Nauru at the 2022 Commonwealth Games

Nauru at the
2022 Commonwealth Games
Nauru at the; 2022 Commonwealth Games
	Flag of Nauru
CGF code	NRU
CGA	Nauru Olympic Committee
Website	oceaniasport.com/nauru
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	Gold 0 Silver 0 Bronze 1 Total 1
Commonwealth Games appearances (overview)
	1990; 1994; 1998; 2002; 2006; 2010; 2014; 2018; 2022;

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.

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

The following is the list of number of competitors participating at the Games per sport/discipline.

Sport	Men	Women	Total
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

Medal	Name	Sport	Event	Date
	Maximina Uepa	Weightlifting	Women's 76 kg	2 August 2022

Athletics

Men
Track and road events

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Event	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Jireh Agege	100 m	11.08	6	did not advance
Jireh Agege	200 m	DNS		did not start

Field events

Athlete	Event	Final
Athlete	Event	Distance	Rank
Jonathan-Deiwea Detageouwa	Shot put	15.41	12

Women
Track and road events

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Event	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Wena Gobure	100 m	13.21	7	did not advance

Boxing

Men

Athlete	Event	Preliminaries 1	Preliminaries 2	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
Athlete	Event	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

Men

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage	Final/BM
Athlete	Event	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	-81 kg	—	Elnahas (CAN) L 00 - 10	did not advance				9

Weightlifting

Nauru 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
Athlete	Event	Snatch	Clean & jerk	Total	Rank
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
Athlete	Event	Snatch	Clean & jerk	Total	Rank
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

Key:

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
Athlete	Event	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)	5

References

^ "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.

External links

Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games Official site

[1] "Pacific at the Opening Ceremony of Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games". www.oceanianoc.org/. Oceania National Olympic Committees. 30 July 2022. Retrieved 5 August 2022.

[2] Lee, David (3 August 2022). "Commonwealth Games: Tiny Nauru makes big impact in weightlifting arena". The Straits Times. Singapore. Retrieved 11 August 2022.

[3] 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.

[4] 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.

[5] "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.

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