Nauru Olympic Committee

The Nauruan National Olympic Committee ( Nauru National Olympic Committee , NNOC) is the National Olympic Committee of Nauru . It represents and organizes the Olympic movement on the island. The NNOC was founded in 1991 and accepted into the International Olympic Committee in 1994 . The committee was initially chaired by Vinson Detenamo until he was succeeded by Marcus Stephen in 2009 .

Nauru has been taking part in the Olympic Games regularly since 1992 . So far, the NNOC has sent eight athletes to the Olympic Games:

• Marcus Stephen (1992-2000), first Naurus Olympian
• Quincy Detenamo (1996)
• Gerard Garabwan (1996)
• Sheeva Peo (2000), Naurus first Olympian
• Reanna Solomon (2004)
• Itte Detenamo (2004, 2008, 2012)
• Yukio Peter (2004)
• Sled Dowabobo (2012)

Web links

• Website of the Nauru National Olympic Committee (English)

Individual evidence

1. ^ President Secretary Report 2009 foxsportspulse.com, accessed March 12, 2014.
2. ^ Spiegel Online: Olympia: Sled Dowabobo participates in judo for Nauru. July 30, 2012; Retrieved July 30, 2012.