Refugee Olympic Team

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The Olympic flag as a symbol of the Refugee Olympic Team

Refugee Olympic Team , (German Olympic refugee team), ROT for short , was the name of a team that started at the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro and consisted of athletes who, as recognized refugees, could not compete for their home country. Originally the team was to be called Team Refugee Olympic Athletes ( ROA ), later the final name was used by the International Olympic Committee (IOC).

The Olympic flag and the Olympic anthem were used as symbols of the team . When the participating athletes marched in during the opening ceremony , the ROT team appeared as the penultimate team immediately before the host country Brazil . The equipment and funding was provided as part of the Olympic Solidarity, an aid program of the IOC.

In order to set up Team RED, the National Olympic Committees were asked by the IOC to name suitable athletes who were both recognized as refugees and who fulfilled the athletic qualifications. The final selection of the athletes and other team members, including a Chef de Mission , coaches and technical officials, was made by the IOC Executive Board.

Members of the team

In June 2016, the IOC named the following ten athletes as members of Team ROT:

Surname Homeland Host country sport discipline
James Chiengjiek South SudanSouth Sudan South Sudan KenyaKenya Kenya athletics 400 m (men)
Yiech Biel South SudanSouth Sudan South Sudan KenyaKenya Kenya athletics 800 m (men)
Paulo Amotun Lokoro South SudanSouth Sudan South Sudan KenyaKenya Kenya athletics 1500 m (men)
Yona's children EthiopiaEthiopia Ethiopia LuxembourgLuxembourg Luxembourg athletics Marathon (men)
Popole Misenga Congo Democratic RepublicDemocratic Republic of Congo DR Congo BrazilBrazil Brazil Judo Middleweight (men)
Rami anise SyriaSyria Syria BelgiumBelgium Belgium swim 100 m butterfly (men)
Rose Lokonyen South SudanSouth Sudan South Sudan KenyaKenya Kenya athletics 800 m (women)
Anjelina Lohalith South SudanSouth Sudan South Sudan KenyaKenya Kenya athletics 1500 m (women)
Yolande Mabika Congo Democratic RepublicDemocratic Republic of Congo DR Congo BrazilBrazil Brazil Judo Middleweight (women)
Yusra Mardini SyriaSyria Syria GermanyGermany Germany swim 100 m freestyle and 100 m butterfly (women)

Long-distance runner and former marathon world record holder Tegla Loroupe from Kenya acted as Chef de Mission .

Participants by sport

Logo athletics athletics

Running and walking

Athletes competition Round 1 Semifinals final rank
time rank time rank time rank
Women
Rose Lokonyen 800 m 2: 16.64 min 61 eliminated 61
Anjelina Lohalith 1500 m 4: 47.38 min 40 eliminated 40
Men
James Chiengjiek 400 m 52.89 s 50 eliminated 50
Yiech Biel 800 m 1: 54.67 min 54 eliminated 54
Paulo Lokoro 1500 m 4: 03.96 min 39 eliminated 39
Yona's children marathon - - 2:24:08 h 90 90

Logo judo Judo

Athletes competition 1 round 2nd round Quarter finals Semi-finals / consolation round Final / 3rd place rank
opponent Result opponent Result opponent Result opponent Result opponent Result
Women
Yolande Mabika up to 70 kg L. Bolder IsraelIsrael 000s0: 110s0 eliminated 17th
Men
Popole Misenga up to 90 kg A. Singh IndiaIndia 001s0: 000s2 D. Gwak Korea SouthSouth Korea 000s2: 100s2 eliminated 9

Swimming pictogram.svg swim

Athletes competition leader Semifinals final rank
time rank time rank time rank
Women
Yusra Mardini 100 m freestyle 1: 04.66 min 45 eliminated 45
Yusra Mardini 100 m butterfly 1: 09.21 min 40 eliminated 40
Men
Rami anise 100 m freestyle 54.25 s 56 eliminated 56
Rami anise 100 m butterfly 56.23 s 40 eliminated 40

Web links

Commons : Refugee Olympic Team at the 2016 Olympic Games  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. a b Refugee Olympic Team to shine spotlight on worldwide refugee crisis. International Olympic Committee , June 3, 2016, accessed July 31, 2019 .
  2. ^ Team of Refugee Olympic Athletes (ROA) created by the IOC. International Olympic Committee , March 2, 2016, accessed July 31, 2019 .
  3. ^ "Judo Resultsbook" ( Memento from August 23, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) (PDF) Website of the Rio Olympics. Retrieved August 22, 2016. (English).