Mauritius at the 2012 Summer Olympics

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Mauritius at the
2012 Summer Olympics
Flag of Mauritius.svg
IOC code MRI
NOC Mauritius Olympic Committee
in London
Competitors11 in 7 sports
Flag bearer Natacha Rigobert [1]
Medals
Gold
0
Silver
0
Bronze
0
Total
0
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)

Mauritius competed its eighth consecutive Olympiad at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, from 27 July to 12 August 2012.

Contents

The nation had a contingent of 11 athletes, four men and seven women, to represent the nation in seven different sports. Mauritius did not win a medal, ending a streak started at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece.

Background

Mauritius made their Olympic debut at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, California, United States and they had appeared at every Summer Olympics since. The 2012 Summer Olympics in London, England, United Kingdom marked Mauritius' eighth appearance at a Summer Olympics. Prior to 2012, Mauritius had won medals at the previous two games – the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece and the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, China. [2]

Competitors

In total, 11 athletes represented Mauritius at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, England, United Kingdom across seven different sports. [3]

SportMenWomenTotal
Athletics 112
Boxing 202
Cycling 011
Judo 011
Swimming 112
Triathlon 011
Volleyball 022
Total4711

Athletics

In total, two Mauritian athletes participated in the athletics events – Fabrice Coiffic in the men's 100 m and Annabelle Lascar in the women's 800 m. [3]

Men
AthleteEventHeatQuarterfinalSemifinalFinal
ResultRankResultRankResultRankResultRank
Fabrice Coiffic 100 m 10.621 Q10.597Did not advance
Women
AthleteEventHeatSemifinalFinal
ResultRankResultRankResultRank
Annabelle Lascar 800 m 2:05.455Did not advance

Boxing

In total, two Mauritian athletes participated in the boxing events – Richarno Colin in the men's light welterweight category and Oliver Lavigilante in the men's flyweight category. [3]

AthleteEventRound of 32Round of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal
Opposition
Result		Opposition
Result		Opposition
Result		Opposition
Result		Opposition
Result		Rank
Oliver Lavigilante Flyweight Flag of Ghana.svg  Micah  (GHA)
L 14–18		Did not advance
Richarno Colin Light welterweight Flag of Morocco.svg  Aatakni  (MAR)
W 16–10		Flag of Mongolia.svg  Mönkh-Erdene  (MGL)
L 12–15		Did not advance

Cycling

In total, one Mauritian athlete participated in the cycling events – Aurelie Halbwachs in the women's road race. [3]

AthleteEventTimeRank
Aurelie Halbwachs Women's road race Did not finish

Judo

In total, one Mauritian athlete participated in the judo events – Christiane Legentil in the women's −52 kg category. [3]

AthleteEventRound of 32Round of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsRepechageFinal / BM
Opposition
Result		Opposition
Result		Opposition
Result		Opposition
Result		Opposition
Result		Opposition
Result		Rank
Christiane Legentil Women's −52 kg ByeFlag of Albania.svg  Kelmendi  (ALB)
W 1001–0101		Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Heylen  (BEL)
L 0002–0020		Did not advanceFlag of Luxembourg.svg  Müller  (LUX)
L 0002–0101		Did not advance7

Swimming

In total, two Mauritian athletes participated in the swimming events – Heather Arseth in the women's 200 m freestyle and Mathieu Marquet in the men's 200 m freestyle. [3]

Men
AthleteEventHeatSemifinalFinal
TimeRankTimeRankTimeRank
Mathieu Marquet 200 m freestyle 1:58.9139Did not advance
Women
AthleteEventHeatSemifinalFinal
TimeRankTimeRankTimeRank
Heather Arseth 200 m freestyle 2:07.8134Did not advance

Triathlon

In total, one Mauritian athlete participated in the triathlon events – Fabienne St. Louis in the women's race. [3]

AthleteEventSwim (1.5 km)Trans 1Bike (40 km)Trans 2Run (10 km)Total TimeRank
Fabienne St. Louis Women's 19:510:391:06:540:3539:382:07:3742

Volleyball

In total, two Mauritian athletes participated in the volleyball events – Elodie Li Yuk Lo and Natacha Rigobert in the beach volleyball women's tournament. [3]

AthleteEventPreliminary roundStandingRound of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal / BM
Opposition
Score		Opposition
Score		Opposition
Score		Opposition
Score		Opposition
Score		Rank
Elodie Li Yuk Lo
Natacha Rigobert 		Women's Pool A
Flag of Brazil.svg  Juliana – Larissa  (BRA)
L 0 – 2 (5–21, 10–21)
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Háječková – Klapalová  (CZE)
L 0 – 2 (10–21, 11–21)
Flag of Germany.svg  Holtwick – Semmler  (GER)
L 0 – 2 (11–21, 10–21)		4Did not advance19

References

  1. ↑ Housy, Ryan (27 June 2012). Mauritius names Rigobert as the flag bearer for the Olympics – Volleyball News Archived 2012-07-03 at the Wayback Machine . Bettor.com. Retrieved 14 July 2012.
  2. ↑ "Mauritius (MRI)". Olympedia. Retrieved 29 June 2025.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 "Mauritius at the 2012 Summer Olympics". Olympedia. Retrieved 29 June 2025.
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