Cook Islands at the
2022 Commonwealth Games
Flag of the Cook Islands
CGF codeCOK
CGACook Islands Sports and National Olympic Committee
in Birmingham, England
28 July 2022 (2022-07-28) – 8 August 2022 (2022-08-08)
Competitors18 (10 men and 8 women) in 5 sports
Flag bearers (opening)Aidan Zittersteijn
Nooroa Mataio
Flag bearer (closing)TBD
Medals
Gold
0
Silver
0
Bronze
0
Total
0
Commonwealth Games appearances (overview)

The Cook Islands competed at the 2022 Commonwealth Games at Birmingham, England from 28 July to 8 August 2022. It was the team's twelfth appearance at the Commonwealth Games.[1]

Lawn bowlers Aidan Zittersteijn and Nooroa Mataio were the delegations's flagbearer during the opening ceremony.[2][3][4]

Competitors

The following is the list of number of competitors participating at the Games per sport/discipline.[5]

Sport Men Women Total
Athletics 101
Boxing 202
Lawn bowls 5510
Swimming 224
Weightlifting 011
Total10818

Athletics

One athlete was officially selected on 9 March 2022.[6]

Men
Track and road events
Athlete Event Heat Final
Result Rank Result Rank
Alex Beddoes 800 m 1:52.72 6 Did not advance

Boxing

Men
Athlete Event Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
Opposition
Result		 Opposition
Result		 Opposition
Result		 Opposition
Result		 Opposition
Result		 Rank
Tawhiri Toheriri-Hallett Light middleweight  Pafios (CYP)
L 0 - 5		 did not advance
Michael Schuster Heavyweight — Bye  T-Williams (NIU)
L RSC		 did not advance

Lawn bowls

A squad of ten bowlers was officially selected on 9 March 2022.[6]

Men
Athlete Event Group Stage Quarterfinal Semifinal Final / BM
Opposition
Score		 Opposition
Score		 Opposition
Score		 Opposition
Score		 Rank Opposition
Score		 Opposition
Score		 Opposition
Score		 Rank
Phillip Jim Singles  Wilson (AUS)
L 9 - 21		  Kimani (KEN)
W 21 - 17		  Priaulx (GGY)
L 17 - 21		  Evans (RSA)
L 9 - 21		 4 did not advance
Alex Kairua
Phillip Jim		 Pairs  Falkland Islands (FLK)
W 23–12		  India (IND)
L 8–15		  England (ENG)
L 7–20		  Malaysia (MAS)
L 15–19		 4 did not advance
Aidan Zittersteijn
Royden Aperau
Jason Lindsay		 Triples  Jersey (JEY)
L 11–19		  Australia (AUS)
L 15–25		  Niue (NIU)
W 24–17		 — 3 did not advance
Jason Lindsay
Aidan Zittersteijn
Alex Kairua
Royden Aperau		 Fours  England (ENG)
L 10 - 25		  India (IND)
L 10 - 20		  Fiji (FIJ)
W 15 - 10		 — 3 did not advance
Women
Athlete Event Group Stage Quarterfinal Semifinal Final / BM
Opposition
Score		 Opposition
Score		 Opposition
Score		 Opposition
Score		 Rank Opposition
Score		 Opposition
Score		 Opposition
Score		 Rank
Nooroa Mataio Singles  Piketh (RSA)
L 14–21		  Wilson (NFK)
L 13–21		  Tikoisuva (FIJ)
W 21–6		 — 2 Q  Ahmad (MAS)
L 14–21		 did not advance
Matapa Puia
Nooroa Mataio		 Pairs  Norfolk Island (NFK)
L 14 - 26		  Guernsey (GGY)
L 10 - 18		  Malaysia (MAS)
L 6 - 22		  Malta (MLT)
W 22 - 15		 4 did not advance
Tiare Jim
Teokotai Jim
Emily Jim		 Triples  Wales (WAL)
W 14-11		  Scotland (SCO)
W 24-13		  Botswana (BOT)
W 15-13		 — 1 Q  Fiji (FIJ)
W 23-12		  England (ENG)
L 11-23		  New Zealand (NZL)
L 6-27		 4
Matapa Puia
Emily Jim
Tiare Jim
Teokotai Jim		 Fours  Canada (CAN)
W 14–11		  India (IND)
L 9–15		  England (ENG)
L 7–19		 — 3 did not advance

Swimming

Four swimmers were officially selected on 9 March 2022.[6]

Men
Athlete Event Heat Semifinal Final
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Wesley Roberts 100 m freestyle 50.75 20 did not advance
200 m freestyle 1:49.83 19 — did not advance
400 m freestyle 4:00.62 17 — did not advance
Bede Aitu 50 m backstroke 27.89 31 did not advance
100 m backstroke 59.77 26 did not advance
200 m backstroke 2:11.64 16 — did not advance
Women
Athlete Event Heat Semifinal Final
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Lanihei Connolly 50 m freestyle 27.30 32 did not advance
50 m breaststroke 32.77 13 Q 32.91 14 did not advance
100 m breaststroke 1:11.90 15 Q 1:11.76 15 did not advance
50 m butterfly 28.84 29 did not advance
Kirsten Fisher-Marsters 50 m breaststroke 33.61 18 did not advance
100 m breaststroke 1:15.02 18 did not advance
Mixed
Athlete Event Heat Final
Time Rank Time Rank
Bede Aitu
Kirsten Fisher-Marsters
Lanihei Connolly
Wesley Roberts		 4 × 100 m medley relay 4:13.09 12 did not advance

Weightlifting

One weightlifter qualified through their position in the IWF Commonwealth Ranking List (as of 9 March 2022).[6][7]

Women
Athlete Event Weight lifted Total Rank
Snatch Clean & jerk
Manine Lynch +87 kg 86 116 202 7

References

  1. ↑ Kumar, Rashneel (5 March 2022). "Queen's Baton Relay reaches Raro". Cook Islands News. Archived from the original on 5 March 2022. Retrieved 12 March 2022.
  2. ↑ Kumar, Rashneel (26 July 2022). "Bowling pair named Team Cook Islands' flagbearers". Cook Islands News. Avarua, Cook Islands. Retrieved 26 July 2022.
  3. ↑ "We would like to officially announce the following athletes as the flag bearers for the 2022 Birmingham Commonwealth Games. Aidan Zittersteijn (Lawn Bowls) & Nooroa Mataio (Lawn Bowls)". www.facebook.com/. Cook Islands Sports and National Olympic Committee. 24 July 2022. Retrieved 27 July 2022.
  4. ↑ "Pacific at the Opening Ceremony of Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games". www.oceanianoc.org/. Oceania National Olympic Committees. 30 July 2022. Retrieved 5 August 2022.
  5. ↑ "CISNOC Beats". Cook Island Sports. 21 July 2022.
  6. 1 2 3 4 Williams, Al (9 March 2022). "Cook Islands Commonwealth Games athletes announced". Cook Islands News. Archived from the original on 10 March 2022. Retrieved 12 March 2022.
  7. ↑ IWF COMMONWEALTH RANKING LIST - 2022 COMMONWEALTH GAMES QUALIFYING (final) (PDF). IWF. 9 March 2022. Archived (PDF) from the original on 9 March 2022. Retrieved 12 March 2022.
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