Nauru

Nauru

Nauru , officially the Republic of Nauru and formerly known as Pleasant Island, is an island country in Micronesia in the South Pacific. Its nearest neighbour is Banaba Island in Kiribati, to the east. Nauru is the world's smallest republic, covering just...

took part in the 2010 Commonwealth Games

2010 Commonwealth Games

The 2010 Commonwealth Games, officially known as the XIX Commonwealth Games, were held in Delhi, India, from 3 to 14 October 2010. A total of 6,081 athletes from 71 Commonwealth nations and dependencies competed in 21 sports and 272 events, making it the largest Commonwealth Games till date...

 in Delhi

Delhi

Delhi , officially National Capital Territory of Delhi , is the largest metropolis by area and the second-largest by population in India, next to Mumbai. It is the eighth largest metropolis in the world by population with 16,753,265 inhabitants in the Territory at the 2011 Census...

, sending six athletes to compete in boxing and weightlifting. Nauru has won medals in every edition of the Commonwealth Games since it first took part in 1990

Nauru at the 1990 Commonwealth Games

Nauru was represented at the 1990 Commonwealth Games in Auckland by a single athlete, weightlifter Marcus Stephen - who would later become his country's President in 2007. The 1990 Games marked Nauru's first participation in the Commonwealth Games...

, and in particular won fifteen medals in weightlifting at the 2002 Games

Nauru at the 2002 Commonwealth Games

Nauru was represented at the 2002 Commonwealth Games in Manchester by a team consisiting solely of weight-lifters. Marcus Stephen, who would become President of Nauru five years later, competed for the fourth and last time...

 in Manchester.

In 2010, Nauruans won two medals, a gold and a silver, both in weightlifting. Yukio Peter

Yukio Peter

Yukio Peter is a weightlifter from Nauru.-2004:Yukio snatched 142.5kg and clean and jerked 165kg to place eighth at the 2004 Olympic Games in the Men's 69 kg division.-2008:...

 won gold in the men's 77kg category, setting a new Commonwealth Games record by lifting 148kg in the snatch and 185kg in the clean and jerk - 333kg in total. In the men’s 105+ kg, Itte Detenamo

Itte Detenamo

Itte Detenamo is a Nauruan weightlifter competing in the +105 kg category.Detenamo represented Nauru at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, finishing 14th in the men's 105+kg category...

 won silver. He lifted 179kg in the snatch and 218kg in the clean and jerk - 397kg in total. This equalled the total lifted by Australia's Damon Kelly

Damon Kelly

Damon Kelly is an Australian weightlifter who competed at the 2008 Olympic Games finishing ninth. Damon recorded lifts of 165 kg in the Snatch and 221 kg in the Clean and Jerk with a total of 386 kg...

, but Kelly won gold by virtue of a lesser body weight, leaving Detenamo with silver.

Medals

2010 Commonwealth Games medal table

The 2010 Commonwealth Games , was a multi-sport event held in Delhi, India from 3 to 14 October 2010. It was the first time that India hosted the Commonwealth Games and the second time it was held in Asia after Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia in 1998...

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Medalists

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Medal	Name	Sport	Event	Date
	Yukio Peter Yukio Peter Yukio Peter is a weightlifter from Nauru.-2004:Yukio snatched 142.5kg and clean and jerked 165kg to place eighth at the 2004 Olympic Games in the Men's 69 kg division.-2008:...	Weightlifting Weightlifting at the 2010 Commonwealth Games The Weightlifting at the 2010 Commonwealth Games was held at the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium, Delhi from 4 to 12 October 2010.-Weightlifting medal count:-Men's events:-Women's events:-Powerlifting:- Participating nations :-External links:*...	Men's 77 kg Weightlifting at the 2010 Commonwealth Games – Men's 77 kg The Men's 77 kg weightlifting event was an event at the weightlifting competition, limiting competitors to a maximum of 77 kilograms of body mass. The whole competition took place on 7 October at 14:00. The event took place at the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium, Delhi.-Results:...	October 7
	Itte Detenamo Itte Detenamo Itte Detenamo is a Nauruan weightlifter competing in the +105 kg category.Detenamo represented Nauru at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, finishing 14th in the men's 105+kg category...	Weightlifting Weightlifting at the 2010 Commonwealth Games The Weightlifting at the 2010 Commonwealth Games was held at the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium, Delhi from 4 to 12 October 2010.-Weightlifting medal count:-Men's events:-Women's events:-Powerlifting:- Participating nations :-External links:*...	Men's 105+ kg Weightlifting at the 2010 Commonwealth Games – Men's +105 kg The Men's +105  kg weightlifting event was an event at the weightlifting competition. The whole competition took place on 11 October at 18:30. The event took place at the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium, Delhi.-Results:...	October 7

Boxing

Nauru has sent 4 boxers.

• Colan Caleb
• Joseph Deireragea
• Lad Agege
• Jake Ageidu

Weightlifting

Weightlifting is Nauru's strongest sport. Yukio Peter

Yukio Peter

Yukio Peter is a weightlifter from Nauru.-2004:Yukio snatched 142.5kg and clean and jerked 165kg to place eighth at the 2004 Olympic Games in the Men's 69 kg division.-2008:...

 won the island's 10th Commonwealth gold.

Men

Athlete	Event	Snatch		Clean & Jerk		Total	Rank
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Yukio Peter Yukio Peter Yukio Peter is a weightlifter from Nauru.-2004:Yukio snatched 142.5kg and clean and jerked 165kg to place eighth at the 2004 Olympic Games in the Men's 69 kg division.-2008:...	77 kg Weightlifting at the 2010 Commonwealth Games – Men's 77 kg The Men's 77 kg weightlifting event was an event at the weightlifting competition, limiting competitors to a maximum of 77 kilograms of body mass. The whole competition took place on 7 October at 14:00. The event took place at the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium, Delhi.-Results:...	148 kg	-	185 kg	-	333 kg	1
Itte Detenamo Itte Detenamo Itte Detenamo is a Nauruan weightlifter competing in the +105 kg category.Detenamo represented Nauru at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, finishing 14th in the men's 105+kg category...	+105 kg Weightlifting at the 2010 Commonwealth Games – Men's +105 kg The Men's +105  kg weightlifting event was an event at the weightlifting competition. The whole competition took place on 11 October at 18:30. The event took place at the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium, Delhi.-Results:...	179 kg	-	218 kg	-	397 kg	2

External links

• Team Nauru 2010 results on the website of the Nauruan government
• Photograph of Yukio Peter watching Nauru's flag being raised during his medal ceremony (Nauru government website)

See also

• 2010 Commonwealth Games
  2010 Commonwealth Games
  The 2010 Commonwealth Games, officially known as the XIX Commonwealth Games, were held in Delhi, India, from 3 to 14 October 2010. A total of 6,081 athletes from 71 Commonwealth nations and dependencies competed in 21 sports and 272 events, making it the largest Commonwealth Games till date...