Refugee Olympic Team at the 2024 Summer Olympics

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Refugee Olympic Team at the
2024 Summer Olympics
Olympic flag.svg
Individuals compete under the Olympic Flag
IOC code EOR
in Paris, France
July 26, 2024 (2024-07-26) – August 11, 2024 (2024-08-11)
Competitors36 in 12 sports
Medals
Gold
0
Silver
0
Bronze
0
Total
0
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)

The IOC Refugee Olympic Team will compete at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris, France. 36 athletes from 11 different countries of origin will represent the Refugee Olympic Team at the 2024 Summer Olympics in 12 different sports, with 14 of the 36 athletes being Iranian. [1] [2]

Contents

Team selection

On May 2 2024, the IOC announced 36 athletes will represent the Refugee Olympic Team. [2]

AthleteCountry of originHost NOCSportEvent
Dorian Keletela Flag of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.svg  Democratic Republic of Congo Flag of France.svg  France Athletics Men's 100 m
Musa Suliman Flag of Sudan.svg  Sudan Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg   Switzerland Athletics Men's 800 m
Jamal Abdelmaji Eisa Mohammed Flag of Sudan.svg  Sudan Flag of Israel.svg  Israel Athletics Men's 10,000 m
Tachlowini Gabriyesos Flag of Eritrea.svg  Eritrea Flag of Israel.svg  Israel Athletics Men's marathon
Mohammad Amin Alsalami Flag of Syria.svg  Syria Flag of Germany.svg  Germany Athletics Men's long jump
Perina Lokure Flag of South Sudan.svg  South Sudan Flag of Kenya.svg  Kenya Athletics Women's 800 m
Farida Abaroge Flag of Ethiopia.svg  Ethiopia Flag of France.svg  France Athletics Women's 1500 m
Dorsa Yavarivafa Flag of Iran.svg  Iran Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain Badminton Women's singles
Omid Ahmadisafa Flag of Iran.svg  Iran Flag of Germany.svg  Germany Boxing Men's flyweight (51 kg)
Cindy Ngamba Flag of Cameroon.svg  Cameroon Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain Boxing Women's middleweight (75 kg)
Manizha Talash Flag of Afghanistan (2013-2021).svg  Afghanistan Flag of Spain.svg  Spain Breaking B-Girls
Amir Rezanejad Flag of Iran.svg  Iran Flag of Germany.svg  Germany Canoeing Men's slalom C-1
Fernando Jorge Flag of Cuba.svg  Cuba Flag of the United States.svg  United States Canoeing Men's sprint C-1 1000 m
Saeid Fazloula Flag of Iran.svg  Iran Flag of Germany.svg  Germany Canoeing Men's sprint K-1 1000 m
Saman Soltani Flag of Iran.svg  Iran Flag of Austria.svg  Austria Canoeing Women's sprint K-1 500 m
Amir Ansari Flag of Afghanistan (2013-2021).svg  Afghanistan Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain Cycling Men's road time trial
Eyeru Tesfoam Gebru Flag of Ethiopia.svg  Ethiopia Flag of France.svg  France Cycling Women's road race
Mohammad Rashnonezhad Flag of Iran.svg  Iran Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands Judo Men's –60 kg
Mixed team
Sibghatullah Arab Flag of Afghanistan (2013-2021).svg  Afghanistan Flag of Germany.svg  Germany Judo Men's –81 kg
Mixed team
Adnan Khankan Flag of Syria.svg  Syria Flag of Germany.svg  Germany Judo Men's –100 kg
Mixed team
Muna Dahouk Flag of Syria.svg  Syria Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands Judo Women's –57 kg
Mixed team
Nigara Shaheen Flag of Afghanistan (2013-2021).svg  Afghanistan Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada Judo Women's –63 kg
Mixed team
Mahboubeh Barbari Zharfi Flag of Iran.svg  Iran Flag of Germany.svg  Germany Judo Women's +78 kg
Mixed team
Francisco Edilio Centeno Flag of Venezuela.svg  Venezuela Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico Shooting Men's 10 m air pistol
Luna Solomon Flag of Eritrea.svg  Eritrea Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg   Switzerland Shooting Women's 10 m air rifle
Alaa Maso Flag of Syria.svg  Syria Flag of Germany.svg  Germany Swimming Men's 50 m freestyle
Matin Balsini Flag of Iran.svg  Iran Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain Swimming Men's 200 m butterfly
Hadi Tiran Flag of Iran.svg  Iran Flag of Italy.svg  Italy Taekwondo Men's –58 kg
Yahya Al-Ghotany Flag of Syria.svg  Syria Flag of Jordan.svg  Jordan Taekwondo Men's –68 kg
Farzad Mansouri Flag of Afghanistan (2013-2021).svg  Afghanistan Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain Taekwondo Men's –80 kg
Kasra Mehdipournejad Flag of Iran.svg  Iran Flag of Germany.svg  Germany Taekwondo Men's +80 kg
Dina Pouryounes Flag of Iran.svg  Iran Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands Taekwondo Women's –49 kg
Ramiro Mora Romero Flag of Cuba.svg  Cuba Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain Weightlifting Men's –102 kg
Yekta Jamali Flag of Iran.svg  Iran Flag of Germany.svg  Germany Weightlifting Women's –81 kg
Iman Mahdavi Flag of Iran.svg  Iran Flag of Italy.svg  Italy Wrestling Men's freestyle –74 kg
Jamal Valizadeh Flag of Iran.svg  Iran Flag of France.svg  France Wrestling Men's Greco-Roman –60 kg

