Lyn-Wannan Tawaki Kam is a

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an politician, and former sports figure.

Parliamentary role

He stood unsuccessfully for the 2010 general elections,Official results of the 2010 general election
government of Nauru then was elected Member of

Parliament In modern politics and history, a parliament is a legislative body of government. Generally, a modern parliament has three functions: Representation (politics), representing the Election#Suffrage, electorate, making laws, and overseeing ...

for Meneng in the June 2013 general elections. He was unseated in the 2022 election by

Jesse Jeremiah Jesse Jeremiah is a Nauruan politician. Career In the 2019 Nauruan parliamentary election, Jeremiah unsuccessfully ran for the Meneng Constituency. Out of nine candidates, Jeremiah came in fourth. In the 2022 parliamentary election, Jeremiah wa ...

. As there are no political parties in Nauru, Kam sat as an independent.

Role in sport

He is also an amateur athlete, and won a gold medal in

powerlifting Powerlifting is a competitive strength athletics, strength sport that consists of three attempts at maximal weight on three lifts: Squat (exercise), squat, bench press, and deadlift. As in the sport of Olympic weightlifting, it involves the athle ...

(men's 125 kg+ category) in the inaugural Nauru Games in 2009."Nauru National Games - Power Lifting"
Nauru Games 2009

References

Members of the Parliament of Nauru Living people People from Meneng District 21st-century Nauruan politicians Year of birth missing (living people) {{Nauru-politician-stub