Albania at the Mediterranean Games

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Albania at the
Mediterranean Games
Flag of Albania.svg
IOC code ALB
NOC Albanian National Olympic Committee
Medals
Ranked 17th
Gold
11
Silver
19
Bronze
19
Total
49
Mediterranean Games appearances (overview)

Albania has competed at every celebration of the Mediterranean Games since the 1987 Mediterranean Games. As of 2022, Albanian athletes have won a total of 49 medals. The country's ranking in the history of the Games is the 17th place.

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History

Albania participate for the first time in their history at the Mediterranean Games in 1987 Syria. It would be their most successful participanton, as Albania secured eight medals in which they won three gold medals in total. Two by the females in Basketball and Volleyball, and by men Shooter Kirsti Robo. Albania would also secure three medals in Athletics in which Ajet Toska won silver [1] in hammer throw and bronze by Pavlina Evro in the 800 meters run. Albania would finish their first ever Mediterranean Games in 11th place. Their best result so far at this competition. [2]

Medal tables

Medals by Mediterranean Games

GamesAthletesGoldSilverBronzeTotalRank
1987 Latakia 314811
1991 Athens 044815
1993 Languedoc-Roussillon 020214
1997 Bari 011215
2001 Tunis 42 010116
2005 Almería 58 024617
2009 Pescara 151 240613
2013 Mersin 50 32510 [3] 13
2018 Tarragona 59 110220
2022 Oran 50 211418
Total1119194917

Medals by sport

SportGoldSilverBronzeTotal
Weightlifting 5111026
Athletics 2237
Shooting 1427
Wrestling 1135
Volleyball 1001
Basketball 1001
Boxing 0112
Total11191949

Medals at the Mediterranean Beach Games

Albania won so far two medals at the Mediterranean Beach Games in which being one Gold and one bronze, since their debut. Both in the Sport of Beach Wrestling.

SportGoldSilverBronzeTotal
Beach Wrestling 1012
Total1012

Athletes with most medals

The Albanian athletes with the most medals won in the history of the Mediterranean Games is female athlete Luiza Gega, who won three medals in total for Albania. Most recently she won the gold medal for the second time running in her carrier, at the 2022 Mediterranean Games in Oran. [4] The second most successful Albanian medalist at the Mediterranean games is female Weightlifter Romela Begaj she won in total four medals. Gold in 2009 and two medals in 2013 one bronze and silber medals in the Women's -63 kg category. The other one's in this list being male weightlifter Daniel Godelli and Erkand Qerimaj. Each with two medal wins. [5] [6]

AthleteSportGames Gold medal olympic.svg Silver medal olympic.svg Bronze medal olympic.svg Total
Luiza Gega Athletics pictogram.svg  Athletics 2022, 2018, 2013 2103
Daniel Godelli Weightlifting pictogram.svg  Weightlifting 2013,2002
Romela Begaj Weightlifting pictogram.svg  Weightlifting 2013 2009, 2005 1124
Erkand Qerimaj Weightlifting pictogram.svg  Weightlifting 2022, 2009 1102

Notes: athletes in bold are still active.

Albanian medalists at the mediterranean Games

They were plenty of Albanians who did participate for Yugoslavia coming from Kosovo and from Macedonia and for Greece who would win many medals at the Mediterranean Games. In Boxing several athletes of Albanian descent such as Mehmet Bogujevci, Aziz Salihu were successful medal winners for Yugoslavia. [7] Albanians like Shaban Tërstena and Shaban Sejdiu who would win gold medals in Wrestling.

Recently athletes of Albanian descent represented Kosovo at the Mediterranean Games in which Judokas like Majlinda Kelmendi, Nora Gjakova and Akil Gjakova would win gold medals in Judo. [8] Recently Distria Krasniqi and Laura Fazliu won Gold in Judo at the 2022 Mediterranean Games in Oran in Algeria. [9] [10]

It does not represent the actual medal table, as it is just a table of how many medals were won by Albanians athletes who did not compete for Albania at those competition's. [11]

SportGoldSilverBronzeTotal
Judo 6129
Wrestling 53412
Weightlifting 4105
Boxing 32611
Karate 1001
Total1971239

See also

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