Olympic history of the Federated States of Micronesia
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The Federated States of Micronesia , whose NOK , the Federated States of Micronesia National Olympic Committee , was founded in 1995, have been participating in the Summer Olympics since 2000. So far, no athlete from the Pacific Islands has participated in the Winter Games. Young athletes have been sent to both of the youth summer games held so far.
Athletes from Micronesia could not win medals.
General overview
Olympic games
The first Olympic team in Micronesia consisted of athletes, swimmers and weightlifters. In 2012 a wrestler took part for the first time, in 2016 a female boxer.
The weightlifter Manuel Minginfel and the swimmers Welbert Samuel and Tracy Ann Route as the first woman were the first Olympians in Micronesia on September 16, 2000. Manuel Minginfel took part in the Olympic Games four times. Each time he was the flag bearer of the Micronesian delegation.
Youth Olympic Games
Micronesia took part in the 2010 Summer Youth Games in Singapore with three young people . A boy and two girls competed in athletics and swimming.
In 2014 in Nanjing , four teenage athletes, two boys and two girls, took part. They competed in athletics, swimming, and weightlifting.
Overview of the participations
Summer games
year | Athletes | Flag bearer | sports | Medals | ||||||||||
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total | total | rank | ||||||||||||
1896-1996 | not participated | |||||||||||||
2000 | 5 | 3 | 2 | Manuel Minginfel | 2 | 2 | 1 | |||||||
2004 | 5 | 3 | 2 | Manuel Minginfel | 2 | 2 | 1 | |||||||
2008 | 5 | 3 | 2 | Manuel Minginfel | 2 | 2 | 1 | |||||||
2012 | 6th | 4th | 2 | Manuel Minginfel | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | ||||||
2016 | 5 | 2 | 3 | Jennifer Chieng | 2 | 2 | 1 | |||||||
total | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - |
Winter games
year | Athletes | Flag bearer | sports | Medals | ||||||
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total | total | rank | ||||||||
1924-2018 | not participated | |||||||||
total | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - |
Youth Summer Games
year | Athletes | Flag bearer | sports | Medals | ||||||||
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total | total | rank | ||||||||||
2010 | 3 | 1 | 2 | Dionisio Augustine | 1 | 2 | ||||||
2014 | 4th | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | ||||||
total | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - |
Youth Winter Games
year | Athletes | Flag bearer | sports | Medals | ||||||
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total | total | rank | ||||||||
2012-2016 | not participated | |||||||||
total | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - |
Medalist
Gold medals
So far (as of 2017) no gold medal
Silver medals
So far (as of 2017) no silver medal
Bronze medals
So far (as of 2017) no bronze medal
Web links
- Federated States of Micronesia in the Sports-Reference database (archived from the original )
- Micronesia on Olympic.org - The Official website of the Olympic movement (English)
- Micronesian NOK website