2008 Summer Olympics / Participant (Fiji)

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Fiji took part in the Olympic Games for the 12th time so farat the 2008 Summer Olympic Games in Beijing . The flag bearer at the Olympic opening ceremony was the sprinter Makelesi Bulikiobo . 6 athletes represented Fiji in 5 disciplines.

Participants by sport

Weightlifting

• Josefa Vueti

  Men, class up to 77 kg

Judo

• Sisilia Nasiga

  Women, class up to 70 kg

athletics

• Makelesi Bulikiobo

  Women, 400 m

• Niko Verekauta

  Men, 400 m

shoot

Glen Kable qualified eighth in the Shooting World Cup tournament in Texas for the Olympic Games. Kable also took part in the 2004 Olympic Games .

• Glen Kable

  Men, trap

swim

Carl Probert moved up when Caroline Pickering and Rachel Ah Koy deteriorated before the Olympics. Probert has participated in all Olympic Games since 1992.

• Carl Probert

  Men, 100 m freestyle

Web links

• Olympic team of Fiji from 2008 in the database of Sports-Reference (English; archived from the original )