Sierra Leone at the 2022 Commonwealth Games

Sierra Leone at the
2022 Commonwealth Games
Sierra Leone at the; 2022 Commonwealth Games
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CGF code	SLE
CGA	National Olympic Committee of Sierra Leone
Website	facebook.com/nocsle (Facebook)
in Birmingham, England ; 28 July 2022 – 8 August 2022
Competitors	27 (17 men and 10 women) in 7 sports
Flag bearers	Joshua Wyse ; Hafsatu Kamara
Medals	Gold0Silver0Bronze0Total0
Commonwealth Games appearances (overview)
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Last updated November 06, 2022

Sierra Leone competed at the 2022 Commonwealth Games held in Birmingham, England.^[1] This was Sierra Leone's 13th appearance at the Commonwealth Games.

Competitors

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

Sport	Men	Women	Total
Athletics	4	4	8
Badminton	2	0	2
Boxing	2	2	4
Judo	2	0	2
Swimming	2	2	4
Table tennis	1	0	1
Wrestling	3	2	5
Total	16	10	26

Athletics

Men
Track and road events

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Event	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Karim Bangura	100 m	10.51	5	Did not advance
Julius Morie	100 m	10.88	7	Did not advance
Karim Bangura	200 m	21.28	4 q	21.62	8	Did not advance
Alford Conteh	400 m	47.12	5	Did not advance
Va-Sheku Sheriff	400 m	51.10	7	Did not advance

Women
Track and road events

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Event	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Hafsatu Kamara	100 m	11.80	4	Did not advance
Jenifer Bangura	100 m	12.00	5	Did not advance
Hafsatu Kamara	200 m	25.05	5	Did not advance
Kadiatu Kanu	200 m	24.76	6	Did not advance
Mary Thomas Tarawally	400 m	58.18	8	Did not advance

Badminton

Athlete	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final / BM
Athlete	Event	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Abdul Bangura	Men's singles	Abdul-Samad (GHA) L 0 - 2	Did not advance
Ibrahim Conteh	Men's singles	Bye	Nibal (MDV) L 0 - 2	Did not advance

Boxing

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
John Browne	Men's Light welterweight	Bye	Ryan (ANT) L 0 - 5	Did not advance
Yusufu Deen Kargbo	Men's Welterweight	Bye	Mbewe (MAW) L 1 - 4	Did not advance
Sara Haghighat-Joo	Women's Light flyweight	—	Bye	Nakimuli (UGA) L WO	Did not advance
Zainab Keita	Women's Light middleweight	—	Bye	Scott (AUS) L 0 - 5	Did not advance

Judo

A squad of two judoka was entered as of 7 July 2022.^[3]

Men

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage	Final/BM
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Alfred Bangura	-60 kg	Iddris (GHA) L01 - 10	Did not advance					17
Kenny Williams	-60 kg	Christodoulides (CYP) L00 - 10	Did not advance					17

Swimming

Men

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Mohamed Kamara	50 m freestyle	27.69	67	Did not advance
Mohamed Kamara	50 m breaststroke	36.22	40	Did not advance
Joshua Wyse	50 m freestyle	27.40	64	Did not advance
Joshua Wyse	50 m butterfly	29.71	52	Did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Tity Dumbuya	50 m freestyle	31.27	66	Did not advance
Tity Dumbuya	50 m butterfly	34.17	51	Did not advance
Kanu Isha	50 m backstroke	44.57	38	Did not advance
Kanu Isha	50 m breaststroke	48.66	33	Did not advance

Table tennis

Sierra Leone was awarded a bipartite quota in the men's C3–5 event in para-table tennis.^[4]

Parasport

Athletes	Event	Group Stage				Semifinal	Final	Rank
Athletes	Event	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
George Wyndham	Men's singles C3–5	Alagar (IND) L 2 - 3	Bullen (ENG) L 1 - 3	Ogunkunle (NGR) L 0 - 3	4	Did not advance

Wrestling

Key:

VT - Victory by Fall.
PP - Decision by Points - the loser with technical points.
PO - Decision by Points - the loser without technical points.

Repechage Format

Athlete	Event	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Repechage	Final / BM
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Mohamed Sesay	Men's -74 kg	Ntuyo (UGA) W 10 - 0	Hawkins (NZL) L 3 - 9	Did not advance			7
Sheku Kassegbama	Men's -86 kg	Hawladar (BAN) W 4 - 0	Punia (IND) L 0 - 10	Did not advance	Oxenham (NZL) L 1 - 3	Did not advance	7
Mohamed Bundu	Men's -125 kg	Bye	Kooner (ENG) L 1 - 4	Did not advance			9
Zainab Barrie	Women's -57 kg	Lim (SGP) L 0 - 6	Did not advance				9
Madusu Koroma	Women's -76 kg	—	Ruben (NGR) L 0 - 10	Did not advance	—	Nelthrope (ENG) L 0 - 4	5

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References

↑ Palmer, Dan (1 June 2022). "Sierra Leone to focus on youth at Birmingham 2022 after Ebola and COVID impact". Inside the Games . Dunsar Media. Retrieved 4 July 2022.
↑ "32 Athletes to represent Sierra Leone in Birmingham". Awoko. Freetown, Sierra Leone. 20 July 2022. Retrieved 5 August 2022.
↑ "COMMONWEALTH GAMES BIRMINGHAM 2022 | Nations | Sierra Leone". IJF. Archived from the original on 7 July 2022. Retrieved 7 July 2022.
↑ ""My focus is on the commonwealth games" – George Wyhdam". Awoko Newspaper. Freetown, Sierra Leone. 15 June 2022. Archived from the original on 4 July 2022. Retrieved 4 July 2022.

External links

Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games Official site

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[1] Palmer, Dan (1 June 2022). "Sierra Leone to focus on youth at Birmingham 2022 after Ebola and COVID impact". Inside the Games . Dunsar Media. Retrieved 4 July 2022.

[2] "32 Athletes to represent Sierra Leone in Birmingham". Awoko. Freetown, Sierra Leone. 20 July 2022. Retrieved 5 August 2022.

[3] "COMMONWEALTH GAMES BIRMINGHAM 2022 | Nations | Sierra Leone". IJF. Archived from the original on 7 July 2022. Retrieved 7 July 2022.

[4] ""My focus is on the commonwealth games" – George Wyhdam". Awoko Newspaper. Freetown, Sierra Leone. 15 June 2022. Archived from the original on 4 July 2022. Retrieved 4 July 2022.

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Europe	Cyprus England Gibraltar Guernsey Isle of Man Jersey Malta Northern Ireland Scotland Wales
Oceania	Australia Cook Islands Fiji Kiribati Nauru New Zealand Niue Norfolk Island Papua New Guinea Samoa Solomon Islands Tonga Tuvalu Vanuatu

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