New Zealand at the 2025 World Games

New Zealand at the
2025 World Games
IOC codeNZL
NOCNew Zealand Olympic Committee
in Chengdu, China
7 August 2025 (2025-08-07) – 17 August 2025 (2025-08-17)
Competitors64 (28 men and 36 women) in 10 sports and 40 events
Medals
Ranked 28th
Gold
3
Silver
2
Bronze
3
Total
8
World Games appearances (overview)
  • 1981
  • 1985
  • 1989
  • 1993
  • 1997
  • 2001
  • 2005
  • 2009
  • 2013
  • 2017
  • 2022

New Zealand competed at the 2025 World Games held in Chengdu, China, from 7 to 17 August 2025.[1]

Athletes representing New Zealand won three gold medals, two silver medals and three bronze medals. The country finished in 28th place in the medal table.


Medalists

Medal Name Sport Event Date
 Gold Fergus Eadie Lifesaving Men's 50 metres manikin carry 9 August
 Gold Zoe Crawford Lifesaving Women's 100 metres manikin tow with fins 9 August
 Gold Karlina Tongotea Powerlifting Women's heavyweight 15 August
 Silver Megan-Li Smith Powerlifting Women's lightweight 14 August
 Silver
  • Casey Hales
  • Hayley Austin
  • Jessica Azevedo-Leader
  • Georgia Wheeler
  • Tania Dugdale
  • Ava White
  • Alyssa Shepherd
  • Emma Malcolm
Canoe polo Women's tournament 16 August
 Bronze Fergus Eadie Lifesaving Men's 100 metres manikin carry with fins 8 August
 Bronze Madison Kidd Lifesaving Women's 100 metres manikin tow with fins 9 August
 Bronze Evie Corrigan Powerlifting Women's lightweight 14 August

Competitors

The following is the list of number of competitors in the Games.[2]

Sport Men Women Total
Archery 1 0 1
Canoe 2 10 12
Fistball 10 10 20
Kickboxing 0 2 2
Lifesaving 4 3 7
Orienteering 4 4 8
Powerlifting 1 3 4
Road speed skating
Track speed skating
1 0 1
Sport climbing 4 4 8
Wakeboarding 1 1 2
Total 28 36 64

Fistball

Team Event Group Stage Quarterfinal Semifinal Final / BM
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Rank Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Rank
New Zealand men's Men's tournament  Argentina
L 3–0
 Chile
L 3–1
 Italy
L 3–0
4  Chile
L 3–1
 Argentina
L 1–3
8
New Zealand women's Women's tournament  Chile
W 2–3
 Argentina
L 3–2
 United States
W 3–0
2  Germany
L 3–0
 Argentina
W 3–1
 Chile
L 3–0
6

Powerlifting

Classic
Athlete Event Exercises Total weight Total points Rank
Squat Bench
press
Deadlift
Jewel Tasi Women's Super heavyweight 275.0 147.5 255.0 677.5 115.79 4
Karlina Tongotea Women's heavyweight 230.0 130.0 260.0 620.0 122.61 1st place, gold medalist(s)
Evie Corrigen Women's lightweight 165.0 105.0 207.5 477.5 120.79 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Megan-Li Smith Women's lightweight 180.0 W 105.0 197.5 482.5 122.69 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Timthy Alan Monigatti Men's middleweight

References

  1. ^ "Qualifications for TWG 2025 by sport, Chengdu (CHN)". theworldgames. 2 November 2023. Retrieved 23 May 2025.
  2. ^ "Qualifications for TWG 2025 by country, Chengdu (CHN)". theworldgames. 3 November 2023. Retrieved 25 May 2025.