Editing Commonwealth Games (section)

== Notable competitors ==

Lawn bowler [[Willie Wood (bowler)|Willie Wood]] from [[Scotland]] was the first competitor to have competed in seven Commonwealth Games, from 1974 to 2002, a record equalled in 2014 by [[Isle of Man]] cyclist [[Andrew Roche]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/commonwealth-games/26985985|title=Glasgow 2014: Mark Cavendish relishes idea of racing with mates|date=10 May 2014|access-date=10 May 2014|newspaper=BBC Sport|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140511023704/http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/commonwealth-games/26985985|archive-date=11 May 2014|url-status=live }}</ref> They have both been surpassed by David Calvert of Northern Ireland who in 2018 attended his 11th games.<ref>{{cite news|title=Commonwealth Games: TeamNI announced for Gold Coast 2018|url=https://www.portadowntimes.co.uk/sport/commonwealth-games-teamni-announced-for-gold-coast-2018-1-8314625|access-date=4 January 2018|work=[[Portadown Times]]|date=3 January 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180105180313/https://www.portadowntimes.co.uk/sport/commonwealth-games-teamni-announced-for-gold-coast-2018-1-8314625|archive-date=5 January 2018|url-status=live}}</ref>

[[Sitiveni Rabuka]] was a Prime Minister of [[Fiji]]. Beforehand he represented Fiji in shot put, hammer throw, discus and the decathlon at the 1974 [[British Commonwealth Games]] held in Christchurch, New Zealand.

[[Greg Yelavich]], a sports shooter from New Zealand, has won 12 medals in seven games from 1986 to 2010.<ref name="Greg Yelavich Olympic success">{{cite web|title=Greg Yelavich|url=https://olympic.org.nz/athletes/greg-yelavich|website=New Zealand Olympic Team|access-date=22 July 2020|language=en|date=9 February 2016}}</ref>

Lawn bowler [[Robert Weale]] has represented Wales in 8 Commonwealth Games, 1986–2014, winning 2 gold, 3 silver and 1 bronze.<ref>{{Cite news|title=Weale's Commonwealth Games memories|language=en-GB|work=BBC Sport|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/commonwealth-games/27973271|access-date=23 July 2021}}</ref>

Nauruan weightlifter [[Marcus Stephen]] won twelve medals at the Games between 1990 and 2002, of which seven gold, and was elected [[President of Nauru]] in 2007. His performance has helped place Nauru (the smallest independent state in the Commonwealth, at {{cvt|21|km2}} and with a population of fewer than 9,400 in 2011) in twenty-second place on the [[all-time Commonwealth Games medal table]].{{Citation needed|date=August 2019}}

Australian swimmer [[Ian Thorpe]] has won 10 Commonwealth Games gold medals and 1 silver medal. At the [[1998 Commonwealth Games]] in Kuala Lumpur, he won 4 gold medals. At the [[2002 Commonwealth Games]] in Manchester, he won 6 gold medals and 1 silver medal.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://thecgf.com/search/legend.asp|title=Commonwealth Games Federation – Inspiring Athletes – Commonwealth Legend|website=thecgf.com|access-date=27 August 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170827124937/http://thecgf.com/search/legend.asp|archive-date=27 August 2017|url-status=dead}}</ref>

[[Chad le Clos]], South Africa's most decorated swimmer, has won 18 medals from four Commonwealth Games (2010, 2014, 2018 & 2022), seven of which are gold. At the [[2014 Commonwealth Games]] in Glasgow, he won two gold medals, one silver medal, and four bronze medals.<ref>[https://www.news24.com/News24/chad-le-clos-stars-at-commonwealth-games-with-record-7-medals-20150430 "Chad le Clos stars at Commonwealth Games with record 7 medals"]. ''[[News24 (website)|News24]]''. 30 July 2014. Retrieved 12 April 2022.</ref> At the [[2018 Commonwealth Games]] in [[Gold Coast, Queensland|Gold Coast]], he won three golds, a silver and a bronze.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://chadleclos.com/about-me/|title=About Me – Chad Le Clos|work=Chad Le Clos|access-date=16 April 2018|language=en-US|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180417105611/http://chadleclos.com/about-me/|archive-date=17 April 2018|url-status=live}}</ref>

English actor [[Jason Statham]] took part as a diver in the 1990 Commonwealth Games.<ref>{{cite news|title=When Jason Statham participated in the 1990 Commonwealth Games|url=https://indianexpress.com/article/entertainment/hollywood/jason-statham-commonwealth-games-5123058/|website=The Indian Express|author=Shivangi Jalan|date=4 April 2018|access-date=27 May 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190527171905/https://indianexpress.com/article/entertainment/hollywood/jason-statham-commonwealth-games-5123058/|archive-date=27 May 2019|url-status=live}}</ref>

At the [[2022 Commonwealth Games]] in [[Birmingham]], Australian singer [[Cody Simpson]] won a gold medal as a swimmer at the [[Swimming at the 2022 Commonwealth Games – Men's 4 × 100 metre freestyle relay|men's 4 × 100 metre freestyle relay]].<ref>{{cite news|last1=Ramsay|first1=George|title=Cody Simpson returned to his 'first love' by swapping his music career for swimming and is set to compete at the Commonwealth Games|url=https://edition.cnn.com/2022/07/27/sport/cody-simpson-swimming-commonwealth-games-spt-intl/index.html|access-date=1 August 2022|work=CNN|date=28 July 2022}}</ref>