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| Country/Region |  Guam |
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| Code | GUM |
| Created | 1976 |
| Recognized | 1986 |
| Continental Association | ONOC |
| President | Ricardo Blas |
| Secretary General | Robert J. Steffy |
| Website | http://www.oceaniasport.com/guam/ |
Guam National Olympic Committee (IOC code: GUM) is the National Olympic Committee representing Guam. [1]
Guam competed at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece, from 13 to 29 August 2004.
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The East Asian Games was a multi-sport event organized by the East Asian Games Association (EAGA) and held every four years from 1993 to 2013. Among those who competed included athletes from East Asian countries and territories of the Olympic Council of Asia (OCA), as well as the Pacific island nation of Guam, which is a member of the Oceania National Olympic Committees.
Guam competed at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia.
The District of Columbia Olympic Committee was launched in 2005 as an effort to call attention to District of Columbia's lack of voting rights in the U.S. Congress.
Guam competed in the Summer Olympic Games for the first time at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea. The Guam National Olympic Committee was formed in 1976 and recognized by the IOC in 1986.
The Oceania Handball Nations Championship was the official competition for senior national handball teams of Oceania, and took place every two years. In addition to crowning the Oceania champions, the tournament also served as a qualifying tournament for the World Handball Championship. Also played is the Pacific Handball Cup where states of other countries such as New Caledonia, Tahiti and Wallis and Futuna (France) and Marshall Islands, Guam and America Samoa (USA) who are ineligible for International Handball Federation world championship events, compete against member nations.
Guam sent a four-member delegation to the 1988 Winter Olympics in Calgary, Alberta, Canada from 13 to 28 February 1988. This is, as of 2022, Guam's only appearance in the Winter Olympic Games. The Guam delegation included only one athlete biathlete, Judd Bankert, who became Guam's first Olympic athlete. In his only event, the sprint, Bankert finished in 71st out of 72 competitors.
Guam has competed in eight Summer Games and one Winter Games. Guam first participated in the Olympics in the Winter Games in 1988 when Judd Bankert became Guam's first Olympic athlete competing in the biathlon. Only two athletes from Guam, canoeist Sean Pangelinan and judoka Ricardo Blas Jr, have made it past the first round of competition. During the 2008 Games in Beijing, Pangelinan advanced to the C-1 500m semi-finals and Blas Jr progressed to the Round of 16 100 kg+ Judo competition at London 2012.
Ricardo Blas Jr. is a judoka from Guam who competed at the 2008 and 2012 Summer Olympics. The son of Ricardo Blas, himself a judoka and Olympic competitor, Blas Jr. began training at the age of five and eventually earned the nickname "The Little Mountain" due to his weight. He entered the heavyweight event at the 2008 Games on a wild card selection as the Oceania bronze medalist, losing all his bouts in both the main and repechage stages of the competition. He participated again at the 2012 edition and was eliminated in the second round of the tournament. At 218 kg (481 lb), he is the heaviest competitor at the modern Olympic Games.
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The United States' unincorporated territory of Guam competed at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, held from July 27 to August 12, 2012. This was the territory's seventh consecutive appearance at the Olympics.
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Ricardo Blas is a sports administrator and a former judoka from Guam. He competed in the men's heavyweight event at the 1988 Summer Olympics.
Guam competed at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo. Originally scheduled to take place from 24 July to 9 August 2020, the Games were postponed to 23 July to 8 August 2021, because of the COVID-19 pandemic. It was the nation's ninth consecutive appearance at the Summer Olympics.
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