IIGA Member Island competitors in Rio
Thu, 04 Aug 2016
IIGA MEMBER ISLAND COMPETITORS IN RIO
“It is great to see so many competitors from our Member Islands competing in the 2016 Olympics and Paralympics in Rio de Janeiro. As you will see from the list below many of them have also competed at the NatWest Island Games” – Jorgen Pettersson, IIGA Chairman.
Pal Joensen from the Faroe Islands will be swimming for Denmark in the 1500m Freestyle, an event for which he holds the NatWest Island Games record. Pal has competed at four NatWest Island Games between 2007 and 2015 and has won an amazing total of 43 medals.
At the 2013 NatWest Island Games in Bermuda local athlete Harold Houston won two gold medals and achieved two games records in the 100 metres (10.34 seconds) and 200 metres (21.05) when the Athletics events were held at the impressive National Sports Centre.
Tour de France cyclist, Mark Cavendish from the Isle of Man, will be competing for Great Britain in the Omnium event at the Velodrome. At the start of his cycling career Mark won the Gold Medal in the Criterium event at the NatWest Island Games in Guernsey in 2003.
Athlete Mike Seitis competed for Rhodes in the 2009 NatWest Island Games winning a bronze medal in the 400 metres hurdles. Unfortunately Mike had an accident in 2012 which resulted in him losing a leg. However, this did not mean the end of Mike’s athletics career as he will be competing in the 100 and 200 metres events in the Paralympics in Rio.
Two of the IIGA Member Islands, Bermuda and the Cayman Islands, are members of the International Olympic Committee and will be sending their own team to Rio. The Faroe Islands were founder members of the Paralympic Games and are one of only two small territories that are allowed to send their own team, rather than competing for Denmark as they do in the Olympics.
The IIGA has used its many contacts to compile this list but we are sure that there will be more competitors from the Member Islands. If you are aware of any we have missed please let us know and we will use our social media sites to let everyone know. We hope that you enjoy the events in Rio and that you will pay special interest to the competitors from the IIGA Member Islands.
Name |
Island |
Competing For |
Rio Event |
NWIG Year |
Event(s) |
Result |
Cecilia Wollmann | Bermuda | Bermuda | Sailing - Women's Laser Radial | |||
Harold Houston |
Bermuda |
Bermuda |
Athletics - Men's 200m |
2013 |
100m, 200m |
2 Gold |
Tyrone Smith |
Bermuda |
Bermuda |
Athletics - Men's Long Jump |
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Shelley Pearson |
Bermuda |
Bermuda |
Rowing - Women's Single Sculls |
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Cameron Pimentel |
Bermuda |
Bermuda |
Sailing - Men's Laser Radial |
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Julian Fletcher |
Bermuda |
Bermuda |
Swimming - Men's 100m Breaststroke |
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Rebecca Heyliger |
Bermuda |
Bermuda |
Swimming - Women's 50m Freestyle |
2009&13 |
Various |
3 Gold, 2 Silver, 1 Bronze |
Flora Duffy |
Bermuda |
Bermuda |
Women's Triathlon |
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Geoffrey Butler |
Cayman Islands |
Cayman Islands |
Swimming - Men's 400m Freestyle |
2013 |
Various |
2 Gold, 1 Silver |
Laura Butler |
Cayman Islands |
Cayman Islands |
Swimming-Women's 100m Backstroke |
2011,13&15 |
Various |
3 Gold, 4 Silver, 3 Bronze |
Florence Allan |
Cayman Islands |
Cayman Islands |
Sailing - Women's Laser Radial |
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Kemer Hyman |
Cayman Islands |
Cayman Islands |
Athletics - Men's 100m. |
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Ronald Forbes |
Cayman Islands |
Cayman Islands |
Athletics - Men's 110m Hurdles |
2015 |
110m Hurdles |
Gold |
Mark Cavendish |
Isle of Man |
Great Britain |
Cycling (Track) - Men's Omnium |
2003 |
Road Races |
Criterium- Gold |
Tim Kneale |
Isle of Man |
Great Britain |
Shooting (Clay) - Men's Double Trap |
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Jess Draskau-Petersson |
Isle of Man |
Denmark |
Athletics - Women's Marathon |
2001 |
Athletics 10,000m |
Gold |
Jess Andrews |
Isle of Wight |
Great Britain |
Athletics - Women's 10,000m |
2011 |
Athletics 1500m |
7th. |
Carl Hester |
Sark |
Great Britain |
Equestrian - Dressage |
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Heather Watson |
Guernsey |
Great Britain |
Women's Tennis |
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Tiidrek Nurme |
Saaremaa |
Estonia |
Athletics - Men's Marathon |
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Pal Joensen |
Faroe Islands |
Denmark |
Swimming - Men's 1500m Freestyle |
2007,09,11,15 |
Various |
24 Gold, 13 Silver, 6 Bronze. |
Nikoleta Kyriakopoulou |
Rhodes |
Greece |
Athletics - Women's Pole Vault |
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Ourania Rempouli |
Rhodes |
Greece |
Athletics - Women's Marathon |
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Ramona Papaioannou |
Rhodes |
Cyprus |
Athletics – Women’s 100m & 200m |
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Krista Morkore |
Faroe Islands |
Faroe Islands |
Paralympics Swimming |
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Thanasis Barakas |
Rhodes |
Greece |
Paralympics - Men's Cycling |
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Mike Seitis |
Rhodes |
Greece |
Paralympics - Men's 100m & 200m |
2007 & 2009 |
400m Hurdles |
2007 - 6th. 2009 - Bronze |