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Belize competed in the 2008 Summer Olympics, held in Beijing, People's Republic of China from 8 to 24 August 2008. Its participation in Beijing marked its eighth Olympic appearance under the name "Belize" and its tenth overall, as its first two appearances were under the name "British Honduras". The Belizean delegation in 2008 included four athletes: three participated in track and field events and one in taekwondo. Belize did not medal in Beijing, and had not medaled before Beijing, but Jonathan Williams became the first Belizean athlete to advance past the first round of any Olympic event.
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Feruza Yergeshova is a Kazakhstani taekwondo practitioner. She competed in the +67 kg event at the 2012 Summer Olympics and was eliminated by Nusa Rajher in the preliminary round.
Natalya Mamatova is an Uzbek taekwondo practitioner, who competed in the women's heavyweight category. She became one of the first taekwondo fighters in history to represent Uzbekistan at the 2004 Summer Olympics, and later earned a silver medal in the 67-kg division at the 2006 World Military Championships in Seoul, South Korea.
Khaoula Ben Hamza is a Tunisian taekwondo practitioner. She competed in the +67 kg event at the 2012 Summer Olympics and was eliminated by Anastasia Baryshnikova in the preliminary round. She also competed at the 2008 Summer Olympics, in the same category, losing to eventual gold medallist Maria Espinoza in the first round. Because Espinoza reached the final, Ben Hamza was entered into the repechage, where she lost to Karolina Kedzierska.
Afghanistan competed at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, from 5 to 21 August 2016. The country's participation at Rio de Janeiro marked its fourth consecutive appearance at the Summer Olympics and fourteenth in total. Afghanistan had officially made its debut in 1936 and missed five editions since then. Rohullah Nikpai, who had previously won a medal for Afghanistan in taekwondo, did not participate. Afghanistan failed to earn a single Olympic medal in Rio for the first time since 2004.
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