Cook Islands at the 2022 Commonwealth Games

Cook Islands at the 2022 Commonwealth Games
Flag of the Cook Islands
CGF code	COK
CGA	Cook Islands Sports and National Olympic Committee
in Birmingham, England 28 July 2022 (2022-07-28) – 8 August 2022 (2022-08-08)
Competitors	18 (10 men and 8 women) in 5 sports
Flag bearers (opening)	Aidan Zittersteijn Nooroa Mataio
Flag bearer (closing)	TBD
Medals	Gold 0 Silver 0 Bronze 0 Total 0
Commonwealth Games appearances (overview)
1974 1978 1982 1986 1990 1994 1998 2002 2006 2010 2014 2018 2022

The Cook Islands competed at the 2022 Commonwealth Games at Birmingham, England from 28 July to 8 August 2022. It was the team's twelfth appearance at the Commonwealth Games.^[1]

Lawn bowlers Aidan Zittersteijn and Nooroa Mataio were the delegations's flagbearer during the opening ceremony.^[2][3][4]

Competitors

The following is the list of number of competitors participating at the Games per sport/discipline.^[5]

Sport	Men	Women	Total
Athletics	1	0	1
Boxing	2	0	2
Lawn bowls	5	5	10
Swimming	2	2	4
Weightlifting	0	1	1
Total	10	8	18

Athletics

Main article: Athletics at the 2022 Commonwealth Games

One athlete was officially selected on 9 March 2022.^[6]

Men

Track and road events

Athlete	Event	Heat		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Alex Beddoes	800 m	1:52.72	6	Did not advance

Boxing

Main article: Boxing at the 2022 Commonwealth Games

Men

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Tawhiri Toheriri-Hallett	Light middleweight	Pafios (CYP) L 0 - 5	did not advance
Michael Schuster	Heavyweight	—	Bye	T-Williams (NIU) L RSC	did not advance

Lawn bowls

Main article: Lawn bowls at the 2022 Commonwealth Games

A squad of ten bowlers was officially selected on 9 March 2022.^[6]

Men

Athlete	Event	Group Stage					Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final / BM
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Phillip Jim	Singles	Wilson (AUS) L 9 - 21	Kimani (KEN) W 21 - 17	Priaulx (GGY) L 17 - 21	Evans (RSA) L 9 - 21	4	did not advance
Alex Kairua Phillip Jim	Pairs	Falkland Islands (FLK) W 23–12	India (IND) L 8–15	England (ENG) L 7–20	Malaysia (MAS) L 15–19	4	did not advance
Aidan Zittersteijn Royden Aperau Jason Lindsay	Triples	Jersey (JEY) L 11–19	Australia (AUS) L 15–25	Niue (NIU) W 24–17	—	3	did not advance
Jason Lindsay Aidan Zittersteijn Alex Kairua Royden Aperau	Fours	England (ENG) L 10 - 25	India (IND) L 10 - 20	Fiji (FIJ) W 15 - 10	—	3	did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Group Stage					Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final / BM
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Nooroa Mataio	Singles	Piketh (RSA) L 14–21	Wilson (NFK) L 13–21	Tikoisuva (FIJ) W 21–6	—	2 Q	Ahmad (MAS) L 14–21	did not advance
Matapa Puia Nooroa Mataio	Pairs	Norfolk Island (NFK) L 14 - 26	Guernsey (GGY) L 10 - 18	Malaysia (MAS) L 6 - 22	Malta (MLT) W 22 - 15	4	did not advance
Tiare Jim Teokotai Jim Emily Jim	Triples	Wales (WAL) W 14-11	Scotland (SCO) W 24-13	Botswana (BOT) W 15-13	—	1 Q	Fiji (FIJ) W 23-12	England (ENG) L 11-23	New Zealand (NZL) L 6-27	4
Matapa Puia Emily Jim Tiare Jim Teokotai Jim	Fours	Canada (CAN) W 14–11	India (IND) L 9–15	England (ENG) L 7–19	—	3	did not advance

Swimming

Main article: Swimming at the 2022 Commonwealth Games

Four swimmers were officially selected on 9 March 2022.^[6]

Men

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Wesley Roberts	100 m freestyle	50.75	20	did not advance
	200 m freestyle	1:49.83	19	—		did not advance
	400 m freestyle	4:00.62	17	—		did not advance
Bede Aitu	50 m backstroke	27.89	31	did not advance
	100 m backstroke	59.77	26	did not advance
	200 m backstroke	2:11.64	16	—		did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Lanihei Connolly	50 m freestyle	27.30	32	did not advance
	50 m breaststroke	32.77	13 Q	32.91	14	did not advance
	100 m breaststroke	1:11.90	15 Q	1:11.76	15	did not advance
	50 m butterfly	28.84	29	did not advance
Kirsten Fisher-Marsters	50 m breaststroke	33.61	18	did not advance
	100 m breaststroke	1:15.02	18	did not advance

Mixed

Athlete	Event	Heat		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Bede Aitu Kirsten Fisher-Marsters Lanihei Connolly Wesley Roberts	4 × 100 m medley relay	4:13.09	12	did not advance

Weightlifting

Main articles: Weightlifting at the 2022 Commonwealth Games and Weightlifting at the 2022 Commonwealth Games – Qualification

One weightlifter qualified through their position in the IWF Commonwealth Ranking List (as of 9 March 2022).^[6][7]

Women

Athlete	Event	Weight lifted		Total	Rank
		Snatch	Clean & jerk
Manine Lynch	+87 kg	86	116	202	7

References

1. Kumar, Rashneel (5 March 2022). "Queen's Baton Relay reaches Raro". Cook Islands News. Archived from the original on 5 March 2022. Retrieved 12 March 2022.
2. Kumar, Rashneel (26 July 2022). "Bowling pair named Team Cook Islands' flagbearers". Cook Islands News. Avarua, Cook Islands. Retrieved 26 July 2022.
3. "We would like to officially announce the following athletes as the flag bearers for the 2022 Birmingham Commonwealth Games. Aidan Zittersteijn (Lawn Bowls) & Nooroa Mataio (Lawn Bowls)". www.facebook.com/. Cook Islands Sports and National Olympic Committee. 24 July 2022. Retrieved 27 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.
5. "CISNOC Beats". Cook Island Sports. 21 July 2022.
6. Williams, Al (9 March 2022). "Cook Islands Commonwealth Games athletes announced". Cook Islands News. Archived from the original on 10 March 2022. Retrieved 12 March 2022.
7. IWF COMMONWEALTH RANKING LIST - 2022 COMMONWEALTH GAMES QUALIFYING (final) (PDF). IWF. 9 March 2022. Archived (PDF) from the original on 9 March 2022. Retrieved 12 March 2022.

External links

• Cook Islands Sports and National Olympic Committee archive