Tajikistan at the Olympics

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Tajikistan at the
Olympics
IOC codeTJK
NOCNational Olympic Committee of the Republic of Tajikistan
Websitewww.olympic.tj (in Tajik)
Medals
Ranked 103rd
Gold
1
Silver
1
Bronze
2
Total
4
Summer appearances
Winter appearances
Other related appearances
 Russian Empire (1900–1912)
 Soviet Union (1952–1988)
 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.

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[edit]

Medals by sport[edit]

SportGoldSilverBronzeTotal
Athletics1001
Wrestling0101
Boxing0011
Judo0011
Totals (4 entries)1124

List of medalists[edit]

Medal Name Games Sport Event
 Silver Yusup Abdusalomov 2008 Beijing Wrestling Men's freestyle 84 kg
 Bronze Rasul Boqiev 2008 Beijing Judo Men's 73 kg
 Bronze Mavzuna Chorieva 2012 London Boxing Women's lightweight
 Gold Dilshod Nazarov 2016 Rio de Janeiro Athletics Men's hammer throw

See also[edit]

External links[edit]

  • "Tajikistan". International Olympic Committee.
  • "Tajikistan". Olympedia.com.
  • "Olympic Analytics/TJK". olympanalyt.com.