Kosovo at the Olympics | |
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IOC code | KOS |
NOC | Olympic Committee of Kosovo |
Website | www |
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Yugoslavia (1920–1992W) Independent Olympic Participants (1992S) Serbia and Montenegro (1996–2006) Serbia (2008–2012) |
This is a list of flag bearers who have represented Kosovo at the Olympics.
Flag bearers carry the national flag of their country at the opening ceremony of the Olympic Games.
# | Event year | Season | Flag bearer | Sport | Ref. |
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1 | 2016 | Summer | Majlinda Kelmendi | Judo | [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] |
2 | 2018 | Winter | Albin Tahiri | Alpine skiing | [6] |
3 | 2020 | Summer | Akil Gjakova | Judo | [7] |
Majlinda Kelmendi | |||||
4 | 2022 | Winter | Kiana Kryeziu | Alpine skiing | [8] [9] |
Albin Tahiri | |||||
5 | 2024 | Summer | Akil Gjakova | Judo | [10] |
Nora Gjakova |
The Olympic Committee of Kosovo is the National Olympic Committee representing Kosovo. Officially established in 1992, the OCK became a full member of the International Olympic Committee and the Olympic Movement on 9 December 2014. It is responsible for Kosovo's participation at the Olympic Games.
Kosovo made its Olympic debut as a member state in 2016. Its team is organized by the Olympic Committee of Kosovo (OCK), created in 1992 and recognized by the International Olympic Committee on 9 December 2014. It won its first medal in its debut appearance in 2016, when judoka Majlinda Kelmendi took gold in the women's -52 kg category. In the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, Nora Gjakova won gold in the women's judo -57 kg class, and Distria Krasniqi won gold in the women's judo -48 kg class.
Majlinda Kelmendi is a Kosovan-Albanian former judoka and judo coach.
Kosovo participated at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil from 5 to 21 August 2016. It was represented by the Olympic Committee of Kosovo (KOK/OKK) with a delegation of eight people, including three men and five women. Most of them were awarded places in their respective sporting events through wild card entries and Tripartite Commission invitations. Two Kosovar athletes, on the other hand, qualified directly for the Olympics on merit: judoka Nora Gjakova and Majlinda Kelmendi, the lone returning Olympian on the team after representing Albania four years earlier in London. The world's top-ranked judoka in her weight category and the frontrunner for the country's first Olympic medal, Kelmendi was selected to become Kosovo's flag bearer in the opening ceremony.
Kosovo competed at the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing, China, from 4 to 20 February 2022.
During the Parade of Nations within the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics opening ceremony on February 4, athletes and officials from each participating country marched in the Beijing National Stadium preceded by their flag and placard bearer bearing the respective country's name. Each flag bearer was chosen either by the nation's National Olympic Committee or by the team of athletes themselves.