Tajikistan at the Olympics

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Tajikistan at the
Olympics
Flag of Tajikistan.svg
IOC code TJK
NOC National Olympic Committee of the Republic of Tajikistan
Website www.olympic.tj  (in Tajik)
Medals
Ranked 106th
Gold
1
Silver
1
Bronze
5
Total
7
Summer appearances
Winter appearances
Other related appearances
Flag of Russia.svg  Russian Empire (1900–1912)
Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union (1952–1988)
Olympic flag.svg  Unified Team (1992)

Tajikistan first participated at the Olympic Games as an independent nation in 1996, and has sent athletes to compete in every Summer Olympic Games since then. The nation has also competed at the Winter Olympics since 2002. To date, Andrei Drygin is one of two people ever to have represented Tajikistan at the Winter Olympic Games, being his country's sole competitor in 2002, 2006, and 2010.

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Previously, Tajik athletes competed as part of the Soviet Union at the Olympics until 1988, and after the dissolution of the Soviet Union, Tajikistan was part of the Unified Team in 1992. The following athletes from Tajik SSR were medallists for the Soviet Union: Yuri Lobanov, Zebiniso Rustamova, Nellie Kim and Andrey Abduvaliyev.

Tajikistan won its first Olympic medal at the 2008 Summer Olympics, when Rasul Boqiev took the bronze medal in Men's Judo - 73kg. Dilshod Nazarov won the first gold medal for Tajikistan at the 2016 Summer Olympics in the hammer throw.

The National Olympic Committee for Tajikistan was created in 1992 and recognized by the International Olympic Committee in 1993.

Medal tables

Medals by sport

SportGoldSilverBronzeTotal
Athletics pictogram.svg  Athletics 1001
Wrestling pictogram.svg  Wrestling 0101
Judo pictogram.svg  Judo 0033
Boxing pictogram.svg  Boxing 0022
Totals (4 entries)1157

List of medalists

MedalNameGamesSportEvent
Silver medal icon.svg Silver Yusup Abdusalomov 2008 Beijing Wrestling pictogram.svg Wrestling Men's freestyle 84 kg
Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze Rasul Boqiev 2008 Beijing Judo pictogram.svg Judo Men's 73 kg
Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze Mavzuna Chorieva 2012 London Boxing pictogram.svg Boxing Women's lightweight
Gold medal icon.svg Gold Dilshod Nazarov 2016 Rio de Janeiro Athletics pictogram.svg Athletics Men's hammer throw
Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze Somon Makhmadbekov 2024 Paris Judo pictogram.svg Judo Men's 81 kg
Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze Temur Rakhimov 2024 Paris Judo pictogram.svg Judo Men's +100 kg
Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze Davlat Boltaev 2024 Paris Boxing pictogram.svg Boxing Men's 92 kg

See also