Olympic history of Fiji

Fiji

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Fiji , whose NOK , the Fiji Association of Sports and National Olympic Committee , was founded in 1949, has been participating in the Summer Olympics since 1956. In 1964 and 1980 there was no participation. In 1988, 1994 and 2002 athletes from the Pacific State competed in the Winter Games. Young athletes took part in both of the youth summer games that have been held so far.

General overview

Summer games

In 1956, athletes from Fiji competed in the Olympic Games for the first time. The five-man team consisted of athletes, boxers and sailors. Subsequently, Fijian Olympic starters took on swimming, cycling and judo (since 1984), weightlifting (since 1996), archery and shooting (since 2004), and table tennis, soccer and rugby sevens (since 2016).

The first Olympians in Fiji were on November 24, 1956 the boxers Thomas Schuster in the light welterweight and Hector Hatch in the welterweight. The first woman in Fiji at the Olympic Games was the long jumper Miriama Tuisorisori on July 23, 1976, who also took part in the pentathlon .

Anthony Philp achieved his first success in 1992 when he finished 10th in windsurfing. When he participated in 2000 he was able to repeat this placement.

In 2016 in Rio de Janeiro, Fiji's largest Olympic team started with 53 athletes. The majority of the team were made up of the men's and women's rugby teams and the men's national football team, which was eliminated without a win in the preliminary round. The team lost u. a. 0:10 against the German Olympic team. They were 1-0 up against Mexico until the break, but lost the game 5-1 at the end. In rugby, however, Fiji was able to win the first medal at the Olympic Games, which also meant the island nation's first Olympic victory. After three preliminary round victories against Brazil, Argentina and the USA, the Fijians also won their quarter-final against New Zealand and their semi-final against Japan. In the final against the United Kingdom they won 43: 7.

Winter games

Athletes from Fiji took part in the Winter Olympics three times. Cross-country skier Rusiata Rogoyawa was the first Fijian winter Olympic athlete in Calgary on October 19, 1988 in the 15-kilometer race. Rogoyawa was also there in 1994 in Lillehammer. In 2002 in Salt Lake City, alpine ski racer Laurence Thoms took part.

Youth games

Fiji took part in the 2010 Summer Youth Games in Singapore with five teenagers . Three boys and two girls competed in athletics, judo, swimming, and weightlifting. The athlete Leipani Naivalu won the bronze medal with the mixed relay, consisting of four runners from four nations. This medal is not taken into account in Fiji's medal table.

In 2014 in Nanjing , 26 teenage athletes, 15 boys and 11 girls, took part. They competed in track and field, swimming, weightlifting, and hockey and rugby sevens. The boys' rugby team won the bronze medal.

IOC members

In 1994 the doctor Robin Mitchell was elected to the IOC. He is a member of the Commissions for Olympic Solidarity (since 2000), Ethics (since 2003), Coordination of the Games of the 33rd Olympiad in Tokyo in 2020 (since 2013) and the election of members (since 2015). Since 2015 he has been the deputy chairman of the Commission for Medicine and Science.

Overview of the participations

Summer games

year	Athletes			Flag bearer	sports												Medals
	total																			total	rank
1896-1952	not participated
1956	5	5	0		1	2	2
1960	5	5	0		2
1964	not participated
1968	1	1	0		1
1972	2	2	0	Usaia Sotutu	2
1976	2	1	1	Miriama Tuisorisori	2
1980	not participated
1984	14th	11	3	Viliame Takayawa	4th		4th	3	2	1
1988	23	19th	4th	Viliame Takayawa	8th	2	5	5	3
1992	18th	14th	4th		7th		4th	3	4th
1996	17th	14th	3	Jone Delai	7th		6th	2	1		1
2000	7th	4th	3	Anthony Philp	1		1	2	2		1
2004	8th	4th	4th	Sisilia Rasokisoki	2			1	2		1	1	1
2008	6th	4th	2	Makelesi Bulikiobo	2			1	1		1		1
2012	9	6th	3	Josateki Naulu	2			2	1		2	1	1
2016	53	36	17th	Osea Kolinisau	2	1		2	1		2	1	1	1	16	26th	1			1
total																	1	0	0	1	97

Winter games

year	Athletes			Flag bearer	sports		Medals
	total									total	rank
1924-1984	not participated
1988	1	1	0	Rusiate Rogoyawa	1
1992	not participated
1994	1	1	0	Rusiate Rogoyawa	1
1998	not participated
2002	1	1	0	Laurence Thoms		1
2006-2018	not participated
total							0	0	0	0	-

Youth Summer Games

year	Athletes			Flag bearer	sports						Medals
	total													total	rank
2010	5	3	2	Louise Lolohea	1	1	1	2
2014	26th	15th	11	Ulina Sagone	2		1	2	9	12			1	1	80
total											0	0	1	1	100

Youth Winter Games

year	Athletes			Flag bearer	sports	Medals
	total								total	rank
2012-2016	not participated
total						0	0	0	0	-

Medalist

Gold medals

Surname	Games	discipline	annotation
National rugby team	2016 Rio de Janeiro	Men's tournament	first medal and Olympic victory

Silver medals

So far (as of 2017) no silver medal

Bronze medals

So far (as of 2017) no bronze medal

Medals by sport

Olympic games

sport	gold	silver	bronze	total
7 rugby	1	0	0	1
total	1	0	0	1

Youth Olympic Games

sport	gold	silver	bronze	total
7 rugby	0	0	1	1
total	0	0	1	1

Medal table

Olympic games

				total	rank
Olympic Summer Games	1	0	0	1	97
winter Olympics	0	0	0	0	-
total	1	0	0	1	98

Youth Olympic Games

				total	rank
Youth Olympic Summer Games	0	0	1	1	100
Youth Olympic Winter Games	0	0	0	0	-
total	0	0	0	1	101

Web links

• Fiji in the database of Sports-Reference (English; archived from the original )
• Fiji on Olympic.org  - The Official website of the Olympic movement (English)
• Website of the NOK Fiji