Aruba at the 2012 Summer Olympics

The Caribbean island nation of Aruba competed at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, United Kingdom from 27 July – 12 August 2012. This was the nation's seventh Olympiad as an independent nation.

Aruba at the
2012 Summer Olympics
IOC codeARU
NOCAruban Olympic Committee
Websitewww.olympicaruba.com (in Papiamento)
in London
Competitors4 in 3 sports
Flag bearers Jemal Le Grand (opening)
Jayme Mata (closing)
Medals
Gold
0
Silver
0
Bronze
0
Total
0
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)
Other related appearances
 Netherlands Antilles (1952–2008)

Four Aruban athletes were selected to the team, competing at their first Games, only in judo, swimming, and weightlifting; all of them participated under Universality places and tripartite invitation, without having qualified. Aruba, however, has never won an Olympic medal.

Judo
Main article: Judo at the 2012 Summer Olympics

Aruba has had 1 judoka invited.[1]

Athlete Event Round of 64 Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Repechage Final / BM
Opposition
Result		 Opposition
Result		 Opposition
Result		 Opposition
Result		 Opposition
Result		 Opposition
Result		 Opposition
Result		 Rank
Jayme Mata Men's −66 kg Bye  Uriarte (ESP)
L 0000–0100		 did not advance

Swimming
Main article: Swimming at the 2012 Summer Olympics
Men
Athlete Event Heat Semifinal Final
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Jemal Le Grand 100 m freestyle 51.86 40 did not advance
Women
Athlete Event Heat Final
Time Rank Time Rank
Danielle van den Berg 800 m freestyle 9:23.21 34 did not advance

Weightlifting
Main article: Weightlifting at the 2012 Summer Olympics
Men
Athlete Event Snatch Clean & Jerk Total Rank
Result Rank Result Rank
Carl Henriquez +105 kg 122 19 160 18 282 18

References
  1. IntJudo – Invited Country to take part at the London Games Archived 2013-06-18 at the Wayback Machine


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