1996 Summer Olympics / Participant (Zaire)

ZAI

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Today Democratic Republic of Congo took shape under the name of the country Zaire in the 1996 Olympic Games in Atlanta for the fifth time at Summer Olympics in part. Zaire's team consisted of 14 participants, two of which were men and twelve women. They competed in two competitions in two sports. The youngest participant was the basketball player Mabika Mwadi at 20 years and 26 days, the oldest was Mukendi Mbuyi at 36 years and 87 days, who was also a member of the basketball team. Mbuyi is to this day the oldest participant for the Democratic Republic of the Congo in the Olympic Games. At the opening ceremony on July 19, 1996, Lukengu Ngalula carried the Zaire flag into the Olympic Stadium.

Attendees

Surname	Age	gender	sport	Result (s)
Lileko Bonzali	27	Female	basketball	12th place with the team
Willy Kalombo	28	male	athletics	16th place in the marathon
Kasala Kamanga	35	Female	basketball	12th place with the team
Zaina Kapepula	20th	Female	basketball	12th place with the team
Amba Kongolo	23	Female	basketball	12th place with the team
Daunai Lobela	22nd	Female	basketball	12th place with the team
Kaninga Mbambi	24	Female	basketball	12th place with the team
Mukendi Mbuyi	36	Female	basketball	12th place with the team
Kaleka Mutoke	30th	male	athletics	96th place in the marathon
Mabika Mwadi	30th	Female	basketball	12th place with the team
Lukengu Ngalula	24	Female	basketball	12th place with the team
Patricia Ngoyi	24	Female	basketball	12th place with the team
Kakengwa Pikinini	25th	Female	basketball	12th place with the team
Muene Tshijuka	23	Female	basketball	12th place with the team

literature

• Volker Kluge : Summer Olympic Games. Chronicle IV. Seoul 1988 - Atlanta 1996. Sportverlag Berlin, Berlin 2002, ISBN 3-328-00830-6 .
• Official report on the 1996 Summer Olympics. Part three. ( PDF file; 26.90 MB )

Web links

• Zaire at the 1996 Summer Olympics in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )