2000 Summer Olympics / Participant (Fiji)

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Fiji competed in the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney , Australia , with seven athletes, three women and four men, in five sports.

It was the tenth time the Pacific state had participated in the Summer Olympics since 1956 .

Flag bearer

Windsurfer Tony Philp carried the flag of Fiji during the opening ceremony at Stadium Australia .

Participants by sport

Weightlifting

• Kesaia Tawai

  Women, middleweight: 9th place

Judo

• Nacanieli Takayawa-Qerawaqa

  Heavyweight: eliminated in the 1st round

• Laisa Laveti Tuifagalele

  Women, light heavyweight: eliminated in the 1st round

athletics

• Isireli Naikelekelevesi

  800 meters: preliminary round

swim

• Carl Probert

  100 meters freestyle: 36th place

  200 meters freestyle: 45th place

• Caroline Pickering

  50 meters freestyle: 35th place

  100 meters freestyle: 38th place

sailing

• Tony Philp

  Windsurfing: 10th place

swell

• Fiji's Olympic team from 2000 in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )