Olympic history of Eritrea
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Eritrea , whose NOK , the Eritrean National Olympic Committee , was founded in 1996, has been sending athletes to the Summer Olympics since 2000. In 2018, a winter sports enthusiast in the country took part in the Winter Olympics for the first time.
Overview
Between 1956 and 1992 Eritrean athletes were part of the Ethiopian Olympic teams. The East African state became independent in 1993, and the Eritrean NOK was recognized by the IOC in 1996. The first participation of Eritrean athletes took place at the 2000 Olympic Games in Sydney.
The first Olympian in Eritrea was Yonas Kifle in the 10,000 meter run on September 22, 2000 . On the same day, Eritrea's first woman, Nebiat Habtemariam, started in the 5000 meter run.
In 2004 in Athens there was a final participation in athletics. Over 5000 m, Zersenay Tadesse was seventh. In the 10,000 meter race, which was completed without a preliminary round, Yonas Kifle was 16th, while Tadesse won the first Olympic medal for his country with bronze.
In Beijing in 2008 , like in 2000 and 2004, only track and field athletes competed. Over 5000 m, Kidane Tadesse, the brother of the Athens medalist, came tenth in the final. His brother was able to achieve 5th place over 10,000 m this time, Kidane was twelfth. In the men's marathon, Yared Asmerom achieved a top placement with 8th place.
A cyclist was used for the first time at the 2012 London Games . This time there were only top placements over 10,000 m. Zersenay Tadesse finished sixth, his teammate Teklemariam Medhin seventh.
In Rio de Janeiro in 2016 reached Abrar Osman m the final 5000 and finished tenth. In his fourth participation in the Olympic Games, Zersenay Tadesse was able to occupy 8th place over 10,000 m, Nguse Tesfaldet was ninth. Ghirmay Ghebreslassie ran just past a medal in the marathon , who came fourth and missed the bronze medal by just under a minute.
At the 2018 Winter Games , the ski racer Shannon-Ogbani Abeda was the first athlete from Eritrea to take part in the Winter Games.
Overview of the participants
Summer games
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| 1896-1952 | not participated | |||||||||||||
| 1956-1992 | Eritrean athletes took part as Ethiopian team members | |||||||||||||
| 1996 | not participated | |||||||||||||
| 2000 | 3 | 2 | 1 | Nebiat Habtemariam | 3 | |||||||||
| 2004 | 4th | 3 | 1 | Yonas Kifle | 4th | 1 | 1 | 71 | ||||||
| 2008 | 10 | 8th | 2 | Simret Sultan | 10 | |||||||||
| 2012 | 12 | 11 | 1 | Weynay ghebresilasia | 11 | 1 | ||||||||
| 2016 | 12 | 11 | 1 | Volunteer | 11 | 1 | ||||||||
| total | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 141 | |||||||||
Winter games
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| 1924-2014 | not participated | |||||||||
| 2018 | 1 | 1 | 0 | Shannon-Ogbani Abeda | 1 | |||||
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List of medal winners
Gold medals
So far (as of 2017) no gold medals
Silver medals
So far (as of 2017) no silver medals
Bronze medals
| Surname | Games | sport | discipline |
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| Zersenay Tadesse | 2004 Athens | athletics | 10,000 meters |
Medals by sport
| sport | gold | silver | bronze | total |
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| athletics | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| total | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Web links
- Eritrea in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )
- Eritrea on Olympic.org - The Official website of the Olympic movement (English)
