Refugee Olympic Team at the Olympics
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IOC code | EOR |
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The Refugee Olympic Team consists of independent Olympic participants.
In March 2016, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) President Thomas Bach declared that the IOC would choose five to ten refugees to compete at the Rio Olympics, in the context of the "worldwide refugee crisis",[1] of which the European migrant crisis is a prominent part. The athletes competed under the Olympic Flag. Initially, they were labeled "Team of Refugee Olympic Athletes", with the IOC country code ROA,[2] but this was updated to Refugee Olympic Team with the country code ROT.[3][4]
As of 2021, no refugee athletes have participated in the Winter Olympic Games.
2016 Summer Olympics[edit]
2020 Summer Olympics[edit]
Its IOC code was ROT in 2016 but was changed to EOR for the 2020 Olympics.[5]
Sports[edit]
The following is the list of the number of athletes for each sport in these 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 |
Athletes and Sports[edit]
The following is the list of athletes which was announced on 8 June 2021.[5][6]
References[edit]
- ^ "Refugee Olympic Team to Shine Spotlight On Worldwide Refugee Crisis". International Olympic Committee. 3 June 2016. Archived from the original on 3 June 2016. Retrieved 3 June 2016.
- ^ "Rio 2016: Refugee team to compete at Olympics". BBC Sport. 2 March 2016. Archived from the original on 26 March 2016. Retrieved 27 April 2016.
- ^ "Refugee Olympic Team". Rio 2016. Archived from the original on 5 August 2016. Retrieved 4 August 2016.
- ^ "Refugee Olympic Team To Shine Spotlight on Worldwide Refugee Crisis". IOC. Archived from the original on 5 August 2016. Retrieved 4 August 2016.
- ^ a b "29 refugee athletes to send a message of solidarity and hope to the world at the Olympic Games Tokyo 2020". Retrieved 8 June 2021.
- ^ "IOC Refugee Olympic Team Tokyo 2020" (PDF). Retrieved 8 June 2021.