Nauru at the 2022 Commonwealth Games

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Nauru at the
2022 Commonwealth Games
Flag of Nauru.svg
CGF code NRU
CGA Nauru Olympic Committee
Website oceaniasport.com/nauru
in Birmingham, England
28 July 2022 (2022-07-28) – 8 August 2022 (2022-08-08)
Competitors16 (11 men and 5 women) in 5 sports
Flag bearers Christon Amram
Maximina Uepa
Medals
Ranked =40th
Gold
0
Silver
0
Bronze
1
Total
1
Commonwealth Games appearances (overview)

Nauru competed at the 2022 Commonwealth Games in Birmingham, England from 28 July to 8 August 2022. It was Nauru's ninth appearance at the Games.

Contents

Christon Amram and Maximina Uepa were the country's opening ceremony flagbearers. [1]

Nauru won one bronze medal, ranking the county a tied 40th on the medal table. Flagbearer and weightlifter Maximina Uepa won the bronze medal in the women's 76 kg event. [2] [3] This continued the island nation's streak of winning at least one medal at each edition of the games it has competed in since its debut in 1990. [4]

Competitors

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

SportMenWomenTotal
Athletics 213
Boxing 202
Judo 303
Weightlifting 347
Wrestling 101
Total11516

Medallists

Athletics

Men
Track and road events
AthleteEventHeatSemifinalFinal
ResultRankResultRankResultRank
Jireh Agege 100 m 11.086Did not advance
200 m DNSDid not start
Field events
AthleteEventFinal
DistanceRank
Jonathan-Deiwea Detageouwa Shot put 15.4112
Women
Track and road events
AthleteEventHeatSemifinalFinal
ResultRankResultRankResultRank
Wena Gobure 100 m 13.217Did not advance

Boxing

Men
AthleteEventPreliminaries 1Preliminaries 2QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Rank
Christon Amram Featherweight Flag of Australia.svg  Senior  (AUS)
L0 - 5
Did not advance
Colan Caleb Light welterweight Flag of Namibia.svg  Jonas  (NAM)
LRSC
Did not advance

Judo

Men
AthleteEventRound of 32Round of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsRepechageFinal/BM
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Rank
Isamaela Solomon -60 kg ByeFlag of England.svg  Hall  (ENG)
L00 - 10
Did not advance9
Kip Kosam -81 kg Flag of The Gambia.svg  Ceesay  (GAM)
W10 - 00
Ulster banner.svg  Fleming  (NIR)
L00 - 10
Flag of Barbados.svg  Weithers  (BAR)
L00 - 10
Did not advance7
Kendrick Taleka Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Elnahas  (CAN)
L00 - 10
Did not advance9

Weightlifting

Nauru qualified 4 weightlifters (two per gender). The four qualified through their respective Commonwealth Weightlifting ranking as of 28 February 2022. [5]

Men
AthleteEventWeight LiftedTotalRank
SnatchClean & jerk
Shadrach Cain Men's -61 kg 901162067
Ditto Ika Men's -67 kg 1051402457
Ezekiel Moses Men's -73 kg 1301552858
Women
AthleteEventWeight liftedTotalRank
SnatchClean & jerk
My-Only Stephen Women's -55 kg 68861548
Bernice Detudamo Women's -64 kg 608114112
Nancy Abouke Women's -71 kg 871101975
Maximina Uepa Women's -76 kg 96119215Bronze medal icon.svg

Wrestling

Key:

AthleteEventRound of 16QuarterfinalSemifinalRepechageFinal / BM
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Rank
Lowe Bingham Men's -65 kg Flag of India.svg  Punia  (IND)
L0 - 4 (VFA)
Flag of Mauritius.svg  Bandou  (MRI)
W6 (VFA) - 4
Flag of England.svg  Ramm  (ENG)
L0 - 11 (VSU)
5

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