Olympic history of the Dominican Republic

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Félix Sánchez, his country's first Olympic champion, celebrates his 2012 victory

Luguelín Santos, silver 2012 and gold at the 2010 youth games

Yuderqui Contreras

The Comité Olímpico Dominicano is the National Olympic Committee of the Dominican Republic . It was founded in 1946 and recognized by the International Olympic Committee in 1962 .

Since 1964, athletes from the Caribbean have taken part in the Summer Olympics. Young athletes have been sent to the two youth summer games held so far. The Dominican Republic has not yet participated in the winter games.

General overview

Summer games

The Dominican Republic's first Olympic team in 1964 consisted of a track and field athlete, sprinter Alberto Torres, who became the state's first Olympian on October 14, 1964. In 1968 there were participants in boxing, shooting, weightlifting and wrestling, and in 1972 in judo. On July 24, 1976 in Montreal, the sprinter Divina Estrella became the first woman of the Dominican Republic at the Olympic Games.

In 1980 in Moscow, Dominican divers took part for the first time, in 1984 in Los Angeles a sailor and two synchronized swimmers. Los Angeles saw the country's first medal win. Boxer Pedro Nolasco won bronze in the bantamweight division. In 1988 in Seoul, the country took part in the table tennis tournament for the first time, in 1992 in the baseball tournament and in 1996 in the tennis tournament.

The Dominican Republic took part in taekwondo and volleyball in 2004. In Athens, Félix Sánchez became the country's first Olympic champion in the 400-meter hurdles. In 2008 in Beijing, boxer Félix Díaz won his second Olympic victory in the light welterweight division. In Taekwondo, Yulis Mercedes won silver in the flyweight division. The weightlifter Yuderqui Contreras reached fifth place in the featherweight category .

In London 2012, Félix Sánchez became Olympic champion in the 400 meter hurdles for the second time after 2004. Luguelín Santos won silver over 400 meters. The women's volleyball team reached the quarter-finals after two wins in five preliminary rounds. Here they lost 3-0 to the USA. In London, a gymnast from the country took part for the first time. Yamilet Peña reached the device finals in the horse vault and was sixth.

In Rio de Janeiro 2016, a cyclist and a rider competed for the first time. Luisito Pié won the bronze medal in flyweight in Taekwondo. In weightlifting, Yuderqui Contreras was sixth in flyweight, Beatriz Pirón fourth in bantamweight and Luis García eighth in bantamweight.

Youth games

The Dominican Republic took part in both of the youth summer games held so far. In 2010, in Singapore, young people were sent to the sports of athletics, sailing, weightlifting and wrestling. Luguelín Santos won the 400 meter competition. Fany Chalas won bronze over 100 meters. Santos also won the mixed 400-meter relay with four athletes from four countries. However, this medal will be credited to the mixed teams in the medal table. Weightlifter Yineisy Reyes was fourth in the 53kg class.

In 2014 in Nanjing, ten young people took part in athletics, boxing, horse riding, judo, sailing, swimming, weight lifting and wrestling. The boxer Juan Solano won the silver medal in the 69 kg class. The rider María Brugal won bronze in the mixed team in show jumping. This medal will be credited to the mixed teams in the medal table. The athlete Juan Núñez de la Rosa became sexhtger over 400 meter hurdles.

Overview of the participations

Summer games

year	Athletes			Flag bearer	sports																	Medals
	total	m	w																						total	rank
1896-1960	not participated
1964	1	1	0	Alberto Torres	1
1968	18th	18th	0		9	2	3	2	2
1972	5	5	0				2	1		2
1976	10	9	1	Eleoncio Mercedes	2	6th		2
1980	6th	5	1	Marisela Peralta	2	1		1			2
1984	19th	15th	4th	Pedro Nolasco	4th	6th			1	2	3	1	2											1	1	43
1988	16	15th	1	Juan Núñez	3	5		4th		1				3
1992	32	30th	2	Altagracia Contreras		6th		1	1	4th					20th
1996	16	12	4th	Joan Guzman	3	6th		1	1	3				1		1
2000	13	11	2	Wanda Rijo	2	3		2		5			1
2004	33	17th	16	Félix Sánchez	5	5	1	1	1	5				2			1	12				1			1	54
2008	24	18th	6th	Félix Sánchez	6th	6th	1	1		3		1	1	4th								1	1		2	47
2012	33	13	20th	Yulis Mercedes	9	3	1	2		1			2	1			1	12	1			1	1		2	46
2016	29	21st	8th	Luguelin Santos	13	2	1	3		1			2			1	3			1	1			1	1	70
total																						3	2	2	7th	68

Winter games

year	Athletes			Flag bearer	sports	Medals
	total	m	w						total	rank
1924-2018	not participated
total						0	0	0	0	-

Youth Summer Games

year	Athletes			Flag bearer	sports								Medals
	total	m	w													total	rank
2010	7th	3	4th	Luguelin Santos	3	2	2	1					1		1	2	48
2014	10	4th	6th		2	1	1	1	1	1	1	2		1		1	70
total													1	1	1	3	57

Youth Winter Games

year	Athletes			Flag bearer	sports	Medals
	total	m	w						total	rank
2012-2016	not participated
total						0	0	0	0	-

Medalist

Gold medals

Surname	Games	sport	discipline	annotation
Félix Sánchez	2004 Athens	athletics	400 meter hurdles	first Olympic victory
Félix Díaz	2008 Beijing	Boxing	Light welterweight
Félix Sánchez	2012 London	athletics	400 meter hurdles

Silver medals

Surname	Games	sport	discipline	annotation
Yulis Mercedes	2008 Beijing	Taekwondo	Flyweight
Luguelin Santos	2012 London	athletics	400 meters

Bronze medals

Surname	Games	sport	discipline	annotation
Pedro Nolasco	1984 Los Angeles	Boxing	Bantamweight	first medal win
Luisito Pié	2016 Rio de Janeiro	Taekwondo	Flyweight

Medals by sport

sport	gold	silver	bronze	total
athletics	2	1	0	3
Boxing	1	0	1	2
Taekwondo	0	1	1	2
total	3	2	2	7th

Medal table

Olympic games

				total	rank
Olympic Summer Games	3	2	2	7th	68
winter Olympics	0	0	0	0	-
total	3	2	2	7th	69

Youth Olympic Games

				total	rank
Youth Olympic Summer Games	1	1	1	3	57
Youth Olympic Winter Games	0	0	0	0	-
total	1	1	1	3	61

Web link

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