Senegal at the Olympics | |
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IOC code | SEN |
NOC | Comité National Olympique et Sportif Sénégalais |
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This is a list of flag bearers who have represented Senegal at the Olympics. [1] [2]
Flag bearers carry the national flag of their country at the opening ceremony of the Olympic Games.
# | Event year | Season | Flag bearer | Sport |
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20 | 2020 | Summer | Jeanne Boutbien | Swimming |
Mbagnick Ndiaye | Judo | |||
19 | 2016 | Summer | Isabelle Sambou | Wrestling |
18 | 2012 | Summer | Hortense Diédhiou | Judo |
17 | 2010 | Winter | Leyti Seck | Alpine skiing |
16 | 2008 | Summer | Bineta Diedhiou | Taekwondo |
15 | 2006 | Winter | Leyti Seck | Alpine skiing |
14 | 2004 | Summer | Malick Fall | Swimming |
13 | 2000 | Summer | Mame Tacko Diouf | Athletics |
12 | 1996 | Summer | Ibou Faye | Athletics |
11 | 1994 | Winter | Lamine Guèye | Alpine skiing |
10 | 1992 | Summer | ||
9 | 1992 | Winter | Lamine Guèye | Alpine skiing |
8 | 1988 | Summer | Amadou Dia Ba | Athletics |
7 | 1984 | Summer | Amadou Ciré Baal | Shooting |
6 | 1984 | Winter | ||
5 | 1980 | Summer | ||
4 | 1976 | Summer | ||
3 | 1972 | Summer | Robert N'Diaye | Wrestling |
2 | 1968 | Summer | ||
1 | 1964 | Summer |
Senegal has sent athletes to all Summer Olympic Games held since 1964. Unlike most surrounding nations, Senegal has never missed any Summer Olympics since its independence. Only once has the country won an Olympic medal: Amadou Dia Ba, who won a silver medal in the men's 400 metre hurdles in 1988. However, Abdoulaye Seye, representing France, won a bronze medal in the 200 metres in 1960, just two months after the short lived Mali Federation gained independence and a few days after Senegal seceded from the federation.
Ghana competed in the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. The country's participation at the Games marked its Winter Olympics debut, although it had competed at the Summer Olympics since 1952. The delegation for the 2010 Winter Games consisted of a single alpine skier, Kwame Nkrumah-Acheampong, also known as the "Snow leopard". He was also the nation's flag bearer in the Parade of Nations. Nkrumah-Acheampong did not win any medals, finishing behind his fellow African, Samir Azzimani of Morocco.
Senegal participated at the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. The country's participation at the Games marked its fifth at the Winter Olympic Games. As in 2006 Olympics, Senegal's sole athlete was Leyti Seck, an alpine skier. He was also the nation's flag bearer in the Parade of Nations. Seck did not win any medals, although he finished ahead of fellow African Samir Azzimani of Morocco in the giant slalom.
Morocco competed in the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. The country's participation at Vancouver marked its fifth appearance at a Winter Olympics since its debut in 1968; no athlete had won any medals. The 2010 delegation consisted of a single athlete competing in alpine skiing, Samir Azzimani, who was also the nation's flag bearer in the Parade of Nations. Azzimani brought a group of schoolchildren from a suburb of Metz, France, which had seen rioting in January that year. Azzimani was one of three African skiers at the Games, and did not win any medals.
Senegal competed at the 2010 Summer Youth Olympics, the inaugural Youth Olympic Games, held in Singapore from 14 August to 26 August 2010.
Senegal competed at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, from 27 July to 12 August 2012. This was the nation's thirteenth appearance at the Olympics.
Malick Fall is an Olympic swimmer from Senegal. He has swum for Senegal at the 2000, 2004, 2008, and the 2012 Olympics. He is West Africa's most successful swimmer. He was Senegal's flag-bearer at the 2004 Olympics.
HortenseDiédhiou is a Senegalese judoka. She participated in three Olympic games: 2004 in the -52kg event, 2008 at -52kg and 2012 at -57kg. She was the flag bearer of Senegal at the 2012 Summer Olympics opening ceremony. At the 2004 Olympics, she met Frédérique Jossinet who invited her to train in France. Following that recommendation Diédhiou moved to Provence and in 2011 to Paris.
Senegal competed at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, from August 5 to 21, 2016. It was the nation's fourteenth consecutive appearance at the Summer Olympics since its debut in 1964.