambia	3	0	0	3	17	114	−97	3

Canada	31–0	Wales
Try: Russell (2) 3' m, 8' c Coats 5' m Thiel 7' c Oworu 13' c Con: Coats (3/5) 7', 8', 13' Cards: Morra  13'	Report	Cards: T. Williams  11'

Wales	38–5	Zambia
Try: C. Williams 1' c Swannack 2' c Sieniawski 5' c Treharne 11' m Carson 13' c Smith 14' m Con: Treharne (3/3) 1', 3', 6' T. Williams (1/3) 13' Cards: C. Williams  9'	Report	Try: Kaushiku 9' m Con: Mwewa (0/1) Cards: Mukosa  11' Banda  13'

Fiji	38–24	Wales
Try: Sauturaga (2) 1' c, 8' m Naduvalo (2) 3' c, 5' m Nacuqu 6' c Rasaku 12' c Con: Sauturaga (1/1) 1' Nacuqu (2/4) 3', 7' Rasaku (1/1) 13'	Report	Try: T. Williams 2' c Lewis (2) 10' c, 11' c M. Williams 14' m Con: T. Williams (3/3) 2', 10', 12' Jenkins (0/1)

Classification Quarterfinals

Wales	33–14	Malaysia
Try: C. Williams (3) 4' m, 8' c, 9' c Lewis 13' c Carson 14' c Con: T. Williams (3/4) 8', 9', 13' Swannack (1/1) 14'	Report	Try: Sudin 2' c Nordin 7' c Con: Mat Zizi (2/2) 2', 7'

9th-12th Semifinals

England	14–10	Wales
Try: Homer 1' c Bavadra 4' c Con: Roddick (2/2) 1', 4'	Report	Try: Williams (2) 12' m, 14' m Con: Swannack (0/2) Cards: Morgan  8'

Squash

A squad of five players was officially selected on 8 June 2022.

Singles

Athlete	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Peter Creed	Men's singles	Othniel Bailey (SVG) W 3–0	David Baillargeon (CAN) L 1–3	Did not advance
Emyr Evans		Luca Reich (IVB) W 3–0	Mohammad Syafiq Kamal (MAS) W 3–1	Paul Coll (NZL) L 1–3	Did not advance
Joel Makin		Bye	Michael Kawooya (UGA) W 3–0	Alan Clyne (SCO) W 3–0	Ng Eain Yow (MAS) W 3–1	James Willstrop (ENG) W 3–0	Paul Coll (NZL) L 2–3
Tesni Evans	Women's singles	Bye	Amanda Haywood (BAR) W 3–0	Rachel Arnold (MAS) L 0–3	Did not advance
Emily Whitlock		Bye	Anahat Singh (IND) W 3–1	Donna Lobban (AUS) W 3–0	Sarah-Jane Perry (ENG) L 0–3	Did not advance

Doubles

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Peter Creed Emyr Evans	Men's doubles	Bye	Canada (CAN) L 0–2	Did not advance
Peter Creed Emily Whitlock	Mixed doubles	Guyana (GUY) W 2–0	India (IND) L 0–2	Did not advance
Tesni Evans Joel Makin		Malta (MLT) W 2–0	Malaysia (MAS) W 2–0	England (ENG) L 1–2	Did not advance

Swimming

Wales selected four para swimmers (one man, three women) on 27 May 2022.

Sixteen swimmers were added to the squad on 8 June 2022, including Tokyo 2020 relay champions Calum Jarvis and Matt Richards.

Men

Women

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Rebecca Sutton	100 m freestyle	56.37	15 Q	56.02	12	Did not advance
Medi Harris	50 m backstroke	28.03	3 Q	27.64	2 Q	27.62	5
Charlotte Evans	100 m backstroke	1:02.31	10 Q	1:02.76	12	Did not advance
Medi Harris		1:00.02	3 Q	59.64	3 Q	59.62
Lily Rice	100 m backstroke S8	—				1:23.06
Charlotte Evans	200 m backstroke	2:14.68	6 Q	—		2:14.26	6
Harriet Jones	50 m butterfly	26.68	5 Q	26.39	7 Q	26.20	6
Alys Thomas		27.52	17	Did not advance
Harriet Jones	100 m butterfly	59.25	8 Q	58.90	7 Q	59.02	6
Alys Thomas		59.11	7 Q	59.16	11	Did not advance
Alys Thomas	200 m butterfly	2:11.43	8 Q	—		2:10.42	6
Rebecca Lewis	200 m individual medley SM10	—				2:54.07	8
Meghan Willis		—				2:44.52	7

Mixed

Table tennis

Wales qualified for the women's team event. In addition, Callum Evans was picked for the men's singles event. The women's team was announced on 11 May 2022.

