Kosovo at the 2018 Mediterranean Games

Kosovo at the
2018 Mediterranean Games
Kosovo at the; 2018 Mediterranean Games
IOC code	KOS
NOC	Olympic Committee of Kosovo
Competitors	40 in 12 sports
Medals; Ranked 14th	Gold3Silver1Bronze0Total4
Mediterranean Games appearances (overview)
	1951 ; 1955 ; 1959 ; 1963 ; 1967 ; 1971 ; 1975 ; 1979 ; 1983 ; 1987 ; 1991 ; 1993 ; 1997 ; 2001 ; 2005 ; 2009 ; 2013 ; 2018 ; 2022 ;
Other related appearances
	Yugoslavia (1951–1991); Serbia and Montenegro (1997–2005); Serbia (2009–)

Last updated May 23, 2023

Kosovo participated for the first time in the 2018 Mediterranean Games in Tarragona, Spain over 10 days from 22 June to 1 July 2018.^[1]

Medal summary

Medal table

Medal	Name	Sport	Event	Date
Gold	Distria Krasniqi	Judo	Women's 52 kg	June 27
Gold	Nora Gjakova	Judo	Women's 57 kg	June 27
Gold	Akil Gjakova	Judo	Men's 73 kg	June 28
Silver	Loriana Kuka	Judo	Women's 78 kg	June 29

Archery

Men

Athlete	Event	Ranking round		Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / BM
Athlete	Event	Score	Seed	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Atdhe Luzhnica	Individual	570	31	Asllani (KOS) L 2-6	did not advance					33
Hazir Asllani	Individual	549	34	Luzhnica (KOS) W 6-2	Štrajhar (SLO) L 2-6	did not advance				17

Women

Athlete	Event	Ranking round		Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / BM
Athlete	Event	Score	Seed	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Ardita Zejnullahu	Individual	494	21	Umer (SLO) L 2-6	did not advance				17

Athletics

Key

Note – Ranks given for track events are within the athlete's heat only
Q = Qualified for the next round
q = Qualified for the next round as a fastest loser or, in field events, by position without achieving the qualifying target
NR = National record
N/A = Round not applicable for the event
Bye = Athlete not required to compete in round

Men
Track & road events

Athlete	Event	Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Event	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Musa Hajdari	800 m	1:51.26	13	Did not advance
Astrit Kryeziu	800 m	1:55.41	17	Did not advance

Women
Track & road events

Athlete	Event	Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Event	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Vijona Kryeziu	400 m	56.03	14	Did not advance
Gresa Bakraçi	800 m	2:13.41	10	Did not advance

Beach volleyball

Athlete	Event	Preliminary round	Standing	1/8 Finals	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / BM
Athlete	Event	Opposition Score	Standing	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Armend Berisha Faton Mustafa	Men's	Rossi / Caminati (ITA)L 0-2 (7-21, 7-21) Silva / Reis (POR)L 0-2 (11-21, 12–21)	3	Did not advance				17
Vildane Jashari Valmira Ramadani	Women's	Chamereau / Jupiter (FRA)L 0-2 (6-21, 10–21) Vence / Nezir (TUR)L 0-2 (20-22, 9-21) Zeroual / Siad (MAR)L 0-2 (20-22, 19–21)	4	—	Did not advance			9

Boxing

Athlete	Event	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Besfort Merlaku	Bantamweight	Di Serio (ITA) L 0-5	Did not advance
Violant Sylejmani	Lightweight	Bye	Oumiha (FRA) L 0-5	Did not advance		5
Patriot Behrami	Light welterweight	Tsanikidis (GRE) L 0-5	Did not advance
Dielli Vranoci	Welterweight	Magri (ITA) W 3-2	Tabai (TUN) L 1-4	Did not advance		5

Judo

Men

Athlete	Event	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage 1	Repechage 2	Final / BM
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Akil Gjakova	−73 kg	Bye	Ramírez (ESP) W 10–00	Mohyeldin (EGY) W 01–00	Bye		Çiloğlu (TUR) W 10–00

Women

Athlete	Event	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage 1	Repechage 2	Final / BM
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Distria Krasniqi	−52 kg	Bye	Pérez Box (ESP) W 10-00	Korkmaz (TUR) W 10-00	Bye		Giuffrida (ITA) W 01-00
Nora Gjakova	−57 kg	Bye	Šikić (CRO) W 10-00	Khelifi (TUN) W 10-00	Bye		Boi (ITA) W 10-00
Laura Fazliu	−63 kg	Obradović (SRB) L 00-10	Did not advance		Belattar (MAR) W 10-00	Belkadi (ALG) W 10-00	Katipoğlu (TUR) L 00-10	5
Loriana Kuka	−78 kg	—	Talarn (ESP) W 10-00	Brolih (SLO) W 01-00	—	Bye	Stangherlin (ITA) L 00-01

