Aruba at the 2000 Summer Olympics

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Aruba at the
2000 Summer Olympics
Flag of Aruba.svg
IOC code ARU
NOC Aruban Olympic Committee
Website www.olympicaruba.com  (in Papiamento)
in Sydney
Competitors5 (3 men and 2 women) in 3 sports
Flag bearer Richard Rodriguez
Medals
Gold
0
Silver
0
Bronze
0
Total
0
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)
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Aruba was represented at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia by the Aruban Olympic Committee. It was the nation's fourth appearance at the Olympics, after debuting in 1988.

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In total, five athletes including three men and two women represented Aruba in three different sports including athletics, judo and swimming.

Competitors

In total, five athletes represented Aruba at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia across three different sports. [1]

SportMenWomenTotal
Athletics 112
Judo 101
Swimming 112
Total325

Athletics

In total, two Aruban athletes participated in the athletics events – Luz Marina Geerman in the women's 100 m and Richard Rodriguez in the men's marathon. [1]

The heats for the women's 100 m took place on 22 September 2000. Geerman finished eighth in her heat in a time of 12.96 seconds. She did not advance to the quarter-finals. [2] Geerman was just 16 years old when she competed. [3] She ran in heat 3 and, with a finishing time of 12.96 seconds, finished 8th in her heat and overall 76th out of 84 starters. [4] [5] Before the 2000 Games, Geerman's personal best time was 12.2 seconds; coached by Eric Pieternella, her aim for the Games had been to run under 11.9 seconds. [6]

The men's marathon took place on 1 October 2000. Rodriguez did not finish. [7]

AthleteEventHeatQuarterfinalSemifinalFinal
ResultRankResultRankResultRankResultRank
Luz Marina Geerman Women's 100 m 12.9676Did not advance
Richard Rodriguez Men's marathon —DNF

Judo

In total, one Aruban athlete participated in the judo events – Javier Wanga in the men's −66 kg. [1]

The men's −66 kg category took place on 17 September 2000. Wanga lost his first round match by ippon to Andrew Collett of Australia. [8]

AthleteEventPreliminaryRound of 32Round of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsRepechage 1Repechage 2Repechage 3Final / BM
Opposition
Result		Opposition
Result		Opposition
Result		Opposition
Result		Opposition
Result		Opposition
Result		Opposition
Result		Opposition
Result		Opposition
Result		Rank
Javier Wanga −66 kg Flag of Australia.svg  Andrew Collett  (AUS)
L DQ		did not advance

Swimming

In total, two Aruban athletes participated in the swimming events – Davy Bisslik in the men's 50 m freestyle and Roshendra Vrolijk in the women's 50 m freestyle. [1]

The heats for the men's 50 m freestyle took place on 21 September 2000. Bisslik finished second in his heat in a time of 25.57 seconds which was ultimately not fast enough to advance to the semi-finals. [9]

The heats for the women's 50 m freestyle took place on 22 September 2000. Vrolijk finished sixth in her heat in a time of 29.31 seconds which was ultimately not fast enough to advance to the semi-finals. [10]

AthleteEventHeatSemifinalFinal
TimeRankTimeRankTimeRank
Davy Bisslik Men's 50 m freestyle 25.5762Did not advance
Roshendra Vrolijk Women's 50 m freestyle 29.3162Did not advance

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Aruba at the 2000 Summer Olympics". Olympedia. Retrieved 16 June 2025.
  2. ↑ "2000 Summer Olympics, 100 metres, Women". Olympedia. Retrieved 16 June 2025.
  3. ↑ "Luz Marina Geerman, bio". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 5 February 2017.
  4. ↑ "100 Metres Women". iaaf.org. Retrieved 5 February 2017.
  5. ↑ "Summer Olympics 2000 Results -- Track/Field". ESPN. Retrieved 24 June 2025.
  6. ↑ "Sydney 2000: 5 atleta di Aruba" (PDF) (in Papiamento). National Library of Aruba. 2000.
  7. ↑ "2000 Summer Olympics, Marathon, Men". Olympedia. Retrieved 16 June 2025.
  8. ↑ "2000 Summer Olympics, Half-Lightweight (≤66 kilograms), Men". Olympedia. Retrieved 16 June 2025.
  9. ↑ "2000 Summer Olympics, 50 metres Freestyle, Men". Olympedia. Retrieved 16 June 2025.
  10. ↑ "2000 Summer Olympics, 50 metres Freestyle, Women". Olympedia. Retrieved 16 June 2025.
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