Seychelles competed at the

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in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, from 5 to 21 August 2016. This was the nation's eighth appearance at the Summer Olympics, with the exception of the

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in Seoul because of its partial support to the North Korean boycott. The

Seychelles Olympic and Commonwealth Games Association Seychelles Olympic and Commonwealth Games Association (IOC code: SEY) is the National Olympic Committee representing Seychelles in Olympic, Youth Olympic and Asian Games. It was created in 1979. As the name suggests, the body is also responsible f ...

(SOCGA) sent the nation's largest delegation to the Games since

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. A total of ten athletes, eight men and two women, were selected to the Seychellois squad across six sports (athletics, boxing, judo, sailing, swimming, and weightlifting). Finn yachtsman

Allan Julie Allan Julie (born 23 March 1977) is a Laser sailor from the Seychelles. Julie is a five-time Olympian, and a gold medalist in the same sailing class at the 2011 All-Africa Games in Maputo, Mozambique. Julie made his official debut for the 1996 ...

etching his name into the history records as the oldest participant (aged 39) of the Seychellois squad and the first to compete in five Olympic Games. Apart from Julie, three other athletes were returning Olympians; all of them participated in their second Games, including high jumper

Lissa Labiche Lissa Mary Audrey Labiche (born February 18, 1993) is Seychellois athlete competing in the high jump and occasionally long jump. Career In the Women's high jump event at the 2012 Summer Olympics, she finished tied for 20th place and did not adva ...

, lightweight boxer

Andrique Allisop Andrique Allisop (born 2 June 1993) is a Seychellois amateur boxer. He was born in Victoria, the capital of Seychelles. He won sportsman of the year 2012 and 2014 in Seychelles Allisop took up boxing at the age of 13. Coached by Rival Payet, ...

, and half-heavyweight judoka

Dominic Dugasse Dominic Dugasse (born 19 April 1985) is a Seychellois judoka who competed in the -100 kg event at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, where he lost in the first round of the event to Henk Grol of the Netherlands. He was the flag bearer for the Se ...

(men's 100 kg). Six Seychellois athletes made their Olympic debut in Rio de Janeiro, with Laser sailor

Rodney Govinden Rodney Govinden (born 13 September 1984) is a Seychellois sailor. He competed at the 2016 Summer Olympics in the men's Laser event, in which he placed 45th. He was the flag-bearer for Seychells at the 2016 Summer Olympics Parade of Nations. He ...

acting as the nation's flag bearer in the opening ceremony. The Seychelles, however, has yet to win its first Olympic medal.

Athletics

Seychelles received universality slots from

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

Boxing

Seychelles entered one boxer who competed in the men's lightweight division into the Olympic boxing tournament. 2012 Olympian

had claimed his Olympic spot with a box-off victory at the 2016 African Qualification Tournament in Yaoundé, Cameroon.

Judo

Seychelles qualified one judoka for the men's half-heavyweight category (100 kg) at the Games. London 2012 Olympian

earned a continental quota spot from the African region, as Seychelles' top-ranked judoka outside of direct qualifying position in the IJF World Ranking List of May 30, 2016.

Sailing

Seychellois sailors qualified one boat in each of the following classes through the individual fleet World Championships, and African qualifying regattas. M = Medal race; EL = Eliminated – did not advance into the medal race

Swimming

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

Weightlifting

Seychelles received an invitation from the Tripartite Commission to send Rick Confiance in the men's featherweight category (62 kg) to the Olympics, which signified the nation's Olympic return to the sport after an eight-year hiatus.

References

External links

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

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