Vanuatu at the 2022 Commonwealth Games

Vanuatu at the
2022 Commonwealth Games
Vanuatu at the; 2022 Commonwealth Games
	Flag of Vanuatu
CGF code	VAN
CGA	Vanuatu Association of Sports and National Olympic Committee
Website	afcnovasanoc.wixsite.com/vasanoc
in Birmingham, England; 28 July 2022 – 8 August 2022
Competitors	17 (7 men and 10 women) in 7 sports
Flag bearers	Joe Mahit; Miller Pata; Ellie Enock
Medals; Ranked =40th	Gold 0 Silver 0 Bronze 1 Total 1
Commonwealth Games appearances (overview)
	1982; 1986; 1990; 1994; 1998; 2002; 2006; 2010; 2014; 2018; 2022;

Vanuatu competed at the 2022 Commonwealth Games at Birmingham, England from 28 July to 8 August 2022.^[1] It was Vanuatu's eleventh appearance at the Games.

The Vanuatu team consisted of 17 athletes.^[2] Judoka Joe Mahit, beach volleyball athlete Miller Pata and para-athlete/powerlifter Ellie Enock were the country's flagbearers during the opening ceremony.^[3]^[4]

Medalists

Medal	Name	Sport	Event	Date
Bronze	Miller Pata Sherysyn Toko	Beach volleyball	Women's tournament	7 August

Competitors

The following is the list of number of competitors participating at the Games per sport/discipline.

Sport	Men	Women	Total
Athletics	2	2	4
Beach volleyball	0	2	2
Boxing	1	0	1
Judo	4	2	6
Para powerlifting	0	1	1
Table tennis	0	3	3
Weightlifting	0	1	1
Total	7	10^[a]	17^[a]

Note

^ ^a ^b Total adjusted as one competitor (Elie Enock) is competing in athletics and para powerlifting.

Athletics

One para athlete was selected, having qualified via the World Para Athletics World Rankings for performances registered between 31 December 2020 and 25 April 2022.^[5] Another two athletes were selected as of 31 May 2022.^[6]

Men
Track and road events

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Event	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Obediah Timbaci	200 m	23.45	8	Did not advance
Obediah Timbaci	400 m	51.62	7	Did not advance

Field events

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
Athlete	Event	Distance	Rank	Distance	Rank
Elstrom Wanemut	Long jump	DNS		Did not advance
Elstrom Wanemut	Triple jump	—		13.10	12

Women
Track and road events

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Event	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Chloe David	100 m	12.60	6	did not advance
Chloe David	200 m	26.75	6	Did not advance

Field events

Athlete	Event	Final
Athlete	Event	Distance	Rank
Elie Enock	Shot put F57	7.70	6

Beach volleyball

By virtue of their position in the extended FIVB Beach Volleyball World Rankings (based on performances between 16 April 2018 and 31 March 2022), Vanuatu qualified for the women's tournament. The pairing was decided shortly afterward.^[7]^[8]

Athlete	Event	Preliminary Round				Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Finals	Rank
Athlete	Event	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Miller Pata Sherysyn Toko	Women's tournament	Beattie / Coutts (SCO) W 2 - 0	Gwali / Donga (SOL) W 2 - 0	Grimson / Mumby (ENG) W 2 - 0	1 Q	Konstantopoulou / Nystrom (CYP) W 2 - 0	Artacho / Clancy (AUS) L 0 - 2	Zeimann / Polley (NZL) W 2 - 1

Women's tournament

Group C

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	Pata – Toko (VAN)	3	3	0	6	6	0	MAX	126	67	1.881	Quarterfinals
2	Grimson – Mumby (ENG)	3	2	1	5	4	2	2.000	112	90	1.244	Quarterfinals
3	Beattie – Coutts (SCO)	3	1	2	4	2	4	0.500	98	106	0.925	Ranking of third-placed teams
4	Gwali – Donga (SOL)	3	0	3	3	0	6	0.000	53	126	0.421

Source: birmingham2022.com

31 July 2022 14:30	Pata – Toko (VAN)	2–0	Beattie – Coutts (SCO)	Smithfield
	(21–10, 21–14) Report

2 August 2022 15:30	Pata – Toko (VAN)	2–0	Gwali – Donga (SOL)	Smithfield
	(21–8, 21–7) Report

4 August 2022 19:00	Grimson – Mumby (ENG)	0–2	Pata – Toko (VAN)	Smithfield
	(9–21, 19–21) Report

Quarterfinals

5 August 2022 15:30	Pata – Toko (VAN)	2–0	Konstantopoulou – Nyström (CYP)	Smithfield
	(29–27, 30–28) Report

Semifinals

6 August 2022 21:00	Pata – Toko (VAN)	0–2	Artacho – Clancy (AUS)	Smithfield
	(24–26, 16–21) Report

Bronze medal match

7 August 2022 20:00	Zeimann – Polley (NZL)	1–2	Pata – Toko (VAN)	Smithfield
	(21–10, 20–22, 10–15) Report

Boxing

Men

Athlete	Event	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Namri Berri	Flyweight	Panghal (IND) L 0 - 5	did not advance

Judo

Men

Athlete	Event	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage	Final/BM
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Maxence Cugola	-66 kg	Saini (IND) L 00 - 10	did not advance				9
Joe Mahit	-73 kg	Matsoukatov (CYP) L 00 - 10	did not advance				9
Hugo Cumbo	-81 kg	Nikolic (AUS) L 00 - 10	did not advance				9
Marius Metois	-90 kg	—	Petgrave (ENG) L 00 - 10	Did not advance	Bye	Cassar (AUS) L 00 - 10	5

