Paea Wolfgramm (born December 1, 1969) is a Tongan retired boxer. Nicknamed "The Tongan Warrior", Wolfgramm won the Super Heavyweight silver medal at the 1996 Summer Olympics, making him the first athlete from Tonga to win an Olympic medal. Personal Wolfgramm has 7 children - 5 boys and 2 girls, as well as 4 brothers and 2 sisters. He resides in South Auckland New Zealand, where he is a hostel parent at a well-known New Zealand school, Wesley College. Amateur highlights 1994 3rd place at the Commonwealth Games in Victoria, Canada. Defeated Joseph Saimei (Solomon Islands) RSC 2 Lost to David Anyim (Kenya) PTS (5-9) 1995 won the Oceanian Championships in Nuku'alofa, Tonga. 1996 Representing Tonga, Wolfgramm won the Super Heavyweight Silver Medal at the Atlanta Olympics. Results were: Defeated Serguei Lyakhovich (Belarus) PTS (10-9) Defeated Alexis Rubalcaba (Cuba) PTS (17-12) Defeated Duncan Dokiwari (Nigeria) PTS (7-6) Lost to Wladimir Klitschko (Ukraine) PTS (3-7) Professional career At 6'4" and 325 pounds, the huge Wolfgramm turned pro after the Olympics, but had limited success. He lost a decision to journeyman Marion Wilson in 1998. Although he was able to beat former Cuban Olympian Jorge Luis Gonzalez by decision to set up a fight with Wladimir Klitschko for the vacant WBC International Heavyweight Title, he was beaten in the first round in a rematch of their 1996 Super Heavyweight Olympic finals bout. He later lost a decision to Eliecer Castillo, but beat Jimmy Thunder to set up a fight with Corey Sanders in late 2001. Sanders won via 9th-round TKO, and Wolfgramm announced his retirement shortly after this fight. Professional boxing record Honours National honours Order of Queen Sālote Tupou III, Member (31 July 2008). References External links 1969 births Living people Tongan male boxers Heavyweight boxers Super-heavyweight boxers Olympic boxers of Tonga Olympic silver medalists for Tonga Olympic medalists in boxing Boxers at the 1996 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 1996 Summer Olympics Commonwealth Games bronze medallists for Tonga Commonwealth Games medallists in boxing Boxers at the 1994 Commonwealth Games People from Vavaʻu Tongan emigrants to New Zealand Tongan people of German descent Members of the Order of Queen Sālote Tupou III Medallists at the 1994 Commonwealth Games