Nauru Olympic Committee

Nauru Olympic Committee
Country/Region	Nauru
Code	NRU
Created	1991
Recognized	1994
Continental Association	ONOC
President	Marcus Stephen
Secretary General	Pres-Nimes Ekwona
Website	oceaniasport.com/nauru

Nauru Olympic Committee (IOC code: NRU) is the National Olympic Committee representing Nauru. It represents and organises the Olympic movement on the island. The NNOC was founded in 1991 and was recognised by the International Olympic Committee in 1994. It is also the body responsible for Nauru's representation at the Commonwealth Games.^[1]

Nauru has participated regularly in the Olympic Games since 1992. So far, the NNOC has sent seven athletes to the Olympic Games:

Marcus Stephen (1992-2000), first Nauruan Olympian
Quincy Detenamo (1996)
Gerard Garabwan (1996)
Sheeva Peo (2000), first Nauruan woman Olympian
Reanna Solomon (2004)
Itte Detenamo (2004, 2008)
Yukio Peter (2004)

References

↑ "Nauru at the Commonwealth Games". Commonwealth Games Federation. Retrieved 18 November 2012.

External links

Oceania National Olympic Committees (ONOC)

American Samoa Australia Cook Islands Federated States of Micronesia Fiji Guam Kiribati Marshall Islands Nauru New Zealand Palau Papua New Guinea Samoa Solomon Islands Tonga Tuvalu Vanuatu

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