Kiribati at the 2018 Commonwealth Games

Kiribati at the 2018 Commonwealth Games
Flag of Kiribati
CGF code	KIR
CGA	Kiribati National Olympic Committee
Website	oceaniasport.com/kiribati
in Gold Coast, Australia 4 April 2018 – 15 April 2018
Competitors	14 in 5 sports
Flag bearer	David Katoatau (opening)
Medals Ranked 0th	Gold 0 Silver 0 Bronze 0 Total 0
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Kiribati competed at the 2018 Commonwealth Games in the Gold Coast, Australia from April 4 to April 15, 2018. ^{[1] [2]}

Weightlifter David Katoatau was the island's flag bearer during the opening ceremony. ^{[3] [4] [5]}

Despite not winning a medal this year, 2014 gold medalist David Katoatau nearly missed out of the podium, finishing 5th in the men's weightlifting 105 kg competition.

Competitors

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

Sport	Men	Women	Total
Athletics	1	1	2
Boxing	2	0	2
Table tennis	3	0	3
Weightlifting	4	1	5
Wrestling	2	0	2
Total	12	2	14

Athletics

Main article: Athletics at the 2018 Commonwealth Games

Kiribati participated with 2 athletes (1 man and 1 woman).

Track & road events

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Tirioro Willie	Men's 100 m	11.45	7	did not advance
Waymar Bwereeti	Women's 100 m	13.81	6	did not advance

Boxing

Main article: Boxing at the 2018 Commonwealth Games

Kiribati participated with a team of 2 athletes (2 men).

Men

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final	Rank
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result
Betero Aaree	−56 kg	—	Basran  (CAN) L 0 - 5	did not advance
Tevii Steven	−60 kg	Ngoma  (ZAM) L 0 – 5	did not advance

Table tennis

Main article: Table tennis at the 2018 Commonwealth Games

Kiribati participated with 3 athletes (3 men).

Singles

Athletes	Event	Group Stage			Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final	Rank
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score
Allie Johnny	Men's singles	Gboyah  (SLE) W 4 - 1	Abrefa  (GHA) L 0 - 4	2	did not advance
Tauramoa Miita		Medjugorac  (CAN) L 0 - 4	Su  (BIZ) W 4 - 3	2	did not advance
Nooa Takooa		Benjamin  (SLE) W 4 - 2	Abiodun  (NGR) L 0 - 4	2	did not advance

Doubles

Athletes	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final	Rank
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score
Tauramoa Miita Nooa Takooa	Men's doubles	Bye	S Kamal  (IND)   S Gnanasekaran  (IND) L 0 - 3	did not advance

Team

Athletes	Event	Group Stage			Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final	Rank
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score
Allie Johnny Tauramoa Miita Nooa Takooa	Men's team	Australia L 0–3	Scotland L 0–3	3	did not advance

Weightlifting

Main articles: Weightlifting at the 2018 Commonwealth Games and Weightlifting at the 2018 Commonwealth Games – Qualification

Kiribati participated with 5 athletes (4 men and 1 woman). ^[6]

Athlete	Event	Snatch		Clean & Jerk		Total	Rank
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Takirua Betero	Men's −62 kg	90	15	120	14	210	14
Ruben Katoatau	Men's −69 kg	120	7	160	3	280	6
Taretiita Tabaroua	Men's −77 kg	130	6	did not finish
David Katoatau	Men's −105 kg	140	8	200	2	340	5
Tiiao Bakaekiri	Women's −69 kg	73	11	95	11	168	11

Wrestling

Main article: Wrestling at the 2018 Commonwealth Games

Kiribati participated with 2 athletes (2 men).

Women

Athlete	Event	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Repechage	Final / BM
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Ioabo Teetu	-74 kg	Ali Amzad  (BAN) L 0 - 4	did not advance				14
Taebontangaroa Kookoo	-86 kg	Kadian  (IND) L 0 - 5	did not advance				13

See also

• Kiribati at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics

References

1. "71 Nations and Territories. 6 Continents. 2 Billion citizens. 1 commonwealth family". www.gc2018.com/. Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games Corporation. Archived from the original on 10 October 2016. Retrieved 8 October 2016.
2. "Five remote islands that will rub shoulders with the Commonwealth Games giants". Evening Express . Aberdeen, Scotland. 3 April 2018. Retrieved 4 April 2018.
3. Morgan, Liam (4 April 2018). "Gold Coast 2018: Opening Ceremony". Insidethegames.biz. Dunsar Media. Retrieved 4 April 2018.
4. "Kiribati boxers tell the world about their preparations for Commonwealth games". Kiribati Independent. Tarawa, Kiribati. 5 April 2018. Archived from the original on 9 April 2018. Retrieved 8 April 2018.
5. Haffenden, Damien (4 April 2018). "Meet the Opening Ceremony flagbearers". www.gc2018.com/. Gold Coast Organizing Committee for the 2018 Commonwealth Games (GOLDOC). Archived from the original on 6 April 2018. Retrieved 6 April 2018.
6. "Qualification List of the Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games" (PDF). www.iwf.net/. International Weightlifting Federation. March 2018. Retrieved 21 March 2018.