Palestine at the 2017 Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games

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Palestine at the
2017 Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games
Flag of Palestine.svg
IOC code PLE
NOC Palestine Olympic Committee
Website www.poc.ps
in Ashgabat
17–27 September
Competitors19 in 6 sports
Medals
Ranked 0th
Gold
0
Silver
0
Bronze
0
Total
0

Palestine competed at the 2017 Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games held in Ashgabat, Turkmenistan from September 17 to 27. Palestine sent a delegation of 19 competitors for the event competing in 6 different sports. [1]

Palestinian territories The territories captured and occupied by Israel in 1967 that were part of the British Mandate for Palestine

Palestinian territories has been used for many years to describe the territories occupied by Israel since 1967, namely the West Bank and the Gaza Strip. More recently, the official United Nations terminology has been used, occupied Palestinian territory increasingly replacing other terms since 1999. The European Union also has adopted this usage The International Court of Justice refers to the West Bank, including East Jerusalem, as "the Occupied Palestinian Territory" and this term is used as the legal definition by the International Court of Justice in the ruling in July 2004. The term occupied Palestinian territories is also still in common use.

2017 Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games

The 2017 Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games, which is also counted as the 5th Asian Indoor Games, was held in Ashgabat, Turkmenistan in 2017. It became the third city in the former Soviet countries to win the right of hosting an Olympic Council of Asia-sanctioned event, following Astana and Almaty in Kazakhstan, which jointly-hosted the 2011 Asian Winter Games. The host city was chosen in Kuwait on 19 December 2010. On 6 July 2013 the flag of the Olympic Council of Asia was officially handed over to the mayor of the city of Ashgabat.

Ashgabat Place in Turkmenistan

Ashgabat — formerly named Poltoratsk between 1919 and 1927, is the capital and the largest city of Turkmenistan. It is situated between the Karakum Desert and the Kopet Dag mountain range in Central Asia.

The Palestinian team didn't receive any medal at the Games.

Participants

SportMenWomenTotal
Futsal 808
Weightlifting 303
Short course swimming 213
Indoor Athletics 202
Taekwondo 112
Wrestling 101

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References

  1. "Palestine | The 5th Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games 2017". ashgabat2017.com. Retrieved 10 October 2017.