Vanuatu at the 2018 Commonwealth Games

Vanuatu at the
2018 Commonwealth Games
Vanuatu at the; 2018 Commonwealth Games
	Flag of Vanuatu
CGF code	VAN
CGA	Vanuatu Association of Sports and National Olympic Committee
Website	oceaniasport.com/vanuatu
in Gold Coast, Australia; 4 April 2018 – 15 April 2018
Competitors	18 in 4 sports
Flag bearer	Miller Pata (opening)
Medals; Ranked 37th	Gold 0 Silver 0 Bronze 2 Total 2
Commonwealth Games appearances (overview)
	1982; 1986; 1990; 1994; 1998; 2002; 2006; 2010; 2014; 2018; 2022;

Vanuatu competed at the 2018 Commonwealth Games in the Gold Coast, Australia from April 4 to April 15, 2018.^[1]

Beach volleyball athlete Miller Pata was the island's flag bearer during the opening ceremony.^[2]^[3]^[4]

The country won its first ever Commonwealth Games medal, a bronze won by para athlete Friana Kwevira in the women's javelin throw (F46) event.^[5]

Competitors

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

Sport	Men	Women	Total
Athletics	3	5	8
Beach volleyball	0	2	2
Boxing	3	0	3
Table tennis	2	3	5
Total	8	10	18

Medalists

Medal	Name	Sport	Event	Date
Bronze	Friana Kwevira	Athletics	Women's Javelin Throw (F46)	April 9
Bronze	Linline Matauatu Miller Pata	Beach volleyball	Women's tournament	April 12

Medals by sport
Sport				Total
Athletics	0	0	1	1
Beach volleyball	0	0	1	1
Total	0	0	2	2

Medals by day
Day				Total
5 April	0	0	0	0
6 April	0	0	0	0
7 April	0	0	0	0
8 April	0	0	0	0
9 April	0	0	1	1
10 April	0	0	0	0
11 April	0	0	0	0
12 April	0	0	1	1
Total	0	0	2	2

Medals by gender
Gender				Total
Female	0	0	2	2
Male	0	0	0	0
Mixed	0	0	0	0
Total	0	0	2	2

Athletics

Vanuatu participated with 8 athletes (3 men and 5 women).

Men
Track & road events

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Event	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Bradly Toa	200 m	22.43	5	did not advance
Bradly Toa	400 m	49.10	6	did not advance
Simon Charley	10000 m	—				DNS
Simon Charley	3000 m steeplechase	—				10:03.08	11

Field events

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
Athlete	Event	Distance	Rank	Distance	Rank
Jack Nasawa	Javelin throw	56.12	21	did not advance

Women
Track & road events

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Event	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Roslyn Nalin	100 m	13.01	7	did not advance
Dephnny Naliupis	100 m (T35)	—				26.49	7
Valentine Hello	400 m	58.62	7	did not advance
Roslyn Nalin	400 m	1:00.72	8	did not advance
Valentine Hello	800 m	2:18.26	9	—		did not advance

Field events

Athlete	Event	Final
Athlete	Event	Distance	Position
Friana Kwevira	Javelin throw (F46)	24.54
Marcelline Moli	Javelin throw (F46)	16.17	5

Beach volleyball

Vanuatu qualified a women's beach volleyball team for a total of two athletes.^[6]

Athlete	Event	Preliminary round	Standing	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / BM
Athlete	Event	Opposition Score	Standing	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Linline Matauatu Miller Pata	Women's	Pool C Lau – Ong (SGP) W 2 – 0 (21 - 9, 21 - 12) Nzayisenga – Mutatsimpundu (RWA) W 2 – 0 (21 - 15, 21 - 10) Wills – Polley (NZL) L 0 – 2 (17 - 21, 16 - 21)	2 Q	Grimson – Palmer (ENG) W 2 – 1 (23 - 25, 21 - 19, 15 - 12)	Artacho del Solar – Clancy (AUS) L 1 - 2 (19-21, 21-16, 9-15)	Konstantinou – Angelopoulou (CYP) W 2 - 0 (21-14, 21-10)

Boxing

Vanuatu participated with a team of 3 athletes (3 men).

Men

Athlete	Event	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final	Rank
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Berry Namri	−49 kg	BYE	Thiwanka Ranasinghe (SRI) L 0–5	did not advance
Gill Kalai	−52 kg	Thabo Molefe (LES) L 0–5	did not advance
Boe Warawara	−56 kg	Hussamuddin Mohammed (IND) L 0–5	did not advance

Table tennis

Vanuatu participated with 5 athletes (2 men and 3 women).

