Nauru competed at the 2022 Commonwealth Games in Birmingham, England from 28 July to 8 August 2022. It was Nauru's ninth appearance at the Games.
Nauru at the 2022 Commonwealth Games | |
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CGF code | NRU |
CGA | Nauru Olympic Committee |
Website | oceaniasport |
in Birmingham, England 28 July 2022 – 8 August 2022 | |
Competitors | 16 (11 men and 5 women) in 5 sports |
Flag bearers | Christon Amram Maximina Uepa |
Medals Ranked =40th |
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Commonwealth Games appearances (overview) | |
Christon Amram and Maximina Uepa were the country's opening ceremony flagbearers.[1]
Nauru won one bronze medal, ranking the county a tied 40th on the medal table. Flagbearer and weightlifter Maximina Uepa won the bronze medal in the women's 76 kg event.[2][3] This continued the island nation's streak of winning at least one medal at each edition of the games it has competed in since its debut in 1990.[4]
Competitors
editThe following is the list of number of competitors participating at the Games per sport/discipline.
Sport | Men | Women | Total |
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Athletics | 2 | 1 | 3 |
Boxing | 2 | 0 | 2 |
Judo | 3 | 0 | 3 |
Weightlifting | 3 | 4 | 7 |
Wrestling | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Total | 11 | 5 | 16 |
Medallists
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Athletics
edit- Men
- Track and road events
Athlete | Event | Heat | Semifinal | Final | |||
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Result | Rank | Result | Rank | Result | Rank | ||
Jireh Agege | 100 m | 11.08 | 6 | did not advance | |||
200 m | DNS | did not start |
- Field events
Athlete | Event | Final | |
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Distance | Rank | ||
Jonathan-Deiwea Detageouwa | Shot put | 15.41 | 12 |
- Women
- Track and road events
Athlete | Event | Heat | Semifinal | Final | |||
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Result | Rank | Result | Rank | Result | Rank | ||
Wena Gobure | 100 m | 13.21 | 7 | did not advance |
Boxing
edit- Men
Athlete | Event | Preliminaries 1 | Preliminaries 2 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | |
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Opposition Result |
Opposition Result |
Opposition Result |
Opposition Result |
Opposition Result |
Rank | ||
Christon Amram | Featherweight | Senior (AUS) L 0 - 5 |
did not advance | ||||
Colan Caleb | Light welterweight | Jonas (NAM) L RSC |
did not advance |
Judo
edit- Men
Athlete | Event | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Repechage | Final/BM | |
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Opposition Result |
Opposition Result |
Opposition Result |
Opposition Result |
Opposition Result |
Opposition Result |
Rank | ||
Isamaela Solomon | -60 kg | Bye | Hall (ENG) L 00 - 10 |
did not advance | 9 | |||
Kip Kosam | -81 kg | — | Ceesay (GAM) W 10 - 00 |
Fleming (NIR) L 00 - 10 |
— | Weithers (BAR) L 00 - 10 |
Did not advance | 7 |
Kendrick Taleka | Elnahas (CAN) L 00 - 10 |
did not advance | 9 |
Weightlifting
editNauru qualified 4 weightlifters (two per gender). The four qualified through their respective Commonwealth Weightlifting ranking as of 28 February 2022.[5]
- Men
Athlete | Event | Weight Lifted | Total | Rank | |
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Snatch | Clean & jerk | ||||
Shadrach Cain | Men's -61 kg | 90 | 116 | 206 | 7 |
Ditto Ika | Men's -67 kg | 105 | 140 | 245 | 7 |
Ezekiel Moses | Men's -73 kg | 130 | 155 | 285 | 8 |
- Women
Athlete | Event | Weight lifted | Total | Rank | |
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Snatch | Clean & jerk | ||||
My-Only Stephen | Women's -55 kg | 68 | 86 | 154 | 8 |
Bernice Detudamo | Women's -64 kg | 60 | 81 | 141 | 12 |
Nancy Abouke | Women's -71 kg | 87 | 110 | 197 | 5 |
Maximina Uepa | Women's -76 kg | 96 | 119 | 215 |
Wrestling
editKey:
- VFA - Victory by Fall.
- PP - Decision by Points - the loser with technical points.
- PO - Decision by Points - the loser without technical points.
Athlete | Event | Round of 16 | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Repechage | Final / BM | |
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Opposition Result |
Opposition Result |
Opposition Result |
Opposition Result |
Opposition Result |
Rank | ||
Lowe Bingham | Men's -65 kg | Punia (IND) L 0 - 4 (VFA) |
— | Bandou (MRI) W 6 (VFA) - 4 |
Ramm (ENG) L 0 - 11 (VSU) |
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References
edit- ^ "Pacific at the Opening Ceremony of Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games". www.oceanianoc.org/. Oceania National Olympic Committees. 30 July 2022. Retrieved 5 August 2022.
- ^ Lee, David (3 August 2022). "Commonwealth Games: Tiny Nauru makes big impact in weightlifting arena". The Straits Times. Singapore. Retrieved 11 August 2022.
- ^ Iveson, Ali (2 August 2022). "Nauru weightlifter dedicates medal to ex-champion mother of five killed by COVID". Inside the Games. Dunsar Media. Retrieved 11 August 2022.
- ^ Phadke, Atharv (8 August 2022). "Commonwealth Games 2022: Nauru, world's smallest Olympic country, continues medal-winning trend". www.thebridge.in/. The Bridge. Retrieved 11 August 2022.
- ^ "IWF COMMONWEALTH RANKING LIST - 2022 COMMONWEALTH GAMES QUALIFYING (final)" (PDF). IWF. 9 March 2022. Archived (PDF) from the original on 9 March 2022. Retrieved 9 March 2022.