Women

Athlete	Event	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage	Final/BM
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Veronica Tari	-48 kg	Bye	Morand (MRI) L 00 - 10	Did not advance	Boniface (MAW) L 00 - 10	Did not advance	7
Mariel Kalomor	-52 kg	Marsh (SCO) L 00 - 11	did not advance				9

Para powerlifting

One powerlifter was selected.^[5]

Athlete	Event	Result	Rank
Elie Enock	Women's heavyweight	52.8	8

Table tennis

Singles

Athletes	Event	Group stage				Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final / BM
Athletes	Event	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Roanna Abel	Women's singles	Oribamise (NGR) L 0 - 4	Mou (BAN) L 0 - 4	—	3	did not advance
Tracey Mawa		Yee (FIJ) L 1 - 4	Ho (MAS) L 0 - 4	Elliott (SCO) L 0 - 4	4	did not advance
Stephanie Qwea		Li (FIJ) L 2 - 4	Fu (CAN) L 0 - 4	Nimal (MDV) L 1 - 4	4	did not advance

Team

Athletes	Event	Group stage				Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final / BM
Athletes	Event	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Tracey Mawa Stephanie Qwea Ronna Abel	Women's team	Wales (WAL) L 0 - 3	Canada (CAN) L 0 - 3	Uganda (UGA) L 0 - 3	4	did not advance

Weightlifting

Vanuatu accepted a Bipartite Invitation for the weightlifting competition and selected Ajah Pritchard-Lolo to compete.^[9]^[10]

Athlete	Event	Weight lifted		Total	Rank
Athlete	Event	Snatch	Clean & jerk	Total	Rank
Ajah Pritchard-Lolo	Women's 87 kg	78	100	178	8

References

^ Burke, Patrick (9 December 2021). "Saipan 2022 and Birmingham 2022 discussed at VASANOC Extraordinary AGM". Inside the Games. Dunsar Media. Archived from the original on 9 December 2021. Retrieved 21 March 2022.
^ Fonua, Finau (27 July 2022). "Vanuatu athletes' battle just to get to Friendly Games". www.rnz.co.nz/. Radio New Zealand. Retrieved 27 July 2022.
^ "VASANOC stand by their statement on no government financial assistance for Commonwealth Games". Vanuatu Post. 22 July 2022. Retrieved 22 July 2022.
^ "Pacific at the Opening Ceremony of Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games". www.oceanianoc.org/. Oceania National Olympic Committees. 30 July 2022. Retrieved 5 August 2022.
^ ^a ^b "Enock pre-selected on merit in two different sports discipline". sista.com.vu. Sista. 19 May 2022. Archived from the original on 23 May 2022. Retrieved 23 May 2022.
^ "Vanuatu Post to sponsor Athletics Vanuatu". VASANOC (Facebook). 1 July 2022. Retrieved 1 July 2022.
^ "Team Vanuatu finally hits the Road for 2022". Loop Pacific. Trend Media. 8 April 2022. Archived from the original on 8 April 2022. Retrieved 24 April 2022.
^ "Media Release: Team Vanuatu Performing Well On International Stage". Vanuatu Volleyball Federation. 29 June 2022. Archived from the original on 1 July 2022. Retrieved 1 July 2022.
^ "VWF OFFICIAL ANNOUNCEMENT". Vanuatu Weightlifting Federation (Facebook). 18 March 2022. Retrieved 21 March 2022.
^ Natoga, Anasilini (21 March 2022). "Ajah Lolo has booked her flight to the 2022 Birmingham Commonwealth Games". Vanuatu Daily Post. Trading Post Ltd. Archived from the original on 21 March 2022. Retrieved 21 March 2022.

External links

VASANOC Official site

[ee-5] Total adjusted as one competitor (Elie Enock) is competing in athletics and para powerlifting.

[1] Burke, Patrick (9 December 2021). "Saipan 2022 and Birmingham 2022 discussed at VASANOC Extraordinary AGM". Inside the Games. Dunsar Media. Archived from the original on 9 December 2021. Retrieved 21 March 2022.

[2] Fonua, Finau (27 July 2022). "Vanuatu athletes' battle just to get to Friendly Games". www.rnz.co.nz/. Radio New Zealand. Retrieved 27 July 2022.

[3] "VASANOC stand by their statement on no government financial assistance for Commonwealth Games". Vanuatu Post. 22 July 2022. Retrieved 22 July 2022.

[4] "Pacific at the Opening Ceremony of Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games". www.oceanianoc.org/. Oceania National Olympic Committees. 30 July 2022. Retrieved 5 August 2022.

[os1s-6] "Enock pre-selected on merit in two different sports discipline". sista.com.vu. Sista. 19 May 2022. Archived from the original on 23 May 2022. Retrieved 23 May 2022.

[7] "Vanuatu Post to sponsor Athletics Vanuatu". VASANOC (Facebook). 1 July 2022. Retrieved 1 July 2022.

[8] "Team Vanuatu finally hits the Road for 2022". Loop Pacific. Trend Media. 8 April 2022. Archived from the original on 8 April 2022. Retrieved 24 April 2022.

[9] "Media Release: Team Vanuatu Performing Well On International Stage". Vanuatu Volleyball Federation. 29 June 2022. Archived from the original on 1 July 2022. Retrieved 1 July 2022.

[10] "VWF OFFICIAL ANNOUNCEMENT". Vanuatu Weightlifting Federation (Facebook). 18 March 2022. Retrieved 21 March 2022.

[11] Natoga, Anasilini (21 March 2022). "Ajah Lolo has booked her flight to the 2022 Birmingham Commonwealth Games". Vanuatu Daily Post. Trading Post Ltd. Archived from the original on 21 March 2022. Retrieved 21 March 2022.

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