Mauritius at the 2012 Summer Olympics explained

Noc:MRI
Nocname:Mauritius Olympic Committee
Games:Summer Olympics
Year:2012
Location:London
Competitors:11
Sports:7
Flagbearer:Natacha Rigobert[1]
Gold:0
Silver:0
Bronze:0
Appearances:auto
App Begin Year:1984

Mauritius competed its eighth consecutive Olympiad at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, from 27 July to 12 August 2012.

This Olympiad had a contingent of 11 athletes, 4 men and 7 women, to represent the nation in 7 different sports. Mauritius distinctions of this Olympiad were : the repeat of sending more female than male athletes, the nation's debut at Olympic triathlon and beach volleyball, and breaking its medals streak started at the 2004 Summer Olympics. Beach volleyballer Natacha Rigobert was the eldest team member at 32 and was honored as their inaugural female flag bearer at an opening ceremony.

Athletics

See main article: Athletics at the 2012 Summer Olympics.

Men
Women

Boxing

See main article: Boxing at the 2012 Summer Olympics. Mauritius has qualified boxers for the following events.[2]

Men
AthleteEventRound of 32Round of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Rank
Oliver LavigilanteFlyweight
L 14–18
Did not advance
Richarno ColinLight welterweight
W 16–10

L 12–15
Did not advance

Cycling

See main article: Cycling at the 2012 Summer Olympics.

Road

Judo

See main article: Judo at the 2012 Summer Olympics.

Swimming

See main article: Swimming at the 2012 Summer Olympics. Mauritius has gained two "Universality places" from the FINA.[3]

Men
Women

Triathlon

See main article: Triathlon at the 2012 Summer Olympics. Mauritius has qualified the following athletes.

Volleyball

See main article: Volleyball at the 2012 Summer Olympics.

Beach

Notes and References

  1. Housy, Ryan (27 June 2012). Mauritius names Rigobert as the flag bearer for the Olympics – Volleyball News . Bettor.com. Retrieved 14 July 2012.
  2. Web site: Final African Olympic Quota Places revealed . 2012-05-06 . https://web.archive.org/web/20150322065056/http://aiba.org/en-US/news/ozqsp/newsId/4729/news.aspx . 2015-03-22 . dead.
  3. Web site: FINA Universality Places . 6 July 2012 . . 6 July 2012 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20120711000550/http://www.fina.org/H2O/docs/events/london2012/sw/universality_places.pdf . 11 July 2012.