Cook Islands at the 2022 Commonwealth Games

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Cook Islands at the
2022 Commonwealth Games
Flag of the Cook Islands.svg
CGF code COK
CGA Cook 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]

Contents

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]

SportMenWomenTotal
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
AthleteEventHeatFinal
ResultRankResultRank
Alex Beddoes 800 m 1:52.726Did not advance

Boxing

Men
AthleteEventRound of 32Round of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Rank
Tawhiri Toheriri-Hallett Light middleweight Flag of Cyprus.svg  Pafios  (CYP)
L 0 - 5
did not advance
Michael Schuster Heavyweight ByeFlag of Niue.svg  T-Williams  (NIU)
L RSC
did not advance

Lawn bowls

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

Men
AthleteEventGroup StageQuarterfinalSemifinalFinal / BM
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
RankOpposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Rank
Phillip Jim Singles Flag of Australia.svg  Wilson  (AUS)
L 9 - 21
Flag of Kenya.svg  Kimani  (KEN)
W 21 - 17
Flag of Guernsey.svg  Priaulx  (GGY)
L 17 - 21
Flag of South Africa.svg  Evans  (RSA)
L 9 - 21
4did not advance
Alex Kairua
Phillip Jim
Pairs Flag of the Falkland Islands.svg  Falkland Islands
W 23–12
Flag of India.svg  India
L 8–15
Flag of England.svg  England
L 7–20
Flag of Malaysia.svg  Malaysia
L 15–19
4did not advance
Aidan Zittersteijn
Royden Aperau
Jason Lindsay
Triples Flag of Jersey.svg  Jersey
L 11–19
Flag of Australia.svg  Australia
L 15–25
Flag of Niue.svg  Niue
W 24–17
3did not advance
Jason Lindsay
Aidan Zittersteijn
Alex Kairua
Royden Aperau
Fours Flag of England.svg  England
L 10 - 25
Flag of India.svg  India
L 10 - 20
Flag of Fiji.svg  Fiji
W 15 - 10
3did not advance
Women
AthleteEventGroup StageQuarterfinalSemifinalFinal / BM
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
RankOpposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Rank
Nooroa Mataio Singles Flag of South Africa.svg  Piketh  (RSA)
L 14–21
Flag of Norfolk Island.svg  Wilson  (NFK)
L 13–21
Flag of Fiji.svg  Tikoisuva  (FIJ)
W 21–6
2 QFlag of Malaysia.svg  Ahmad  (MAS)
L 14–21
did not advance
Matapa Puia
Nooroa Mataio
Pairs Flag of Norfolk Island.svg  Norfolk Island
L 14 - 26
Flag of Guernsey.svg  Guernsey
L 10 - 18
Flag of Malaysia.svg  Malaysia
L 6 - 22
Flag of Malta.svg  Malta
W 22 - 15
4did not advance
Tiare Jim
Teokotai Jim
Emily Jim
Triples Flag of Wales 2.svg  Wales
W 14-11
Flag of Scotland.svg  Scotland
W 24-13
Flag of Botswana.svg  Botswana
W 15-13
1 QFlag of Fiji.svg  Fiji
W 23-12
Flag of England.svg  England
L 11-23
Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand
L 6-27
4
Matapa Puia
Emily Jim
Tiare Jim
Teokotai Jim
Fours Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada
W 14–11
Flag of India.svg  India
L 9–15
Flag of England.svg  England
L 7–19
3did not advance

Swimming

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

Men
AthleteEventHeatSemifinalFinal
TimeRankTimeRankTimeRank
Wesley Roberts 100 m freestyle 50.7520did not advance
200 m freestyle 1:49.8319did not advance
400 m freestyle 4:00.6217did not advance
Bede Aitu 50 m backstroke 27.8931did not advance
100 m backstroke 59.7726did not advance
200 m backstroke 2:11.6416did not advance
Women
AthleteEventHeatSemifinalFinal
TimeRankTimeRankTimeRank
Lanihei Connolly 50 m freestyle 27.3032did not advance
50 m breaststroke 32.7713 Q32.9114did not advance
100 m breaststroke 1:11.9015 Q1:11.7615did not advance
50 m butterfly 28.8429did not advance
Kirsten Fisher-Marsters 50 m breaststroke 33.6118did not advance
100 m breaststroke 1:15.0218did not advance
Mixed
AthleteEventHeatFinal
TimeRankTimeRank
Bede Aitu
Kirsten Fisher-Marsters
Lanihei Connolly
Wesley Roberts
4 × 100 m medley relay 4:13.0912did not advance

Weightlifting

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

Women
AthleteEventWeight liftedTotalRank
SnatchClean & jerk
Manine Lynch +87 kg 861162027

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.