Nauru at the
2022 Commonwealth Games
Flag of Nauru
CGF codeNRU
CGANauru Olympic Committee
Websiteoceaniasport.com/nauru
in Birmingham, England
28 July 2022 (2022-07-28) – 8 August 2022 (2022-08-08)
Competitors16 (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)

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

Athletics

Main article: Athletics at the 2022 Commonwealth Games
Men
Track and road events
Athlete Event Heat Semifinal Final
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
Distance Rank
Jonathan-Deiwea Detageouwa Shot put 15.41 12
Women
Track and road events
Athlete Event Heat Semifinal Final
Result Rank Result Rank Result Rank
Wena Gobure 100 m 13.21 7 did not advance

Boxing

Main article: Boxing at the 2022 Commonwealth Games
Men
Athlete Event Preliminaries 1 Preliminaries 2 Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
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

Main article: Judo at the 2022 Commonwealth Games
Men
Athlete Event Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Repechage Final/BM
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

Main articles: Weightlifting at the 2022 Commonwealth Games and Weightlifting at the 2022 Commonwealth Games – Qualification

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
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
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 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)

Wrestling

Main article: Wrestling at the 2022 Commonwealth Games

Key:

Athlete Event Round of 16 Quarterfinal Semifinal Repechage Final / BM
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

  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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