Solomon Islands at the 2018 Commonwealth Games

Solomon Islands at the 2018 Commonwealth Games
Flag of Solomon Islands
CGF code	SOL
CGA	National Olympic Committee of Solomon Islands
Website	oceaniasport.com/solomon
in Gold Coast, Australia 4 April 2018 – 15 April 2018
Competitors	14 in 6 sports
Flag bearer	Jenly Tegu Wini (opening)
Medals Ranked 39th	Gold 0 Silver 0 Bronze 1 Total 1
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Solomon Islands competed at the 2018 Commonwealth Games in the Gold Coast, Australia from April 4 to April 15, 2018.^[1]

Weightlifter Jenly Tegu Wini was the country's flag bearer during the opening ceremony.^[2]

Tegu Wini won the country's first ever Commonwealth Games medal, when she won bronze in the women's 58 kg weightlifting event.^[3]

Medalists

Medal	Name	Sport	Event	Date
Bronze	Jenly Tegu Wini	Weightlifting	Women's −58 kg	April 6

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
Boxing	1	0	1
Swimming	1	1	2
Table tennis	1	1	2
Triathlon	2	0	2
Weightlifting	1	2	3
Total	8	6	14

Athletics

Main article: Athletics at the 2018 Commonwealth Games

The Solomon Islands participated with 4 athletes (2 men and 2 women).

Track & road events

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Kevin Pio	Men's 100 m	11.54	6	did not advance
Patrick Kam	Men's 5000 m	—				16:08.77	16
Samantha Rofo	Women's 100 m	14.24	7	did not advance
Sharon Firisua	Women's 5000 m	—				18:52.57	19

Boxing

Main article: Boxing at the 2018 Commonwealth Games

The Solomon Islands participated with a team of 1 athlete (1 man).

Men

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final	Rank
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result
Henry Kia	−60 kg	Bye	Thadius Katua (PNG) L RSC	did not advance

Swimming

Main article: Swimming at the 2018 Commonwealth Games

The Solomon Islands participated with 2 athletes (1 man and 1 woman).

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Clayment Lafiara	Men's 50 m freestyle	27.07	58	did not advance
Angella Charles	Women's 50 m freestyle	36.18	39	did not advance

Table tennis

Main article: Table tennis at the 2018 Commonwealth Games

The Solomon Islands participated with 2 athletes (1 man and 1 woman).

Singles

Athletes	Event	Group Stage			Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final	Rank
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score
Gary Nuopula	Men's singles	Loi (PNG) L 0 - 4	Pagarani (BIZ) L 0 - 4	3	did not advance
Lalmah Sifi	Women's singles	Baah-Danso (GHA) L 0 - 4	Lulu (VAN) L 0 - 4	3	—	did not advance

Doubles

Athletes	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final	Rank
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score
Lalmah Sifi Gary Nuopula	Mixed doubles	Walker / Payet (ENG) L 0 - 3	did not advance

Triathlon

Main article: Triathlon at the 2018 Commonwealth Games

The Solomon Islands participated with 2 athletes (2 men).

Individual

Athlete	Event	Swim (750 m)	Trans 1	Bike (20 km)	Trans 2	Run (5 km)	Total	Rank
Patrick Newman	Men's	13:57	0:59	36:24	0:39	22:38	1:14:37	34
Rocky Ratu		16:30	0:42	36:29	0:39	20:45	1:14:59	35

Weightlifting

Main articles: Weightlifting at the 2018 Commonwealth Games and Weightlifting at the 2018 Commonwealth Games – Qualification

The Solomon Islands participated with 3 athletes (1 man and 2 women).^[4]

Athlete	Event	Snatch		Clean & Jerk		Total	Rank
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank
David Gorosi	Men's −85 kg	115	12	150	12	265	12
Mary Kini Lifu	Women's −53 kg	73	9	93	8	166	9
Jenly Tegu Wini	Women's −58 kg	84	3	105	3	189

See also

• Solomon Islands at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics

References

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. Huta, Romulus (20 March 2018). "Wini appointed flag bearer for Gold Coast". Island Sun. Honiara, Solomon Islands. Retrieved 20 March 2018.
3. "Sport: Solomon Islands win first Comm Games medal". Radio New Zealand. Wellington, New Zealand. 7 April 2018. Retrieved 7 April 2018.
4. "Qualification List of the Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games" (PDF). www.iwf.net/. International Weightlifting Federation. March 2018. Retrieved 21 March 2018.