Palau Palau,, officially the Republic of Palau and historically ''Belau'', ''Palaos'' or ''Pelew'', is an island country and microstate in the western Pacific. The nation has approximately 340 islands and connects the western chain of the Caro ...

competed at the

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, Brazil, from 5 to 21 August 2016. This was the nation's fifth consecutive appearance at the Summer Olympics. Five athletes, three men and two women, were selected to the Palauan team at the Games, competing only in athletics, swimming, freestyle wrestling, and flatwater canoeing (the country's Olympic debut in Rio de Janeiro). Two of Palau's Olympians returned: sprinter Rodman Teltull (men's 100 metres), and freestyle wrestler

Florian Skilang Temengil Florian Skilang Temengil (born November 4, 1986) is a Palauan wrestler at Newman University in Wichita, Kansas. Skilang competed in the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, China in the freestyle wrestling. He lost his bout to Ottó Aubéli of Hu ...

(men's 125 kg), who reprised his role of leading the Palauan delegation as the nation's flag bearer for the second time in the opening ceremony, since he did so eight years earlier in Beijing. Palau, however, has yet to win its first ever Olympic medal.

Athletics (track & field)

Palau has received one universality slot from

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to send one male athlete to the Olympics.

Canoeing

Sprint

Palau has received an invitation from the Tripartite Commission to send a boat in the women's K-1 500 m to the Olympics, signifying the nation's debut in the sport. Qualification Legend: FA = Qualify to final (medal); FB = Qualify to final B (non-medal)

Swimming

Palau has received a Universality invitation from FINA to send two swimmers (one male and one female) to the Olympics.

Wrestling

Palau has received an invitation from the Tripartite Commission to send a wrestler competing in the men's freestyle 125 kg to the Olympics, signifying the nation's comeback to the sport after an eight-year hiatus. ;Men's freestyle

References

External links

* {{Country at games navbox, Palau, Summer Olympics Olymp Nations at the 2016 Summer Olympics

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