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Wales at the Commonwealth Games

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Wales is one of six countries to have competed in every Commonwealth Games since 1930, the others being AustraliaCanadaEnglandNew Zealand and Scotland. The Commonwealth Games is the only major sporting event where Wales takes part as a separate entity, apart from the Six Nations Rugby ChampionshipRugby World Cup and international association football competitions, as in other events, such as the Olympic Games, they compete under the banner of the United Kingdom.

Commonwealth Games Wales (WelshGemau’r Gymanwlad Cymru) (formerly the ‘Commonwealth Games Council for Wales’), manages the team’s entry to the games and supports Welsh athletes in their participation.

Wales has hosted one Commonwealth Games to date, the 1958 British Empire and Commonwealth Games in Cardiff.

Wales competed at the 2018 Commonwealth Games in Gold CoastAustralia, from April 4 to April 15, 2018.[1] It is Wales’s 21st appearance at the Commonwealth Games, having competed at every Games since their inception in 1930.

Swimmer Jazz Carlin was the country’s flag bearer during the opening ceremony

After the 2014 Commonwealth Games, Wales was tenth in the All-time tally of medals, with an overall total of 270 medals (57 gold, 86 silver and 127 bronze).

The most gold medals that Wales have won in a Commonwealth Games is…

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