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Nauru at the
2012 Summer Olympics
IOC codeNRU
NOCNauru Olympic Committee
Websitewww.oceaniasport.com/nauru
in London
Competitors2 in 2 sports
Flag bearer Itte Detenamo
Medals
Gold
0
Silver
0
Bronze
0
Total
0
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)

Nauru competed at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, which was held from 27 July to 12 August 2012. The country's participation at London marked its fifth appearance in the Summer Olympics since its debut at the 1996 Summer Olympics. The delegation consisted of two participants: Sled Dowabobo in the men's (73 kilogram) lightweight judo contest and Itte Detenamo in the men's (105 kilogram) super-heavyweight weightlifting competition. Dowabobo qualified as one of Oceania's highest ranked judo competitors while Detenamo made the Games based on his qualifying performance. Detenamo was the flag bearer for both the opening and closing ceremonies. Dowabobo was eliminated by his opponent Navruz Jurakobilov in the round of 64 and Detemano was 14th in his event.

Background

Nauru participated in five Summer Olympic Games between its debut in the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, United States and the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, United Kingdom.[1] No Nauruan athlete has ever won a medal at the Olympic Games and the nation has not competed at the Winter Olympic Games.[1] The nation participated in the London Summer Games from 27 July to 12 August 2012.[2]

The two athletes selected to represent Nauru at the Olympics were judoka Sled Dowabobo and weightlifter Itte Detenamo[2] Nauru, along with Barbados and Saint Kitts and Nevis, was one of three countries to send only male athletes to the 2012 Games.[3] Along with the two athletes, the delegation consisted of their coaches Paul Coffa and Patrick Mahon. Dowabobo trained at the University of Bath.[4][5] Detenamo was selected as the flag bearer for both the opening and closing ceremonies.[6][7]

Judo

Main article: Judo at the 2012 Summer Olympics
ExCeL London where Dowabobo and Detenamo competed in their respective events.

Sled Dowabobo represented Nauru in men's judo and was the oldest person to represent the country at the London Games at age 29.[2] He had not taken part in any previous Olympic Games,[8] but his participation at London marked the country's official Olympic debut in the sport at these Games.[5] Dowabobo qualified for the Games after being chosen as one of the highest ranked Oceania athletes in any sporting discipline by the International Judo Federation, without having qualified.[9] Before the Games, he said: "It will be awesome to be the first Olympic judo player from Nauru. I'm really excited about the Games."[5] Dowabobo faced Navruz Jurakobilov of Uzbekistan in the round of 64 of the men's lightweight (73 kilogram) judo competition on 30 July.[8][10] He was defeated by his opponent with a scoreline of 0001–0100 and the result meant he was eliminated from contention.[10] Afterwards the president of Nauru's National Olympic Committee Marcus Stephen noted that Dowabobo was competing against a strong opponent and revealed that he encouraged his fellow countryman not to be antipathetic over the result and progress farther.[11]

Athlete Event Round of 64 Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Repechage Final / BM
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Rank
Sled Dowabobo Men's −73 kg  Jurakobilov (UZB)
L 0001–0100 		Did not advance[10]

Weightlifting

Main article: Weightlifting at the 2012 Summer Olympics

Itte Detenamo participated on Nauru's behalf in the men's (105 kilogram) super-heavyweight weightlifting contest.[2][12] He was the youngest person to represent Nauru at the London Games at the age of 25 and had participated for his country in the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens and the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing.[2][13] Detenamo qualified for the Games based on his performance at the 2012 Oceania Weightlifting Championships in Apia, Samoa.[12][14] His event took place on 7 August, and included 19 athletes in total.[15] During the event's snatch phase, Detenamo was given three attempts. He successfully attempted to lift over 90 kilograms of weight in all three of his attempts. He then attempted 205 kilograms during the clean and jerk phase of the event, successfully lifting it on his first attempt. He did not succeed in lifting 215 kilograms on his second attempt, but was successful with 225 on his third.[13] Overall the combination of Detenamo's highest scores in snatch (175) and clean and jerk (215) yielded a score of 390 points for 14th place.[n 1][15] Afterwards, his coach Paul Coffa revealed Detenamo was carrying a minor shoulder injury and had been keen to perform well because of the athlete being away from Nauru for a long period of time.[4]

Athlete Event Snatch Clean & Jerk Total Rank
Result Rank Result Rank
Itte Detenamo Men's +105 kg 175 15 215 16 390 14[15]

Notes

  1. ^ Three weightlifters did not finish.[15]

References

  1. ^ a b "Sports Reference – Countries – Nauru". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 8 September 2016. Retrieved 20 March 2017.
  2. ^ a b c d e "Nauru at the 2012 London Summer Games". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 7 July 2016. Retrieved 20 March 2017.
  3. ^ Magnay, Jacquelin (11 August 2012). "London 2012 Olympics diary: three countries have failed to send any female athletes". The Daily Telegraph. Archived from the original on 11 January 2016. Retrieved 30 July 2016.
  4. ^ a b Jackson, Jamie (7 August 2012). "London 2012: Nauru's Itte Detenamo craves home comforts as exit looms". The Guardian. Archived from the original on 14 January 2014. Retrieved 20 March 2017.
  5. ^ a b c "Sled honoured to make history for Nauru". University of Bath. 21 July 2012. Archived from the original on 6 December 2015. Retrieved 20 March 2017.
  6. ^ "Olympic flag bearers". United Press International. 27 July 2012. Retrieved 22 October 2016 – via General OneFile.
  7. ^ "London 2012 Closing Ceremony – Flag Bearers" (PDF). Olympic.org. Archived from the original (PDF) on 15 August 2016. Retrieved 7 March 2015.
  8. ^ a b "Sled Dowabobo". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 3 December 2016. Retrieved 20 March 2017.
  9. ^ "IJF Olympic Qualification List" (PDF). International Judo Federation. 2012. Archived from the original (PDF) on 1 August 2014. Retrieved 20 October 2016.
  10. ^ a b c "Results – Judo – Men's 73kg – Mon 30-Jul". London 2012. Archived from the original on 3 January 2013. Retrieved 20 March 2017.
  11. ^ Pontanes, Chrizzel. "Country Profile". SportsTG. Archived from the original on 7 May 2017. Retrieved 20 March 2017.
  12. ^ a b "Oceania Qualification Team Classification for London Olympic Games – Men" (PDF). International Weightlifting Federation. 9 June 2012. Archived from the original (PDF) on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 9 June 2012.
  13. ^ a b "Itte Detenamo". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 3 July 2016. Retrieved 20 March 2017.
  14. ^ "Qualification System – International Weightlifting Federation" (PDF). International Weightlifting Federation. 4 January 2012. Archived from the original (PDF) on 23 August 2016. Retrieved 1 April 2012.
  15. ^ a b c d "2012 Summer Olympics Results – Weightlifting Results for Men's +105kg". ESPN. Archived from the original on 7 May 2017. Retrieved 20 March 2017.
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