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competed at the

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, Brazil, from 5 to 21 August 2016. This was the nation's eighth consecutive appearance at the Summer Olympics. Cook Islands Sports and National Olympic Committee selected a team of nine athletes, four men and five women, for the Games across five different sports. It was the nation's largest delegation sent to the Olympics, beating the record of eight athletes who attended the London Games four years earlier. For the second straight time in history, Cook Islands was represented by more female than male athletes at an Olympic circuit. The Cook Islands roster featured three returning Olympians from

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, including sprinter

Patricia Taea Patricia Nooroa Taea (born 25 May 1993) is a Cook Island female sprinter who competed in the 100 metres event at the 2012 Summer Olympics.Luisa Peters (women's +75 kg), and slalom kayaker

Ella Nicholas Ella Nicholas (born 15 December 1990 in Tauranga, New Zealand) is a Cook Islands slalom canoeist who has competed since 2007. At the 2012 Summer Olympics in London she took part in the K1 event, finishing 18th in the heats, failing to qualify ...

, who accepted the honor of being the nation's flag bearer in the opening ceremony, along with her older brother

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. Cook Islands, however, has yet to win an Olympic medal.

Athletics

Cook Islands has received universality slots from

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to send two athletes (one male and one female) to the Olympics. ;Track & road events

Canoeing

Slalom

Cook Islands canoeists have qualified a maximum of one boat in each of the following classes. Because Australia and New Zealand both permitted to compete in the men's and women's K-1 through the 2015 ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships, the spots have been automatically awarded to the Cook Islands as no continental race would be held with less than three nations eligible.

Sailing

Sailors from the Cook Islands have qualified one boat each in men's Laser and women's Laser Radial class through the individual fleet World Championships, and Oceanian qualifying regattas. M = Medal race; EL = Eliminated – did not advance into the medal race

Swimming

Cook Islands has received a Universality invitation from

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to send two swimmers (one male and one female) to the Olympics.

Weightlifting

Cook Islands has received an invitation from the Tripartite Commission to send London 2012 Olympian Luisa Peters in the women's super heavyweight category (+75 kg) to the Olympics.

References

External links

* {{Country at games navbox, Cook Islands, Summer Olympics 2016 in Cook Islands sport

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