Karate

Men

Athlete	Event	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage	Final / BM
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Orges Arifi	−60 kg	Pavlov (MKD) L 1-3	did not advance
Alvin Karaqi	−84 kg	Kvesić (CRO) W 4-3	el-Masry (EGY) L 1-5	did not advance
Herolind Nishevci	+84 kg	Bye	el-Asfar (EGY) L 1-2	Did not advance	Bitević (SRB) L 0-2	Did not advance	7

Women

Athlete	Event	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage	Final / BM
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Adelina Rama	−61 kg	Stefanovska (MKD) W 8-0	Lofty (EGY) L 1-10	Did not advance	Simão (POR) W 2-0	Ferrer (ESP) L 0-1	5
Fortesa Orana	+68 kg	Chatziliadou (GRE) L 0-5	did not advance		Bujas Čelan (CRO) L 1-2	Did not advance	7

Shooting

Men

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
Athlete	Event	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Nexhat Sahiti	10 m air pistol	560	15	Did not advance

Swimming

Men

Athlete	Event	Heat		Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Dren Ukimeraj	50 m freestyle	26.09	20	Did not advance
	100 m freestyle	56.58	22	Did not advance
	200 m freestyle	2:05.28	23	Did not advance
Dion Kadriu	100 m freestyle	56.49	21	Did not advance
	200 m freestyle	2:04.43	22	Did not advance
	50 m backstroke	30.43	20	Did not advance
	100 m butterfly	1:03.89	14	Did not advance
Dasar Xhambazi	50 m breaststroke	32.11	21	Did not advance
Dasar Xhambazi	100 m breaststroke	1:11.51	18	Did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Heat		Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Fjorda Shabani	50 m freestyle	28.49	23	Did not advance
	50 m backstroke	32.17	14	Did not advance
	100 m backstroke	1:07.69	10	Did not advance
Eda Zeqiri	50 m backstroke	32.36	15	Did not advance
Eda Zeqiri	100 m backstroke	1:09.42	11	Did not advance

Table tennis

Men

Athlete	Event	Round Robin 1		Round Robin 2		Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final / BM	Rank
Athlete	Event	Opposition Score	Rank	Opposition Score	Rank	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Kreshnik Mahmuti	Singles	Carvalho (POR)L 0-4 (5-11, 3–11, 6–11, 5–11) Tosuni (ALB)W 4-0 (11-4, 11–5, 11–9, 11–9) Robinot (FRA)L 0-4 (1-11, 6–11, 7–11, 2–11)	3	Did not advance
Fatih Karabaxhak	Singles	Cantero (ESP)L 0-4 (walkover) Konstantinopoulos (GRE)L 0-4 (walkover) Gündüz (TUR)L 0-4 (walkover)	4	Did not advance
Fatih Karabaxhak Kreshnik Mahmuti Mentor Shabani	Team	—		France (FRA)L 0-3 Spain (ESP)L 0-3	3	Did not advance

Taekwondo

Men

Athlete	Event	Preliminary round	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
Athlete	Event	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Qendrim Sejfijaj	-68kg	Reçber (TUR) L 6-29	did not advance
Butrint Ejupi	-80kg	Martínez García (ESP) L 0-26	did not advance

Tennis

Men

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / BM
Athlete	Event	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Granit Bajraliu	Singles	Zili (ALB) W 6–1, 6-0	Müller (FRA) L 2–6, 1-6	Did not advance
Burim Bytyqi	Singles	Ahouda (MAR) L 0–6, 2-6	Did not advance
Granit Bajraliu Burim Bytyqi	Doubles	—	Samaha / Habib (LBN) L 1–6, 4-6	Did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / BM
Athlete	Event	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Blearta Ukëhaxhaj	Singles	Bechri (TUN) L 1–6, 1-6	Did not advance

Weightlifting

Women

Athlete	Event	Snatch		Clean & jerk
Athlete	Event	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Leonora Brajshori	−53 kg	62	4	80	5

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References

↑ Philip Barker (6 July 2018). "Why Kosovo's presence at the Mediterranean Games is just the latest example of "Olympic Geography"". www.insidethegames.biz. Retrieved 9 April 2021.

"XVIII Jocs Mediterranis Tarragona 2018". tarragona2018.cat. Archived from the original on 2015-09-07. Retrieved 2018-05-24.

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[1] Philip Barker (6 July 2018). "Why Kosovo's presence at the Mediterranean Games is just the latest example of "Olympic Geography"". www.insidethegames.biz. Retrieved 9 April 2021.

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