Nauru Olympic Committee (IOC code: NRU) is the
National Olympic Committee representing
Nauru. It represents and organises the Olympic movement on the island. The NNOC was founded in 1991 and was recognised by the
International Olympic Committee
The International Olympic Committee (IOC; french: link=no, Comité international olympique, ''CIO'') is a non-governmental sports organisation based in Lausanne, Switzerland. It is constituted in the form of an association under the Swiss ...
in 1994. It is also the body responsible for Nauru's representation at the
Commonwealth Games
The Commonwealth Games, often referred to as the Friendly Games or simply the Comm Games, are a quadrennial international multi-sport event among athletes from the Commonwealth of Nations. The event was first held in 1930, and, with the exce ...
.
Nauru has participated regularly in the
Olympic Games
The modern Olympic Games or Olympics (french: link=no, Jeux olympiques) are the leading international sporting events featuring summer and winter sports competitions in which thousands of athletes from around the world participate in a vari ...
since 1992. So far, the NNOC has sent seven athletes to the Olympic Games:
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Marcus Stephen
Marcus Ajemada Stephen (born 1 October 1969) is a Nauruan politician and former sportsperson who previously was a member of the Cabinet of Nauru, and who served as President of Nauru from December 2007 to November 2011. The son of Nauruan par ...
(1992-2000), first Nauruan Olympian
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Quincy Detenamo (1996)
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Gerard Garabwan (1996)
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Sheeva Peo (2000), first Nauruan woman Olympian
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Reanna Solomon
Reanna Solomon (16 December 1981 – 1 July 2022) was a Nauruan weightlifter. She was the first female Nauruan athlete to win a Commonwealth Games gold medal, and remains one of the only three Nauruans ever to have won a Commonwealth Games gold, ...
(2004)
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Itte Detenamo
Itte Junior Ronson Detenamo (born 22 September 1986 in Buada) is a Nauruan weightlifter competing in the +105 kg category.
Detenamo represented Nauru at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, finishing 14th in the men's 105+kg category. He ...
(2004, 2008)
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Yukio Peter (2004)
See also
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Nauru at the Olympics
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Nauru at the Commonwealth Games
Nauru has competed in seven editions of the Commonwealth Games to date, beginning in 1990. This very small country, which had a population of just 9,872 at the time of the 2002 census, succeeded in winning at least one medals on each occasion, in ...
References
External links
Official websiteNauru Olympic Committee
Nauru
Nauru
Sports governing bodies in Nauru
Nauru at the Olympics
1991 establishments in Nauru
Sports organizations established in 1991
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