Nauru at the Commonwealth Games

The Pacific island state of Nauru participated in all six Commonwealth Games since 1990. Although the island with about 10,000 inhabitants and an area of 21 square kilometers is one of the smallest members of the Commonwealth of Nations, their athletes were at the games already won 28 medals - all in weightlifting.

The participation of the island in the Games is organized as in the Olympic Games from the Nauru National Olympic Committee.

History

Although Nauru since the year of independence in 1968 as a special member of the Commonwealth belonged, came only in 1990 with the weightlifter Marcus Stephen, the first Nauruan athletes at the Commonwealth Games at. He won a gold and two silver medals in the class up to 60 kg. In 1992 he was - at that time temporarily antretend for Western Samoa - also the first Nauruan athlete at the Olympics.

Apart from the lower competition, the Nauruan weightlifter could at the Commonwealth Games will also benefit from the fact that until 2002 was unlike at the Olympic Games is not only a medal decision per weight class, but made ​​next to the duel and separate ratings in the individual disciplines tearing and piercing were. At the games in 1994 and 1998, Marcus Stephen could each secure all three gold medals in his weight class. In addition to other weightlifters of Nauru, the team comprised in those years the first time, participants from other sports by respectively an athlete for Nauru took.

The matches of Manchester in 2002 brought the Nauruan Association a record number of 15 medals. First time, women were members of the Nauruan team, and the weightlifter Reanna Solomon won for their country the only two gold medals of these Games. Marcus Stephen was beaten on his fourth and last participation in the class up to 62 kg each the Australian Yourik Sarkisian and won three silver medals.

Since 2006 at the weightlifting at the Olympics as a medal only takes decision per weight class. At the Games in Melbourne, the participants from Nauru remained after the retirement of Marcus Stephen for the first time without a gold medal. However Sheba Deireragea won silver and bronze Itte Detenamo. In Delhi 2010 Detenamo silver and Yukio Peter won gold - the total tenth gold medal for Nauru at the Commonwealth Games. For the first time since 1998 was the Nauruan team in these games not only of weightlifters: Four boxers competed for the island failed, however, with one exception (Jake Ageidu ) all already in the first round.

Of medals won

Medalist

  • Ebonette Deigaeruk - Weight Lifting ( 0-0-3 ) Manchester 2002: Bronze, category up to 48 kg, tearing, women Manchester 2002: Bronze, category up to 48 kg, pushing, women Manchester 2002: Bronze, category up to 48 kg, duel, Women
  • Sheba Deireragea - Weight Lifting ( 0-1-3 ) Manchester 2002: Bronze, category up to 69 kg, tearing, women Manchester 2002: Bronze, category up to 69 kg, pushing, women Manchester 2002: Bronze, category up to 69 kg, duel, Women Melbourne 2006: Silver, class up to 75 kg, women
  • Itte Detenamo - Weight Lifting ( 0-1-1 ) Melbourne 2006: Bronze, class 105 kg, Men Delhi 2010: Silver, class 105 kg, Men
  • Mary Diranga - Weight Lifting ( 0-0-1 ) Manchester 2002: Bronze, class up to 75 kg, pushing, women
  • Jalon Renos Doweiya - Weight Lifting ( 0-2-0 ) Manchester 2002: silver class to 77 kg, pushing, men Manchester 2002: Silver, class up to 77 kg duel, Men
  • Yukio Peter - Weight Lifting ( 1-0-0 ) Delhi 2010: Gold, class up to 77 kg Men
  • Reanna Solomon - Weightlifting ( 2-0-1 ) Manchester 2002: Gold, class over 75 kg, pushing, women Manchester 2002: Gold, Class over 75 kg duel, Women Manchester 2002: Bronze, Class over 75 kg Snatch, women
  • Marcus Stephen - Weight Lifting ( 7-5-0 ) Auckland 1990: Gold, class up to 60 kg, tearing, men Auckland 1990: Silver, class up to 60 kg, pushing, men Auckland 1990: Silver, class up to 60 kg, duel, Men Victoria 1994: Gold, class to 59 kg Snatch, men Victoria 1994: Gold, class to 59 kg, pushing, men Victoria 1994: Gold, class to 59 kg duel, Men Kuala Lumpur 1998: Gold, class to 62 kg Snatch, men Kuala Lumpur 1998: Gold, class to 62 kg, pushing, men Kuala Lumpur 1998: Gold, class to 62 kg duel, Men Manchester 2002: silver class to 62 kg Snatch, men Manchester 2002: silver class to 62 kg, pushing, men Manchester 2002: silver class to 62 kg duel, Men
Olympic weightlifting 1990 Commonwealth Games 1994 Commonwealth Games 1998 Commonwealth Games 2002 Commonwealth Games 2006 Commonwealth Games 2010 Commonwealth Games
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