Singles

Athletes	Event	Group Stage			Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final	Rank
Athletes	Event	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Ham Lulu	Men's singles	Rollins (BAH) W 4 - 0	Sirisena (SRI) L 0 - 4	2	did not advance
Yoshua Shing	Men's singles	Melton (TUV) W 4 - 0	Wilson (TTO) L 1 - 4	2	did not advance
Anolyn Lulu	Women's singles	Sifi (SOL) W 4 - 0	Baah-Danso (GHA) L 1 - 4	2	—	did not advance
Stephanie Qwea		Ho Wan Kau (MRI) L 1 - 4	Thakkar (KEN) L 1 - 4	3	—	did not advance
Priscilla Tommy		Katepu (TUV) W 4 - 0	Pazi (TAN) W 4 - 0	1 Q	—	Lay (AUS) L 0 - 4	did not advance

Doubles

Athletes	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final	Rank
Athletes	Event	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Ham Lulu Yoshua Shing	Men's doubles	Bye	Asante / Sam (GHA) L 1 - 3	did not advance
Anolyn Lulu Priscilla Tommy	Women's doubles	—	Mwaisyula / Pazi (TAN) W 3 - 0	Ho / Tsaptsinos (ENG) L 0 - 3	did not advance
Anolyn Lulu Yoshua Shing	Mixed doubles	Tumaini / Mwaisyula (TAN) W 3 - 1	Hu / Tapper (AUS) L 0 - 3	did not advance
Priscilla Tommy Ham Lulu	Mixed doubles	Britton / Greaves (GUY) L 0 - 3	did not advance

Team

Athletes	Event	Group Stage			Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final	Rank
Athletes	Event	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Anolyn Lulu Stephanie Qwea Priscilla Tommy	Women's team	England (ENG) L 0 - 3	Guyana (GUY) L 2 - 3	3	did not advance

References

^ "71 Nations and Territories. 6 Continents. 2 Billion citizens. 1 commonwealth family". www.gc2018.com/. Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games Corporation. Retrieved 8 October 2016.
^ Morgan, Liam (4 April 2018). "Gold Coast 2018: Opening Ceremony". Insidethegames.biz. Dunsar Media. Retrieved 4 April 2018.
^ Nasse, Raymond (6 April 2018). "Vanuatu's Miller juggling nappies and Commonwealth Games glory". Vanuatu Daily Post. Port Vila, Vanuatu. Retrieved 8 April 2018.
^ Haffenden, Damien (4 April 2018). "Meet the Opening Ceremony flagbearers". www.gc2018.com/. Gold Coast Organizing Committee for the 2018 Commonwealth Games (GOLDOC). Retrieved 6 April 2018.
^ Butler, Nick (9 April 2018). "Simbine stuns Blake to win Commonwealth Games 100 metres". Insidethegames.biz. Dunsar Media. Retrieved 9 April 2018.
^ "Gold Coast 2018 beach volleyball competition pools announced". www.fivb.org/. Fédération Internationale de Volleyball (FIVB). 23 January 2018. Retrieved 20 March 2018.

[1] "71 Nations and Territories. 6 Continents. 2 Billion citizens. 1 commonwealth family". www.gc2018.com/. Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games Corporation. Retrieved 8 October 2016.

[2] Morgan, Liam (4 April 2018). "Gold Coast 2018: Opening Ceremony". Insidethegames.biz. Dunsar Media. Retrieved 4 April 2018.

[3] Nasse, Raymond (6 April 2018). "Vanuatu's Miller juggling nappies and Commonwealth Games glory". Vanuatu Daily Post. Port Vila, Vanuatu. Retrieved 8 April 2018.

[4] Haffenden, Damien (4 April 2018). "Meet the Opening Ceremony flagbearers". www.gc2018.com/. Gold Coast Organizing Committee for the 2018 Commonwealth Games (GOLDOC). Retrieved 6 April 2018.

[5] Butler, Nick (9 April 2018). "Simbine stuns Blake to win Commonwealth Games 100 metres". Insidethegames.biz. Dunsar Media. Retrieved 9 April 2018.

[6] "Gold Coast 2018 beach volleyball competition pools announced". www.fivb.org/. Fédération Internationale de Volleyball (FIVB). 23 January 2018. Retrieved 20 March 2018.

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