In addition, two parasport players were selected on 27 May 2022.

Singles

Athletes	Event	Group stage				Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final / BM
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Callum Evans	Men's singles	Crea (SEY) W 4–0	Elia (CYP) W 4–0	—	1 Q	Wang (CAN) L 1–4	Did not advance
Charlotte Carey	Women's singles	Bye				Oribamise (NGR) W 4–2	Akula (IND) L 3–4	Did not advance
Anna Hursey		Spicer (TTO) W 4–0	Jalim (MRI) W 4–0	—	1 Q	Bello (NGR) W 4–0	Cummings (GUY) W 4–0	Liu (AUS) L 1–4	Did not advance
Chloe Thomas		Maphanga (RSA) W 4–0	Ali (MDV) W 4–0	—	1 Q	Hanffou (CMR) W 4–2	Zeng (SGP) L 1–4	Did not advance

Doubles

Athletes	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final / BM
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Charlotte Carey Anna Hursey	Women's doubles	Bye	Bristol / Sinon (SEY) W 3–0	Fu / Zhang (CAN) W 3–0	Batra / Chitale (IND) W 3–1	Feng / Zeng (SGP) L 2–3	Wong / Zhou (SGP) W 3–1
Lara Whitton Chloe Thomas		Bye	Gauthier / Morin (CAN) W 3–2	Akula / Tennison (IND) L 0–3	Did not advance
Callum Evans Charlotte Carey	Mixed doubles	Walker / Tsaptsinos (ENG) W 3–2	Wang / Zhang (CAN) L 0–3	Did not advance

Team

Athletes	Event	Group stage				Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final	Rank
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score
Charlotte Carey Anna Hursey Chloe Thomas Lara Whitton	Women's team	Vanuatu (VAN) W 3–0	Uganda (UGA) W 3–0	Canada (CAN) W 3–2	1 Q	England (ENG) W 3–0	Malaysia (MAS) L 2–3	Australia (AUS) L 0–3	4

Parasport

Athletes	Event	Group stage				Semifinal	Final	Rank
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank	Opposition Score	Opposition Score
Joshua Stacey	Men's singles C8–10	Chee (MAS) W 3–1	Agunbiade (NGR) W 3–1	Kailis (CYP) W 3–0	1 Q	Wilson (ENG) W 3–1	Ma (AUS) W 3–2
Grace Williams	Women's singles C6–10	Lei (AUS) L 0–3	Olo (SOL) W 3–0	Pickard (ENG) L 1–3	3	Did not advance

Triathlon

One paratriathlete was officially selected on 27 May 2022, having qualified via the World Triathlon Para Rankings of 28 March 2022. Five triathletes and a guide were added on 8 June 2022.

Individual

Mixed relay

Athlete	Event	Time						Rank
		Swim (300 m)	Trans 1	Bike (5 km)	Trans 2	Run (2 km)	Total group
Iestyn Harrett	Mixed relay	3:41	0:50	6:41	0:18	6:40	18:10	—
Olivia Mathias		4:16	0:55	7:20	0:19	7:12	20:02
Dominic Coy		4:11	0:56	6:39	0:18	6:30	18:34
Non Stanford		4:38	0:57	7:40	0:19	7:06	20:40
Total		—					1:17.26

Paratriathlon

Weightlifting

Courtesy of their positions on the IWF Commonwealth Ranking List (which was finalised on 9 March 2022), a squad of seven weightlifters (two men, five women) was officially selected on 19 April 2022.

Men

Women

Wrestling

Two wrestlers were officially selected on 8 June 2022.

Key:

• VT - Victory by Fall.
• PP - Decision by Points - the loser with technical points.
• PO - Decision by Points - the loser without technical points.

Athlete	Event	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Repechage	Final / BM
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Curtis Dodge	Men's -74 kg	van Zijl (RSA) L 0–10 PO	Did not advance
Shannon Harry	Women's -57 kg	Symeonidis (AUS) L 12–12 VT	Did not advance

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External links

• Commonwealth Games Wales Official site

• Nations at the 2022 Commonwealth Games
• Wales at the Commonwealth Games
• 2022 in Welsh sport