Mauritius at the 2020 Summer Olympics

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Mauritius at the
2020 Summer Olympics
Flag of Mauritius.svg
IOC code MRI
NOC Mauritius Olympic Committee
in Tokyo, Japan
July 23, 2021 (2021-07-23) – August 8, 2021 (2021-08-08)
Competitors8 in 6 sports
Flag bearers (opening) Richarno Colin
Roilya Ranaivosoa [1]
Flag bearer (closing) N/A
Medals
Gold
0
Silver
0
Bronze
0
Total
0
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)

Mauritius competed at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo. Originally scheduled to take place from 24 July to 9 August 2020, the Games were postponed to 23 July to 8 August 2021, because of the COVID-19 pandemic. [2] It was the nation's tenth consecutive appearance at the Summer Olympics.

Contents

Competitors

The following is the list of number of competitors in the Games.

SportMenWomenTotal
Athletics 101
Badminton 101
Boxing 202
Judo 101
Swimming 112
Weightlifting 011
Total628

Athletics

Mauritius received a universality slot from the World Athletics to send a male track and field athlete to the Olympics. [3]

Key
Track & road events
AthleteEventHeatSemifinalFinal
ResultRankResultRankResultRank
Jérémie Lararaudeuse Men's 110 m hurdles 14.037Did not advance

Badminton

Mauritius entered one badminton player into the Olympic tournament. Two-time African champion Julien Paul secured a place in the men's singles as the highest-ranked badminton player vying for qualification from his respective continent in the men's singles based on the BWF World Race to Tokyo Rankings. [4]

AthleteEventGroup stageEliminationQuarterfinalSemifinalFinal / BM
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
RankOpposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Rank
Julien Paul Men's singles Flag of Japan.svg  Tsuneyama  (JPN)
L (8–21, 6–21)
Flag of Brazil.svg  Coelho  (BRA)
L (5–21, 16–21)
3Did not advance

Boxing

Mauritius entered two boxers into the Olympic tournament. Two-time Olympian Richarno Colin scored an outright semifinal victory to secure a spot in the men's lightweight division at the 2020 African Qualification Tournament in Diamniadio, Senegal. [5] Rio 2016 Olympian Merven Clair completed the nation's boxing lineup by topping the list of eligible boxers from Africa in the men's welterweight division of the IOC's Boxing Task Force Rankings.

AthleteEventRound of 32Round of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Rank
Richarno Colin Men's lightweight Flag of Morocco.svg  Nadir  (MAR)
W 4–1
Russian Olympic Committee flag.png  Mamedov  (ROC)
L 0–5
Did not advance
Merven Clair Men's welterweight Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Sanford  (CAN)
W 5–0
Flag of Jordan (3-2).svg  Ishaish  (JOR)
W 3–2
Flag of Ireland (3-2).svg  Walsh  (IRL)
L 1–4
Did not advance

Judo

Mauritius qualified one judoka for the men's middleweight category (90 kg) at the Games. Rémi Feuillet accepted a continental berth from Africa as the nation's top-ranked judoka outside of direct qualifying position in the IJF World Ranking List of June 28, 2021. [6]

AthleteEventRound of 64Round of 32Round of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsRepechageFinal / BM
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Rank
Rémi Feuillet Men's −90 kg ByeFlag of Japan.svg  Mukai  (JPN)
L 00–10
Did not advance

Swimming

Mauritius received a universality invitation from FINA to send two top-ranked swimmers (one per gender) in their respective individual events to the Olympics, based on the FINA Points System of June 28, 2021. [7]

AthleteEventHeatSemifinalFinal
TimeRankTimeRankTimeRank
Mathieu Marquet Men's 100 m freestyle 53.5660Did not advance
Alicia Kok Shun Women's 100 m breaststroke 1:15.4238Did not advance

Weightlifting

Mauritius entered one female weightlifter into the Olympic competition. Roilya Ranaivosoa topped the list of weightlifters from Africa in the women's 49 kg category based on the IWF Absolute Continental Rankings.

AthleteEventSnatchClean & JerkTotalRank
ResultRankResultRank
Roilya Ranaivosoa Women's –49 kg 7312911116411

References

  1. "Tokyo 2020 : Le binôme pour porter le drapeau mauricien connu" [Tokyo 2020: The team to carry the Mauritian flag] (in French). Inside.news. 24 June 2021. Archived from the original on 29 June 2021. Retrieved 25 June 2021.
  2. "Joint Statement from the International Olympic Committee and the Tokyo 2020 Organising Committee". Olympics. 24 March 2020. Retrieved 28 March 2020.
  3. "Road to Olympic Games 2020". World Athletics . Retrieved 11 June 2021.
  4. "Tokyo 2020 Badminton Qualifiers Announced". Badminton World Federation. 5 July 2021. Retrieved 9 July 2021.
  5. "Boxing Olympic Qualification – Dakar: Day 7 As It Happened". Olympic Channel. 26 February 2020. Retrieved 27 February 2020.
  6. Messner, Nicolas (22 June 2021). "Tokyo 2020: Official Olympic Qualification List". International Judo Federation . Retrieved 2 July 2021.
  7. "Tokyo Olympics Entry Lists Released, Swimming Begins July 24". Swimming World Magazine . Retrieved 16 July 2021.