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The West African nation of Niger with six athletes sent in five sports, competed at the 2012 Summer Olympic Games in London, from 27 July to 12 August 2012. This was the nation's eleventh appearance at the Olympics, having competed at every Summer Olympics since 1964 with the exception of the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal, and the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow because of the African and the United States boycotts. Nigerien Olympic and National Sports Committee ((フランス語:Comité Olympique et Sportif National du Niger), ''COSNI'') sent the nation's largest delegation to the Games since 1988. A total of 6 athletes, 4 men and 2 women, competed in 5 different sports.〔(Olympics, Niger ). Sports Reference / USA TODAY Sports Media Group. Consulted 31 July 2012〕 Hamadou Djibo Issaka, became the first Nigerien rower to compete at the Olympics, was the oldest member of the team, at age 35;〔( Niger rower crawls home to roaring Olympic crowd ). Steve Douglas, AP . Sunday, 29 July 2012〕 while freestyle swimmer Nafissatou Moussa Adamou was the youngest at age 14. Welterweight boxer Moustapha Hima, on the other hand, was appointed by COSNI to be the nation's flag bearer at the opening ceremony.〔(Jeux Olympiques de Londres 2012 : qualifee pour les 2nd tour, le judoka Gourouza Zakari est elimine ). Oumarou Moussa, Le Sahel (Niamey). 30 July 2012.〕〔(Niger ). Official site of the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games, consulted 31 July 2012.〕 Niger, however, failed to win a single Olympic medal in London, since its last time at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich. ==Press reaction== On 28 July, the British press received single sculls rower Hamadou Djibo Issaka a wave of attention, as he finished farther behind his competitors. Having taken up rowing at an intensive training camp three months before, the press compared him with Eric "the Eel" Moussambani, a swimmer from Equatorial Guinea at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney; thus, Issaka was featured in numerous headlines where the press called him, "Issaka the Otter", "Hamadou The Keel," and the "Sculling Sloth".〔(Issaka The Otter: Novice from Niger is new Eddie The Eagle after super-slow sculls ) Steve Anglesey, The Mirror (London). 29 July 2012.〕〔('Sculling Sloth' back on water at London Olympics ). AP 31 July 2012.〕 Nigerien newspaper Le Sahel congratulated Issaka, stating that "he managed to seduce lovers of rowing, and to honor the national colors."〔(Jeux Olympiques de Londres 2012 : Hamadou Djibo Issaka Fait Preuve d'Abnegation et se Qualifie Pour la Finale en Sport d'Aviron ). Oumarou Moussa, Le Sahel (Niamey). 1 August 2012.〕 The paper also noted that despite its reputation as a desert nation, rowing could flourish in their country, where the Niger river runs for 550 km through the nation.〔 Following the performance of two athletes, boxer Moustapha Hima and judoka Zakari Gourouza, the Nigerien press declared them "encouraging results",〔 noting that Hima acquitted himself well and expects to return to the 2016 Olympics, and Zakari Gourouza was the first Nigerien combat athlete to progress beyond his first round opponent since medal winning boxer Issaka Dabore in 1972.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Niger at the 2012 Summer Olympics」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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