The Seychelles was represented at the 2006 Commonwealth Games in Melbourne, Australia (15-26 march) by a 32-member strong contingent comprising 22 sportspersons and 10 officials. The 2006 event was the fifth time the nation has entered the Commonwealth Games, previously having won three medals – two silver and one bronze. The Seychelles team competed in seven of the 16 sporting disciplines at the Games, including athletics, boxing, weightlifting, badminton, table tennis, swimming and cycling.
Reigning Seychelles Sports lady of the Year, javelin specialist Lindy Leveau-Agricole was chosen to be the team’s flag bearer during the opening ceremony.
Weightlifter Janet Thelermont became the Seychelles’ first medal winner of the Games, taking a bronze in the Women’s 69 kg class after lifting 205 kg (95 kg snatch, 110 kg clean and jerk).
This result made her only the fourth Seychellois to win a Commonwealth Games medal, and the first outside of boxing. Four days later, France-based athlete Céline Laporte became the nation’s second medalist, taking bronze in the women’s long jump with a 6.57 meters leap, 25 centimeters further than her personal best before the Games, and was equal to that of Australian silver medalist Kerrie Taurima.
Athletics
Lindy Leveau-Agricole recorded a best throw of 54.50 metres in her third attempt in Javelin.
Evans Marie clocked a time of 21.66 seconds in the Men’s 200 metres event.
Celine Laporte took a bronze in the women’s long jump with a 6.57 meters leap, 25 centimeters further than her personal best before the Games, and was equal to that of Australian silver medalist Kerrie Taurima.
Cycling
Hudson Mathieu competed in the Men’s Individual Time Trial and he also competed in the Road Race.
Swimming
Steven Mangroo was placed second in the three-man 200 m freestyle heat number ones in a time of 2:02.68.
He then finished sixth in heat number one of the 400m freestyle with a time of 4:17.41.
Bertrand Bristol clocked 1:00.78 in heat one of the 100m butterfly. His result was well outside Kenny Roberts’ standing national record of 56.98 seconds set at the Fifth Indian Ocean Islands Games (IOIG) in Reunion in 1998. In the 50m Butterfly he clocked 27.85 seconds to take fourth place out of eight participants in heat number two. With this performance, Bristol did not trouble Jean-Paul Adam’s standing record of 26.57 seconds. Bristol finished way off his 200m butterfly record of 2:09.07 set at the Olympic Games in Athens, Greece in 2004, He clocked 2:12.86 to take seventh place out of as many participants in heat number two.
Adrian Nanty clocked 56.67 seconds in the 100m freestyle for fifth place. Again, Roberts’ record of 52.19 seconds registered at the same edition of the IOIG was not troubled.
Shrone Austin finished just over four seconds outside her 800m freestyle record of 9:13.09 set during the Eighth All-Africa Games in Abuja, Nigeria, in 2003.
The former Sportslady of the Year clocked 9:17.96 in Melbourne when swimming in heat number two.
Badminton
Georgie Cupidon: Competed in the Men’s Singles
Competed in the Men’s Doubles
Competed in the Double Mixed
Competed in the Team Events
Juliette Ah-Wan: Competed in the Women’s Singles
Competed in the Women’s Doubles
Competed in the Double Mixed
Competed in the Team Events
Cynthia Course: Competed in the Women’s Singles
Competed in the Women’s Doubles
Competed in the Double Mixed
Competed in the Team Events
Steve Malcouzane: Competed in the Men’s Singles
Competed in the Men’s Doubles
Competed in the Double Mixed
Competed in the Team Events
Table Tennis
Godfrey Sultan: Competed in the Double Mixed Event
Janice Esparon: Competed in the Double Mixed Event
Boxing
Patrick Camille competed in the over 91kg category
Alvin Gabriel competed in the 69kg category
Jovet Jean competed in the 75kg category
Weightlifting
Clementina Agricole finished the 53-kg division contest with the same total – 152kg – as bronze medalist Jehan Nadeene Latif, but settled for fourth position after too many failed lifts.
Steven Baccus competed in the 94kg category where he was ranked 10th with lifts of 147.5kg, 180kg in clean & Jerk which makes a total of 327.5kg.
Julie Matatiken finished eighth out of nine participants in the 48-kg category with an Olympic total of 125kg (55kg in snatch and 70kg clean and jerk).
Romeo Simeon didn’t perform to his best inside the Melbourne Exhibition Centre.
He recorded an Olympic total of 240 kg (110 in snatch and 130 in clean and jerk) to finish 11th out of 15 lifters.
Janet Thelermont won bronze in the Women’s 69kg category. She took bronze with a lift of 95kg in the Snatch and 110kg in the Clean & Jerk for a total of 205kg.
Flag Bearer: Lindy Leveau-Agricole
OFFICIAL
Simon Lespoir: Chef De Mission
Michel Bau: General Team Manager
Mikola Arilov: Athletic Coach
Oliver Pauly: Athletic Coach
Luo Guo Hui: Badminton Coach
Rene Michaud: Table Tennis Coach
Rival Payet: Boxing Coach
William Dixie: Weightlifting Coach
Manuel Mendoza Marin: Swimming Coach
Lucas Georges: Cycling Coach
