Kiribati at the Olympics
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The island nation of Kiribati first participated in the 2004 Summer Olympic Games. It has competed at every Summer games since then but has not yet entered the Winter Olympics.
After participating in the Commonwealth Games for the first time in 1998, Kiribati started working towards membership of the International Olympic Committee. During a meeting of the IOC in Prague in 2003, Kiribati was accepted into the organization and was set to participate in the 2004 Summer games. The country's name was notably mispronounced by officials in all three languages -French, English and Greek- during the opening ceremony.[1] Its delegation consisted of weightlifter Meamea Thomas and sprinters Kakianako Nariki (Kiribati's first Olympic competitor) and Kaitinano Mwemweata.
Medal tables
| Games | Athletes | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total | Rank |
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| 2004 Athens | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 2008 Beijing | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 2012 London | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| Total | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | |
Flag bearers
- 2004: Meamea Thomas[2]
- 2008: David Katoatau
- 2012: David Katoatau
External links
- "Kiribati's Olympic adventure", Andrew Fraser, BBC, August 3, 2004
- IOC page
References
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