Olympic history of Nicaragua

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Nicaragua , whose NOK , the Comité Olímpico Nicaragüense , was founded in 1959, has been taking part in the Summer Olympics since 1968. Only the 1988 Summer Games were not played. No athlete from Nicaragua has taken part in the Winter Games. Young athletes took part in the youth summer games held so far. Medals have not yet been won.

In 1980 , 13-year-old swimmer Garnet Charwat, the youngest female athlete in Nicaragua, took part. The oldest participant was Walter Martínez, a marksman in 2008 at the age of 40 .

Overview

Summer games

Nicaragua's first Olympic team participated in the 1968 Mexico City Games. The team consisted of athletes, boxers and weightlifters. The boxers Hermes Silva and Alofonso Molina and the athletes Juan Argüello and Francisco Menocal were the first Olympians in their country on October 13, 1968. The sprinter Russell Carrero was on September 1, 1972 the first woman in Nicaragua at the Olympic Games. Nicaragua boycotted the Seoul Games in 1988 to show solidarity with North Korea.

Nicaraguan athletes took part in the following sports judo (since 1972), cycling and swimming (since 1976), wrestling and shooting (since 1992), baseball (since 1996) and taekwondo (since 2000).

Nicaragua was only successful in the no longer played baseball. At the 1996 tournament in Atlanta, the country was fourth in the preliminary round and was thus qualified for the semi-finals. The semi-final game against Cuba was lost 8-1, the bronze game against the USA 3:10.

Youth games

Three young athletes, two boys and one girl, competed in swimming and wrestling at the first 2010 Summer Youth Olympic Games in Singapore .

In 2014 in Nanjing , four Nicaraguan athletes, two boys and two girls, took part. They competed in athletics, swimming, wrestling, and weight lifting. Medals could not be won at either event.

Overview of the participants

Summer games

year Athletes Flag bearer sports Medals rank
total Men Women athletics Boxing Weightlifting Judo Cycling swim Wrestling shoot baseball Taekwondo Gold medal.svg Silver medal.svg Bronze medal.svg Total
1896-1964 not participated
1968 11 11 0 Donald Velez 7th 3 1
1972 8th 7th 1 Donald Velez 5 2 1
1976 15th 15th 0 Frank Richardson 5 1 2 2 4th 2
1980 5 3 2 Xiomara Larios 2 2 1
1984 5 5 0 Gustavo Herrera 3 2
1988 not participated
1992 8th 7th 1 Magdiel Gutiérrez 1 2 2 2 1 1
1996 26th 25th 1 Walter Martínez 2 2 1 1 20th
2000 6th 4th 2 Walter Martínez 1 1 2 1 1
2004 5 2 3 Svetlana Kashchenko 2 2 1
2008 6th 3 3 Alexis Argüello 2 1 2 1
2012 6th 3 3 Osmar Bravo 2 1 1 2
2016 5 3 2 Rafael Lacayo 1 1 2 1
total 0 0 0 0 -

Winter games

year Athletes Flag bearer sports Medals
total m w Gold medal.svg Silver medal.svg Bronze medal.svg total rank
1924-2018 not participated
total 0 0 0 0 -

Youth Summer Games

year Athletes Flag bearer sports Medals
total m w swim Wrestling athletics Weightlifting Gold medal.svg Silver medal.svg Bronze medal.svg total rank
2010 3 2 1 Fabiola Espinoza 2 1
2014 4th 2 2 1 1 1 1
total 0 0 0 0 -

Youth Winter Games

year Athletes Flag bearer sports Medals
total m w Gold medal.svg Silver medal.svg Bronze medal.svg total rank
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

  • Nicaragua in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )
  • Nicaragua on Olympic.org  - The Official website of the Olympic movement (English)