title: Falkland Islands at the Commonwealth Games
text: # Falkland Islands at the Commonwealth Games
  
  The Falkland Islands has competed in nine editions of the Commonwealth Games. Their first appearance was in 1982, just months after the Falklands War.
  
  ## History
  
  The Glasgow 2014 Games saw the Falkland Islands send 23 competitors in three disciplines: Badminton, Lawn Bowls and Shooting. To date, the Falkland Islands has not won any medals.
  
  Louis Baillon is the only Falkland Islander to have become an Olympic champion, as a member of the British field hockey team which won a gold medal in 1908.
  
  