 Ana Po 'uhila participated in the women 's shot put on the behalf of Tonga at the Beijing Olympics , and was the only female athlete competing for Tonga at the 2008 Olympic games . She was born in Nuku 'alofa , the national capital , which lies on the primary Tongan island of Tongatapu . Po 'uhila first participated in the Olympics at age 24 , when she represented Tonga in shot put at the 2004 Athens games . She represented Tonga again in Beijing at the age of 32 . During the qualifying heat of her event , which took place on August 15 , the Tongan field athlete was placed in the seventeen @-@ person second heat . Po 'uhila was given three attempts to put the shot as far as she could . During the first attempt , she lobbed the shot 16 @.@ 21 meters , ranking 12th in her heat . She bested this ranking on her second attempt when she lobbed it 16 @.@ 42 meters , ranking seventh amongst those who threw during the second try . Her third and final attempt , 16 @.@ 35 meters , did not beat her second attempt . Using her best mark , 16 @.@ 42 meters , Po 'uhila placed 12th out of the 16 athletes who finished the event . She ranked ahead of Taiwan 's Lin Chia @-@ Ying ( 16 @.@ 32 meters ) and behind Russia 's Irina <unk> ( 16 @.@ 84 meters ) in a heat led by China 's Gong <unk> ( 19 @.@ 46 meters ) and Belarus ' <unk> Ostapchuk ( 19 @.@ 08 meters ) . Of the 33 athletes who finished the event , Ana Po 'uhila ranked 27th . She did not advance to the final round . 
