Team Nauru

The team of over 20 team members consisting of officials and athletes were flown in on a Nauru Airlines flight.

They represented the country at the Commonwealth Games in Birmingham, England.

The team brought home a bronze medal which was won and proudly worn by the superstar weightlifter Maximina Uepa.

Nauru continues to participate at the Commonwealth Games after making its debut in 1990.

The team is comprised of 5 sporting federations with officials and athletes.

The federations are weightlifting, boxing, judo, wrestling and athletics.

The 22 member team consists of 6 officials, 7 weightlifters, 2 boxers, 3 judokas, 1 wrestler and 3 athletes.

The host country has prepared 19 sporting events for the 72 participating Commonwealth countries from across the globe.

The Nauru delegation travelling comprise of athletes Nancy Abourke who is competing in the 76kg women’s weightlifting competition and Jonah Harris who is competing in the men’s 100 meters track event.

President of the Nauru Olympic Committee (NOC) and Speaker of Parliament Marcus Stephen M.P is travelling with the team along with CDM Gay Uera, weightlifting coach Quincy Detenamo and NOC Executive member/Team Secretary General Reagan Moses.

It will be the sixth straight Olympiad in which Nauru will field a team at the summer games since the nation was admitted to the International Olympic Committee in 1994.

Predominantly qualifying athletes in the weightlifting discipline, Nauru will field only its second ever competitor in Judo with Ovini Uera taking part in the 90 kilogram category.

The 28 year-old took bronze in the recent Oceania championships.