The Gambia at the Olympics

Umbrella organization of the Olympic Movement Gambia is the Gambia National Olympic Committee ( GNOC ). The GNOC was founded in 1972 and recognized four years later by the International Olympic Committee (IOC).

History

The Olympic movement Gambia was formed at the beginning of the 1970s. At the instigation of Mahtarr A. Sarr, the " National Olympic and Commonwealth Games Association " was founded in 1972. The goal was to send a delegation of athletes to the XX. Summer Olympics to send to Munich. The association was not recognized by the IOC, because he did not fulfill one of the basic conditions, the steering of at least five Olympic sports.

New impetus was given the project in advance of the XXI. Summer Olympics 1976. After the establishment of a National Basketball Association (GBF ) and a Volleyball Federation ( GVBA ) in 1972, a Handball Association in 1975 and a wrestling federation in 1976 the basic requirement of the IOC was satisfied for a recording. Under Omar Sey example, the new president of the Gambia National Olympic Committee, a second request for inclusion in the Olympic family was provided. After preliminary approval, the IOC to the application during its 78th Session in Montreal upheld.

Participations

For the first time traveled Gambian Athletes 1976 Summer Olympics. As a protest against the participation of the New Zealand team, the rugby team had broken the international sports ban against South Africa shortly before the Games, the African countries decided to boycott the Games of Montreal. Gambia joined this boycott and the five athletes and two officials traveled again from the Olympic Village. Four years later, rejected the GNOC the invitation to the Summer Olympics in Moscow, thus conveying the boycott of most Western states.

So it was only in 1984 at the Summer Games in Los Angeles for the Olympic debut of the country. Since then, the country took part in all the Summer Games.

Sport by year

Olympic Summer Games

Participated disciplines:

Middleweight: 2008

Freestyle - Welterweight (up to 74 kg ): 1988
Freestyle - Middleweight ( up to 82 kg): 1988
Freestyle - Light Heavyweight (up to 90 kg): 1988

Of medals won

So far could win an Olympic medal, none of the 28 participating athletes from Gambia. It took it 22 men and 6 women so far in the games.

The youngest athlete was 4 × 400 m relay participants Lamin Drammeh, which was 17.5 years with his participation. At 36.5 years, the 4 × 400 m relay participants Momodou Sarr was the oldest participant. During his second participation in the Games

As the most successful participants in the Sprinter Dawda Jallow is mentioned, he took part in the Games in 1984, 1988, 1992 and 1996 and arrived in Seoul in 1988 the quarter-finals of the men in the 400 -meter run.

Flag Bearer

At the opening ceremony the Delagation Gambia was led by the following athletes as flag carrier:

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