Nauru at the 2016 Summer Olympics | |
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IOC code | NRU |
NOC | Nauru Olympic Committee |
Website | www |
in Rio de Janeiro | |
Competitors | 2 in 2 sports |
Flag bearers | Elson Brechtefeld (opening) Ovini Uera (closing) |
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Summer Olympics appearances (overview) | |
Nauru competed at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, from 5 to 21 August 2016. The country's participation in Brazil was its sixth consecutive appearance at the Summer Olympics since its debut at the 1996 Summer Olympics. Nauru's delegation included two participants: Ovini Uera, a judoka in the men's middleweight judo category; and Elson Brechtefeld in the men's 56 kg weightlifting competition. Uera qualified as Nauru's top-ranked judoka, in the IJF World Ranking List through a quota slot from the Oceania Judo Union. Brechtefeld qualified by grant from the International Weightlifting Federation of an unused quota place. Uera was eliminated by Varlam Liparteliani in the round of 16 and Brechtefeld finished 15th in his event.