Competitors

The following is the list of number of competitors in the Games.

SportMenWomenTotal
Athletics 347
Badminton 011
Boxing 112
Breaking 011
Canoeing 314
Cycling 112
Judo 336
Shooting 112
Swimming 202
Taekwondo 415
Weightlifting 112
Wrestling 202
Total211536

Athletics

Key
Track and road events
Men
AthleteEventHeatRepechageSemifinalFinal
ResultRankResultRankResultRankResultRank
Dorian Keletela 100 m
Musa Suliman 800 m
Jamal Abdelmaji Eisa Mohammed 10,000 m
Tachlowini Gabriyesos Marathon
Women
AthleteEventHeatRepechageSemifinalFinal
ResultRankResultRankResultRankResultRank
Perina Lokure 800 m
Farida Abaroge 1500 m
Field events
AthleteEventQualificationFinal
DistancePositionDistancePosition
Mohammad Amin Alsalami Men's long jump

Badminton

Refugee Olympic Team entered one badminton player into the Olympic tournament. Former Iranian badminton player, Dorsa Yavarivafa entered the games after being selected by the IOC. [3]

AthleteEventGroup stageEliminationQuarterfinalSemifinalFinal / BM
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
RankOpposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Rank
Dorsa Yavarivafa Women's singles

Boxing

Refugee Olympic Team entered two boxers. Former Cameroonian boxer, Cindy Ngamba (women's middleweight) secured the one spot the Refugee Olympic Team squad in her weight division by finishing in the top two at the 2024 World Boxing Olympic Qualification Tournament 1 in Busto Arsizio, Italy. [4] Later on, the IOC announced that Cindy and former Iranian boxer, Omid Ahmadisafa will compete at the games.

AthleteEventRound of 32Round of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Rank
Omid Ahmadisafa Men's flyweight
Cindy Ngamba Women's middleweight

Breaking

Refugee Olympic Team entered a breakdancer to compete in the B-Girl dual battles for Paris 2024. Former Afghan B-Girl Manizha Talash (Nicka) qualified for the games following the announcement of Refugee Olympic Team by IOC.

AthleteNicknameEventQualificationRound of 16QuarterfinalSemifinalFinal / BM
PointsRankOpposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Rank
Manizha Talash Nicka B-Girls

Canoeing

Slalom

Former Iranian canoeists, Amir Rezanejad confirmed a boat in the men's C-1 for the Games, after being selected by the IOC to represent the Refugee Olympic Team.

AthleteEventPreliminarySemifinalFinal
Run 1RankRun 2RankBestRankTimeRankTimeRank
Amir Rezanejad Men's C-1

Sprint

Two Former Iranian canoeists, Saeid Fazloula and Saman Soltani; and a former Cuban canoeist, Fernando Jorge; confirmed a boat in their respective classes for the Games, after being selected by the IOC to represent the Refugee Olympic Team. [5]

AthleteEventHeatsQuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal
TimeRankTimeRankTimeRankTimeRank
Fernando Jorge Men's C-1 1000 m
Saeid Fazloula Men's K-1 1000 m
Saman Soltani Women's K-1 500 m

Qualification Legend: FA = Qualify to final (medal); FB = Qualify to final B (non-medal)

Cycling

Road

Refugee Olympic Team, entered two cyclist to compete at the games. Ex-Afghan cyclist Amir Ansari, and ex-Ethiopian cyclist Eyeru Tesfoam Gebru were nominated by the IOC to compete at the games.

