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 213
Boxing 202
Judo 303
Weightlifting 347
Wrestling 101
Total11516

Medallists

Athletics

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

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

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

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

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
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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