Nauru Olympic Committee

The Nauru National Olympic Committee (Nauru National Olympic Committee, NNOC ) is the National Olympic Committee of Nauru. It represents and organizes the Olympic movement on the island. The NNOC was founded in 1991 and incorporated in 1994 by the International Olympic Committee. President of the committee was initially Vinson Detenamo until 2009 Marcus Stephen became his successor.

Nauru has been increasing since 1992 regularly participate in the Olympics. So far, the NNOC sent eight athletes to the Olympic Games:

• Marcus Stephen (1992-2000), the first Olympic athlete Nauru
• Quincy Detenamo (1996)
• Garabwan Gerard (1996)
• Sheeva Peo (2000), first Olympian Nauru
• Reanna Solomon ( 2004)
• Itte Detenamo (2004, 2008, 2012 )
• Yukio Peter (2004)
• Sled Dowabobo (2012)