AthleteEventTimeRank
Amir Ansari Men's time trial
Eyeru Tesfoam Gebru Women's road race

Judo

Refugee Olympic Team entered 6 judoka (three men and three women) into Paris 2024. [6] [7] The team including; Two ex-Iranian judoka, Mohammad Rashnonezhad and Mahboubeh Barbari Zharfi; two ex-Afghan judoka, Sibghatullah Arab and Nigara Shaheen; two ex-Syrian judoka, Adnan Khankan and Muna Dahouk.

AthleteEventRound of 64Round of 32Round of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsRepechageFinal / BMRank
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Mohammad Rashnonezhad Men's −66 kg
Sibghatullah Arab Men's −81 kg
Adnan Khankan Men's −100 kg
Muna Dahouk Women's −57 kg
Nigara Shaheen Women's −63 kg
Mahboubeh Barbari Zharfi Women's +78 kg
Mixed
TeamEventRound of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsRepechageFinal / BMRank
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Mohammad Rashnonezhad
Sibghatullah Arab
Adnan Khankan
Muna Dahouk
Nigara Shaheen
Mahboubeh Barbari Zharfi
Team

Shooting

Two shooters achieved quota places for the Refugee Olympics Team. Former Eritrean sport-shooter, Luna Solomon; and former Venezuelan sport-shooter Francisco Edilio Centeno; both will compete at the games after being announced by the IOC. [8]

AthleteEventQualificationSemifinalFinal
PointsRankPointsRankPointsRank
Francisco Edilio Centeno Men's 10 m air pistol
Luna Solomon Women's 10 m air rifle

Swimming

Two swimmers; Alaa Maso (former Syrian swimmer) and Matin Balsini (former Iranian); will represent the Refugee Olympic Team, after being announced by the IOC. [9]

AthleteEventHeatSemifinalFinal
TimeRankTimeRankTimeRank
Alaa Maso Men's 50 m freestyle
Matin Balsini Men's 200 m butterfly

Taekwondo

Refugee Olympic Team announced five athletes to compete at the games. Three former Iranians; Hadi Tiran, Kasra Mehdipournejad and Dina Pouryounes; one former Syrian, Yahya Al-Ghotany; and one former Afghan, Farzad Mansouri; were all set to compete at the games. [10]

Originally, two athletes already qualified for the games; Ali Reza Abbasi qualified for the games by winning the semifinal round in his division at the 2024 Asian Qualification Tournament in Tai'an, China; [11] and Kimia Alizadeh qualified for the games by winning the semifinal round in her division at the 2024 European Qualification Tournament in Sofia, Bulgaria. Later on, both of them cannot compete at the games, because Kimia received her Bulgarian passport, which makes her represent the Bulgarian team; [12] and Ali's quota was declined by the IOC and being replaced by Yahya. [13]

AthleteEventQualificationRound of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsRepechageFinal / BM
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Rank
Hadi Tiran Men's −58 kg
Yahya Al Ghotany Men's −68 kg
Farzad Mansouri Men's −80 kg
Kasra Mehdipournejad Men's +80 kg
Dina Pouryounes Women's −49 kg

Weightlifting

Refugee Olympic Team entered two weightlifters into the Olympic competition. Former Cuban weightlifters, Ramiro Mora Romero; and former Iranian weightlifters Yekta Jamali secured their spots, respectively in men's under 102 kg and women's under 81 kg, after being nominated by the IOC. [14]

AthleteEventSnatchClean & JerkTotalRank
ResultRankResultRank
Ramiro Mora Romero Men's −102 kg
Yekta Jamali Women's −81 kg

Wrestling

Refugee Olympics Team entered two wrestlers to compete at the Olympic competition. Former Iranian wrestlers, Iman Mahdavi and Jamal Valizadeh entered the games after being announced to represent the team by the IOC. [15]

Key:

Freestyle
AthleteEventRound of 16QuarterfinalSemifinalRepechageFinal / BM
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Rank
Iman Mahdavi Men's 74 kg
Greco-Roman
AthleteEventRound of 16QuarterfinalSemifinalRepechageFinal / BM
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Rank
Jamal Valizadeh Men's 60 kg

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