Olympic history of the United Arab Emirates

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The United Arab Emirates ' NOK , al-Ladschna al-ulimbiyya al-wataniyya bi-Daulat al-Imarat al-ʿarabiyya al-Muttahida , was founded in 1979 and recognized by the IOC a year later . Since 1984, state athletes have taken part in all the Summer Olympics. Participation in winter games has so far been waived. Young athletes took part in both of the youth summer games that have been held so far.

Overview

Summer games

Sergiu Toma (in blue) in his third round fight against the Brazilian Victor Penalber at the judo tournament 2016

The country's first Olympic team consisted of athletes in Los Angeles in 1984. The first Olympic athletes of the Emirates were the sprinter Mohamed Abdullah, the middle-distance runner Ibrahim Aziz and the hurdler Ibrahim Khamis on August 3, 1984. The first woman to represent the Emirates at the Olympic Games was show jumper Latifa Al Maktum on August 15, 2008.

In addition to athletics, the United Arab Emirates were subsequently also represented in swimming and cycling (from 1988), shooting (from 1996), judo, riding and sailing (from 2008) as well as weightlifting and football (from 2012).

2004 was a success. The marksman Ahmed Al Maktum , a member of the Dubai royal family , won the double trap competition, becoming the first medalist and Olympic champion in the Emirates. In trap shooting, he was also fourth. In 2008, he was seventh in double trap. In 2016 Sergiu Toma won bronze in the light middleweight division. Toma started in 2008 and 2012 for his native Moldova.

Youth games

Four teenagers, three boys and one girl, took part in the first 2010 Summer Youth Olympic Games in Singapore. They competed in the sports of horse riding, shooting, sailing and taekwondo. The show jumping rider Ali Abdullah Al-Qassimi was most successful on his horse Pearl Monarch , who achieved 4th place with the mixed team Asia

In the 2014 Summer Youth Olympic Games in Nanjing , four young people took part again, this time two boys and two girls. They competed in athletics, sailing, shooting and swimming, but were unsuccessful.

Overview of the participants

Summer games

year	Athletes			Flag bearer	sports									Medals
	total																total	rank
1896-1948	not participated
1984	7th	7th	0	Mubarak Ismail Amber	7th
1988	12	12	0	Sultan Khalifa		6th	6th
1992	13	13	0	Mohamed Al-Tunaiji	4th	5	4th
1996	4th	4th	0	Nabil Abdul Tahlak	1	1	1	1
2000	4th	4th	0	Saeed bin Maktoum bin Rashid Al Maktoum	1	1		2
2004	4th	4th	0	Saeed bin Maktoum bin Rashid Al Maktoum	1	1		2						1			1	54
2008	8th	6th	2	Maitha Al Maktum	1	1		2	1	1	1
2012	26th	24	2	Saeed bin Maktoum bin Rashid Al Maktoum	2	1		3	1			1	18th
2016	12	9	3	Nada Al Bedwawi	2	2	1	3	3			1				1	1	78
total														1	0	1	2	94

Winter games

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

List of medal winners

Gold medals

Surname	Games	sport	discipline	annotation
Ahmed Al Maktum	2004 Athens	shoot	Double trap

Silver medals

So far (as of 2018) no silver medals

Bronze medals

Surname	Games	sport	discipline	annotation
Sergiu Toma	2016 Rio de Janeiro	Judo	Light middleweight

Medals by sport

sport	gold	silver	bronze	total
shoot	1	0	0	1
Judo	0	0	1	1
total	1	0	1	2

Web links

• United Arab Emirates in the database of Sports-Reference (English; archived from the original )
• United Arab Emirates on Olympic.org  - The Official website of the Olympic movement (English)
• UAENOC website (arab.)