Nauru Olympic Committee (IOC code: NRU) is the

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representing

Nauru Nauru, officially the Republic of Nauru, formerly known as Pleasant Island, is an island country and microstate in the South Pacific Ocean. It lies within the Micronesia subregion of Oceania, with its nearest neighbour being Banaba (part of ...

. It represents and organises the Olympic movement on the island. The NNOC was founded in 1991 and was recognised by the

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in 1994. It is also the body responsible for Nauru's representation at the

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. Nauru has participated regularly in the

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since 1992. , the NNOC has sent thirteen athletes to the Olympic Games. *

Marcus Stephen Marcus Ajemada Stephen (born 1 October 1969) is a Nauruan politician and former sportsperson who previously was a member of the Cabinet of Nauru, and who served as President of Nauru from December 2007 to November 2011. The son of Nauruan par ...

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

Reanna Solomon Reanna Solomon (16 December 1981 – 1 July 2022) was a Nauruan weightlifter. She was the first female Nauruan athlete to win a Commonwealth Games gold medal, and remains one of the only three Nauruans ever to have won a Commonwealth Games gold, ...

(2004) * Sled Dowabobo (2012) * Elson Brechtefeld (2016) * Ovini Uera (2016) * Nancy Genzel Abouke (2020) * Jonah Harris (2020) * Winzar Kakiouea (2024)

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Official website

Nauru Olympic Committee

Sports governing bodies in Nauru Nauru at the Olympics 1991 establishments in Nauru Sports organizations established in 1991 {{Nauru-sport-stub

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