Refugee Olympic Team at the 2020 Summer Olympics | |
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IOC code | EOR |
in Tokyo, Japan July 23, 2021 – August 8, 2021 | |
Competitors | 29 in 12 sports |
Flag bearers (opening) | Yusra Mardini Tachlowini Gabriyesos |
Flag bearer (closing) | Hamoon Derafshipour |
Medals |
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Summer Olympics appearances (overview) | |
The IOC Refugee Olympic Team competed at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan, as independent Olympic participants. [1]
The IOC code is the French acronym "EOR", which stands for Équipe olympique des réfugiés. [1] This was the second appearance of a refugee team in the summer Olympics, following the 2016 Games.
For the 2020 Games, the team included 29 athletes, up from 10 in the 2016 team. The team comprised athletes originating from 11 nations who currently reside and train across 13 host nations, supported by the IOC's Olympic Scholarships for Refugee Athletes program. [2]
At the parade of nations, the IOC Team, according to the Japanese script traditional order and English pronunciation Ai Ō Shī of IOC in Japanese, was the second to parade after Greece who traditionally parade first.
The team was selected on 8 June 2021, [1] [3] represented in the following list, together with each competitor's country of origin and their host National Olympic Committee (NOC).
The following is the list of number of competitors in the Games.
Sport | Men | Women | Total |
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Athletics | 5 | 2 | 7 |
Badminton | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Boxing | 2 | 0 | 2 |
Canoeing | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Cycling | 1 | 1 | 2 |
Judo | 3 | 3 | 6 |
Karate | 2 | 0 | 2 |
Shooting | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Swimming | 1 | 1 | 2 |
Taekwondo | 1 | 2 | 3 |
Weightlifting | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Wrestling | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Total | 19 | 10 | 29 |
Athlete | Event | Heat | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Final | ||||
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Result | Rank | Result | Rank | Result | Rank | Result | Rank | ||
Dorian Keletela | 100 m | 10.33 | 1 Q | 10.41 | 8 | Did not advance | |||
James Nyang Chiengjiek | 800 m | 2:02.04 | 8 | — | Did not advance | ||||
Paulo Amotun Lokoro | 1500 m | 3:51.78 | 13 | — | Did not advance | ||||
Jamal Abdelmaji Eisa Mohammed | 5000 m | 13.42.98 | 13 | — | Did not advance | ||||
Tachlowini Gabriyesos | Marathon | — | 2:14:02 | 16 |
Athlete | Event | Heat | Semifinal | Final | |||
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Result | Rank | Result | Rank | Result | Rank | ||
Rose Lokonyen | 800 m | 2:11.87 PB | 8 | Did not advance | |||
Anjelina Lohalith | 1500 m | 4:31.65 PB | 14 | Did not advance |
Refugee Olympic Team entered one male player to compete at the Games. Aram Mahmoud competed in the men's singles event after he received an invitation from the IOC. [4]
Athlete | Event | Group stage | Elimination | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Final / BM | |||
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Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Rank | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Rank | ||
Aram Mahmoud | Men's singles | Christie (INA) L (8–21, 14–21) | Loh (SGP) L (15–21, 12–21) | 3 | Did not advance |
Athlete | Event | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | |
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Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank | ||
Wessam Salamana | Men's lightweight | Oliveira (BRA) L 0–5 | Did not advance | ||||
Eldric Sella | Men's middleweight | Cedeño (DOM) LRSC | Did not advance |
Athlete | Event | Heats | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | ||||
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Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | ||
Saeid Fazloula | Men's K-1 1000 m | 3:52.631 | 4 QF | 3:52.614 | 4 | Did not advance |
Athlete | Event | Time | Rank |
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Ahmad Wais | Men's time trial | 1:08:40.46 | 38 |
Masomah Ali Zada | Women's time trial | 44:04.31 | 25 |
Athlete | Event | Round of 64 | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Repechage | Final / BM | ||
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Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank | |||
Ahmad Alikaj | Men's −73 kg | Makhmadbekov (TJK) L 00–10 | Did not advance | |||||||
Popole Misenga | Men's −90 kg | Bye | Tóth (HUN) L 00–10 | Did not advance | ||||||
Javad Mahjoub | Men's +100 kg | — | Frey (GER) W 01–00 | Krpálek (CZE) L 00–11 | Did not advance | |||||
Sanda Aldass | Women's −57 kg | — | Perišić (SRB) L 00–10 | Did not advance | ||||||
Muna Dahouk | Women's −63 kg | — | del Toro (CUB) L 00–10 | Did not advance | ||||||
Nigara Shaheen | Women's −70 kg | — | Portela (BRA) L 00–10 | Did not advance |
Athlete | Event | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Repechage | Final / BM | |
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Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank | ||
Sanda Aldass Ahmad Alikaj Muna Dahouk Javad Mahjoub Popole Misenga Nigara Shaheen | Team | Germany (GER) L 0–4 | Did not advance |
Athlete | Event | Round robin | Semifinals | Final | |||||
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Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank | ||
Hamoon Derafshipour | Men's −67 kg | Da Costa (FRA) L 0–4 | Madera (VEN) W 9–3 | Al-Masatfa (JOR) L 0–3 | Kalniņš (LAT) W 5–3 | 3 | Did not advance | 5 |
Athlete | Event | Elimination round | Ranking round | Final / BM | |||
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Score | Rank | Score | Rank | Opposition Result | Rank | ||
Wael Shueb | Men's kata | 23.30 | 6 | Did not advance |
Athlete | Event | Qualification | Final | ||
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Points | Rank | Points | Rank | ||
Luna Solomon | Women's 10 m air rifle | 605.9 | 50 | Did not advance |
Athlete | Event | Heat | Semifinal | Final | |||
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Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | ||
Alaa Maso | Men's 50 m freestyle | 23.30 | 44 | Did not advance | |||
Yusra Mardini | Women's 100 m butterfly | 1:06.78 | 33 | Did not advance |
Athlete | Event | Qualification | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Repechage | Final / BM | |
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Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank | ||
Abdullah Sediqi | Men's −68 kg | Bye | Zhao S (CHN) L 20–22 | Did not advance | ||||
Dina Pouryounes | Women's −49 kg | Bye | Wu Jy (CHN) L 3–26 PTG | Did not advance | ||||
Kimia Alizadeh | Women's −57 kg | Kiani (IRI) W 18–9 | Jones (GBR) W 16–12 | Zhou Lj (CHN) W 9–8 | Minina (ROC) L 3–10 | Bye | İlgün (TUR) L 6–8 | 5 |
Athlete | Event | Snatch | Clean & jerk | Total | Rank | ||
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Result | Rank | Result | Rank | ||||
Cyrille Fagat Tchatchet II | Men's −96 kg | 155 | 13 | 195 | 10 | 350 | 10 |
Key:
Athlete | Event | Round of 16 | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Repechage | Final / BM | |
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Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank | ||
Aker Al-Obaidi | Men's −67 kg | Nasr (TUN) W 4–0 ST | Zoidze (GEO) L 0–4 ST | Did not advance | 8 |
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