Mauritius

Mauritius

Mauritius , officially the Republic of Mauritius is an island nation off the southeast coast of the African continent in the southwest Indian Ocean, about east of Madagascar...

competed in the 2008 Summer Olympics

2008 Summer Olympics

The 2008 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XXIX Olympiad, was a major international multi-sport event that took place in Beijing, China, from August 8 to August 24, 2008. A total of 11,028 athletes from 204 National Olympic Committees competed in 28 sports and 302 events...

held in Beijing

Beijing

Beijing , also known as Peking , is the capital of the People's Republic of China and one of the most populous cities in the world, with a population of 19,612,368 as of 2010. The city is the country's political, cultural, and educational center, and home to the headquarters for most of China's...

, People's Republic of China

People's Republic of China

China , officially the People's Republic of China , is the most populous country in the world, with over 1.3 billion citizens. Located in East Asia, the country covers approximately 9.6 million square kilometres...

 from August 8 to August 24, 2008. Bruno Julie

Bruno Julie

Bruno Julie is a bantamweight boxer from Mauritius who won a number of medals in international tournaments and competed in the 2008 Olympics when he won the first-ever Olympic medal for the island of Mauritius-Career:...

 won Mauritius's first ever medal (bronze) in boxing.

Medalist

Medal	Name	Sport	Event
		Boxing Boxing at the 2008 Summer Olympics The boxing program of the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, China was held at the Workers Indoor Arena.Medals were awarded in eleven events, with each event corresponding to a recognized weight division of male boxers...	Bantamweight

Archery

Mauritius will send archers to the Olympics for the third time, seeking the nation's first Olympic medal in the sport. The country was given one spot in the women's individual competition via Tripartite Commission invitation; Veronique D'Unienville will be Mauritius's representative.

Women

Athlete /Event	Ranking Round		Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Finals
	Score	Seed	OppositionScore	OppositionScore	OppositionScore	OppositionScore	OppositionScore	OppositionScore	Final Rank
Veronique D'Unienville Women's Individual Archery at the 2008 Summer Olympics - Women's individual The following new world and Olympic records were set during this competition.-Ranking Round:-Finals:-Section 1:-Section 2:-Section 3:-Section 4:-Details:- External links :* *...	605	53	August 8, 2008 (12th Seed)Loss 97-108	Did not advance					58

Badminton

Women

Athlete / Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Finals
	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Final Rank
Karen Foo Kune Women's Singles Badminton at the 2008 Summer Olympics - Women's singles These are the results of the women's singles competition in badminton at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing.The tournament consisted of a single-elimination tournament. Matches were played using a best-of-three games format. Games were played to 21 points, using rally scoring...	bye	August 10, 2008 Loss 0-2	Did not advance				n/a

Boxing

Mauritius qualified two boxers for the Olympic boxing tournament. Julie and Colin both earned spots at the second African qualifying tournament.

Athlete / Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result
Bruno Julie Bruno Julie Bruno Julie is a bantamweight boxer from Mauritius who won a number of medals in international tournaments and competed in the 2008 Olympics when he won the first-ever Olympic medal for the island of Mauritius-Career:... Bantamweight	August 12, 2008 Win 17-8	August 15, 2008 Win 16-4	August 18, 2008 Win 13-9	August 22, 2008 Loss 5-7	Did not advance
Richarno Colin Richarno Colin Richarno Colin is an amateur boxer from Mauritius who qualified for the 2008 Olympics at junior welterweight at the 2nd AIBA African 2008 Olympic Qualifying Tournament. He was defeated by Gennady Kovalev from Russia in the round of 16.He has competed in the 2010 Commonwealth Games under the name... Light welterweight	August 10, 2008 Win 15-11	August 14, 2008 Loss 2-11	Did not advance

Bruno Julie

Bruno Julie

Bruno Julie is a bantamweight boxer from Mauritius who won a number of medals in international tournaments and competed in the 2008 Olympics when he won the first-ever Olympic medal for the island of Mauritius-Career:...

 is the first Olympic medalist for Mauritius since the nation began competing at the 1984 Summer Olympics

1984 Summer Olympics

The 1984 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XXIII Olympiad, was an international multi-sport event held in Los Angeles, California, United States in 1984...

. Julie secured a Bronze Metal with the quarterfinal victory over Venezuela's Héctor Manzanilla

Héctor Manzanilla

Héctor Manzanilla Rangel is a Venezuelan bantamweight boxer who has won a bronze medal at the Central American Games...

 on August 18, 2008.

Cycling

• Aurelie Halbwachs
  August 10, 2008: Women's Road Race, Road Cycling Course: Finished 62, +19:47 behind the winning time.

Swimming

• Gael Adam
  August 8, 2008: Men's 100M Freestyle Qualification Heat 2: Finished 3rd in heat, 57th overall with a time of 52.35. Did not advance.

• Diane Etiennette
  August 15, 2008: Women's 50M Freestyle Qualification Heat 5: Finished 7th in heat, 63rd overall with a time of 28.83. Did not advance.

Athletics

Men

Athlete	Event	Heats			Semifinals			Final
		Time	Rank	Overall	Time	Rank	Overall	Time	Rank
Eric Milazar Eric Milazar Éric Milazar is a Mauritian athlete competing in the 200 metres and 400 metres. He was born in Rodrigues and currently resides in Coromandel, Mauritius....	400 m Athletics at the 2008 Summer Olympics - Men's 400 metres -Round 1:The first round was held on 18 August. The first three runners of each heat plus the next three overall fastest runners qualified for the semifinals.-Heat 1:-Heat 2:-Heat 3:-Heat 4:-Heat 5:-Heat 6:-Heat 7:-Semifinal 1:...	46.06	7	33	Did not advance

• Stephan Buckland

August 18, 2008: Men's 200M Round 1, Heat 1: Finished 3rd in heat, 37th overall with a time of 20.98.

August 18, 2008: Men's 200M Round 2, Heat 2: Finished 5th in heat, 8th overall with a time of 20.37 - his season's best.

August 19, 2008: Men's 200M Semifinals, Heat 2: Finished 6th in heat, 12th overall with a time of 20.48. Did not advance.

• Arnaud Casquette
  Arnaud Casquette
  Arnaud Casquette is a Mauritian long jumper.He finished seventh at the 2002 Commonwealth Games and fifth at the 2006 African Championships. He won the silver medal at the 2007 All-Africa Games. He also competed at the World Championships in 2001 and 2007 as well as the Olympic Games in 1996 and 2000...
  
  

August 16, 2008: Men's Long Jump Qualifying Round Group B: Did not start.

• Annabelle Lascar

August 15, 2008: Women's 800M Round 1, Heat 3: Finished 5th in heat, 34th overall with a time of 2:06.11. Did not advance.

Weightlifting

Men

Athlete / Event	Snatch		Clean & Jerk		Total	Overall Rank
	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Ravi Bhollah Men's 94kg Weightlifting at the 2008 Summer Olympics - Men's 94 kg The men's 94 kg weightlifting event was the sixth men's event at the weightlifting competition, limiting competitors to a maximum of 94 kilograms of body mass. The whole competition took place on August 17, but was divided in two parts due to the number of competitors. Group B weightlifters...	125	16th	150	16th	275	16th