Olympic history of Dominica
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The NOK Dominicas , the Dominica Olympic Committee , was founded in 1987 but was not recognized by the IOC until 1993 . The Caribbean state has only been sending athletes to the Summer Olympics since 1996 . In 2014 Dominica took part in the Winter Games. The island nation also took part in the Youth Summer Games. So far there have been no medal winners.
General overview
Summer games
Dominica's first Olympic team consisted of five athletes and one swimmer in Atlanta in 1996. The island nation's first Olympian was swimmer Woody Lawrence, who competed in the 50 meter freestyle on July 25, 1996. Dominica's first women at the Olympic Games were the athletes Hermin Joseph and Dawn Williams a day later. Dominican athletes were subsequently unsuccessful.
Winter games
Dominica took part in the Sochi 2014 Games with a cross-country skier. Originally two athletes were nominated. The two participants, the married couple Gary and Angelica di Silvestri, were among the oldest participants in Sochi, aged 47 and 48 respectively. Both were US citizens. Allegedly, they were offered Dominican citizenship because of their charitable work on the island nation. They then founded the National Ski Association of Dominica . Later research revealed that Gary di Silvestri had made false statements about his athletic past as an alleged wrestler and rower. Angelica di Silvestri was unable to take part in her competition due to a training accident.
Youth games
Dominica has participated in the two youth summer games held so far. In 2010 there were three athletes, a boy and two girls, and in 2014 there were two athletes, a boy and a girl. Dominica did not take part in the youth winter games.
Overview of the participations
Summer games
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| 1896-1992 | not participated | |||||||||||
| 1996 | 6th | 4th | 2 | Jérôme Romain | 5 | 1 | ||||||
| 2000 | 4th | 2 | 2 | Marcia Daniel | 2 | 2 | ||||||
| 2004 | 2 | 1 | 1 | Chris Lloyd | 2 | |||||||
| 2008 | 2 | 2 | 0 | Jérôme Romain | 2 | |||||||
| 2012 | 2 | 1 | 1 | Erison Hurtault | 2 | |||||||
| 2016 | 2 | 1 | 1 | Erison Hurtault | 2 | |||||||
| total | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | |||||||
Winter games
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| 1924-2010 | not participated | |||||||||
| 2014 | 1 | 1 | 0 | Gary di Silvestri | 1 | |||||
| 2018 | not participated | |||||||||
| total | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | |||||
Youth Summer Games
| year | Athletes | Flag bearer | sports | Medals | ||||||
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| 2010 | 3 | 1 | 2 | Simone Lawrence | 3 | |||||
| 2014 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||||||
| total | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | |||||
Youth Winter Games
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| 2012-2016 | not participated | |||||||||
| total | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | |||||
Medalist
Gold medals
So far (as of 2017) no medal winners
Silver medals
So far (as of 2017) no medal winners
Bronze medals
So far (as of 2017) no medal winners
Web links
- Dominica in the database of Sports-Reference (English; archived from the original )
- Dominica on Olympic.org - The Official website of the Olympic movement (English)
