| Nauru at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics | |
|---|---|
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| IOC code | NRU |
| NOC | Nauru Olympic Committee |
| Website | http://www.oceaniasport.com/nauru/ |
| in Buenos Aires, Argentina 6 – 18 October 2018 | |
| Competitors | 5 in 4 sports |
| Medals |
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| Summer Youth Olympics appearances | |
Nauru participated at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics in Buenos Aires, Argentina from 6 October to 18 October 2018.
| Sports | Boys | Girls | Total | Events |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Athletics | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Boxing | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Weightlifting | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| Wrestling | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Total | 3 | 2 | 5 | 5 |
| Athlete | Event | Stage 1 | Stage 2 | Total | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | ||
| Melanie Ribauw | Girls' 100 metres | 14.05 | 33 | 13.47 | 31 | 27.52 | 31 |
| Athlete | Event | Preliminary R1 | Preliminary R2 | Semifinals | Final / RM | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | |||
| Christon Amram | -56 kg |  L0–5 |  L0–5 | Did not advance |  LWO | 6 |
Nauru was given a quota by the tripartite committee to compete in weightlifting. They also qualified two at the Oceania championships 2018. [1]
| Athlete | Event | Snatch | Clean & Jerk | Total | Rank | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Result | Rank | Result | Rank | ||||
| Ezekiel Moses | −62 kg | 105 | 8 | 130 | 7 | 235 | 7 |
| Athlete | Event | Snatch | Clean & jerk | Total | Rank | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Result | Rank | Result | Rank | ||||
| Maximina Uepa | −63 kg | 82 | 6 | 101 | 6 | 183 | 6 |
| Athlete | Event | Group stage | Final / RM | Rank | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Rank | Opposition Score | |||
| Daiziel Detudamo | Boys' freestyle −48kg |  L0 – 10 VSU |  L0 – 10 VSU | 3 Q |  L0 – 10 VSU | 6 |
Nauru, officially the Republic of Nauru and formerly known as Pleasant Island, is an island country in Micronesia, a subregion of Oceania, in the Central Pacific. Its nearest neighbour is Banaba Island in Kiribati, 300 km (190 mi) to the east. It further lies northwest of Tuvalu, 1,300 km (810 mi) northeast of the Solomon Islands, east-northeast of Papua New Guinea, southeast of the Federated States of Micronesia and south of the Marshall Islands. With only a 21 km2 (8.1 sq mi) area, Nauru is the third-smallest country in the world behind the Vatican City, and Monaco, making it the smallest state in the South Pacific Ocean, the smallest state outside Europe, the smallest island state, and the smallest republic. Additionally, its population of 10,670 is the world's third smallest, after the Vatican City and Tuvalu.
The Pacific island nation Nauru competed at the Summer Olympic Games first in the 1996 games in Atlanta. The country has made subsequent appearances in Sydney in 2000, in Athens in 2004, Beijing in 2008, and London in 2012.
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Nauru competed at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, from 5 to 21 August 2016. The country's participation in Brazil was its sixth consecutive appearance at the Summer Olympics since its debut at the 1996 Summer Olympics. Nauru's delegation included two participants: Ovini Uera, a judoka in the men's middleweight judo category; and Elson Brechtefeld in the men's 56 kg weightlifting competition. Uera qualified as Nauru's top-ranked judoka, in the IJF World Ranking List through a quota slot from the Oceania Judo Union. Brechtefeld qualified by grant from the International Weightlifting Federation of an unused quota place. Uera was eliminated by Varlam Liparteliani in the round of 16 and Brechtefeld finished 15th in his event.
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This article lists the main weightlifting events and their results for 2018.
This article lists the main weightlifting events and their results for 2019.