Mauritius at the 2016 Summer Olympics

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Mauritius at the
2016 Summer Olympics
Flag of Mauritius.svg
IOC code MRI
NOC Mauritius Olympic Committee
in Rio de Janeiro
Competitors12 in 8 sports
Flag bearer Kate Foo Kune [1]
Medals
Gold
0
Silver
0
Bronze
0
Total
0
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)

Mauritius competed at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, from 5 to 21 August 2016. This was the nation's ninth consecutive appearance at the Summer Olympics.

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Mauritius Olympic Committee confirmed a team of 11 athletes, five men and six women, to compete in eight sports at the Games. [2] The nation's roster in Rio de Janeiro was relatively larger than those sent to both Beijing 2008 and London 2012 by a single athlete. Among the sports represented by the athletes, Mauritius marked its Olympic comeback in badminton and weightlifting after an eight-year absence.

Three Mauritian athletes returned from the previous Games, including judoka Christianne Legentil (women's 52 kg), freestyle swimmer Heather Arseth, and triathlete Fabienne St. Louis, who was able to compete despite being diagnosed with salivary gland cancer eight months earlier. [3] Meanwhile, Africa's top-ranked badminton player and 2010 Youth Olympian Kate Foo Kune was selected by the committee to carry the Mauritian flag at the opening ceremony. [1]

For the second consecutive time, Mauritius left Rio de Janeiro without a single Olympic medal. Unable to reach the final, Legentil managed to reproduce her seventh-place feat from London 2012 as the most successful finish for the Mauritians at these Games, losing the match to Russia's Natalia Kuziutina in the repechage round. [4]

Athletics (track and field)

Mauritian athletes have so far achieved qualifying standards in the following athletics events (up to a maximum of 3 athletes in each event): [5] [6]

Key
Track & road events
AthleteEventHeatSemifinalFinal
TimeRankTimeRankTimeRank
David Carver Men's marathon N/A2:26:16102
Aurelie Alcindor Women's 200 m 24.557Did not advance
Field events
AthleteEventQualificationFinal
DistancePositionDistancePosition
Jonathan Drack Men's triple jump 16.2128Did not advance

Badminton

Mauritius has qualified one badminton player for the women's singles into the Olympic tournament. Kate Foo Kune picked up a continental berth as Africa's top shuttler based on her performance in the BWF World Rankings as of 5 May 2016, signifying the country's return to the sport after a 16-year hiatus. [7]

AthleteEventGroup StageEliminationQuarterfinalSemifinalFinal / BM
Opposition
Score		Opposition
Score		RankOpposition
Score		Opposition
Score		Opposition
Score		Opposition
Score		Rank
Kate Foo Kune Women's singles Flag of Thailand.svg  Buranaprasertsuk  (THA)
L (7–21, 18–21)		Flag of Australia.svg  Chen H-y  (AUS)
W (21–16, 21–19)		2Did not advance

Boxing

Mauritius has entered two boxers to compete in the following weight classes into the Olympic boxing tournament. Merven Clair and top seeded boxer Kennedy St-Pierre had claimed their Olympic spots at the 2016 African Qualification Tournament in Yaoundé, Cameroon. [8]

AthleteEventRound of 32Round of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal
Opposition
Result		Opposition
Result		Opposition
Result		Opposition
Result		Opposition
Result		Rank
Merven Clair Men's middleweight Flag of Egypt.svg  Abdin  (EGY)
L 0–3		Did not advance
Kennedy St-Pierre Men's heavyweight ByeFlag of Algeria.svg  Bouloudinat  (ALG)
W 2–1		Flag of Kazakhstan.svg  Levit  (KAZ)
L 0–3		Did not advance

Judo

Mauritius has qualified one judoka for the women's half-lightweight category (52 kg) at the Games. London 2012 quarterfinalist Christianne Legentil earned a continental quota spot from the African region as Mauritius' top-ranked judoka based on points in the IJF World Ranking List of May 30, 2016. [9]

AthleteEventRound of 32Round of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsRepechageFinal / BM
Opposition
Result		Opposition
Result		Opposition
Result		Opposition
Result		Opposition
Result		Opposition
Result		Rank
Christianne Legentil Women's −52 kg Flag of Saudi Arabia.svg  Fahmy  (KSA)
W 100–000		Flag of Israel.svg  Cohen  (ISR)
W 001–000		Flag of Kosovo.svg  Kelmendi  (KOS)
L 000–000 S		Did not advanceFlag of Russia.svg  Kuziutina  (RUS)
L 000–100		Did not advance7

Swimming

Mauritius has received a Universality invitation from FINA to send two swimmers (one male and one female) to the Olympics. [10] [11] [12]

AthleteEventHeatSemifinalFinal
TimeRankTimeRankTimeRank
Bradley Vincent Men's 100 m freestyle 50.8949Did not advance
Heather Arseth Women's 100 m freestyle 58.8937Did not advance

Triathlon

Mauritius has entered one triathlete to compete at the Games. London 2012 Olympian Fabienne St Louis was selected as the highest-ranked triathlete from Africa in the women's event based on the ITU Points List. [13]

AthleteEventSwim (1.5 km)Trans 1Bike (40 km)Trans 2Run (10 km)Total TimeRank
Fabienne St. Louis Women's 25:30Did not finish

Weightlifting

Mauritius has received an unused quota place from IWF to send a female weightlifter to the Olympics, signifying the nation's return to the sport after an eight-year hiatus. [14] [15]

AthleteEventSnatchClean & JerkTotalRank
ResultRankResultRank
Roilya Ranaivosoa Women's −48 kg 80893101739

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  2. ↑ "12 athlètes mauriciens au JO 2016" [12 Mauritian athletes at the 2016 Olympics] (in French). La Gazette de Maurice. 1 August 2016. Archived from the original on 27 September 2016. Retrieved 25 September 2016.
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