Refugee Olympic Team

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 Sudan	Kenya	athletics	400 m (men)
Yiech Biel	South Sudan	Kenya	athletics	800 m (men)
Paulo Amotun Lokoro	South Sudan	Kenya	athletics	1500 m (men)
Yona's children	Ethiopia	Luxembourg	athletics	Marathon (men)
Popole Misenga	DR Congo	Brazil	Judo	Middleweight (men)
Rami anise	Syria	Belgium	swim	100 m butterfly (men)
Rose Lokonyen	South Sudan	Kenya	athletics	800 m (women)
Anjelina Lohalith	South Sudan	Kenya	athletics	1500 m (women)
Yolande Mabika	DR Congo	Brazil	Judo	Middleweight (women)
Yusra Mardini	Syria	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

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

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	000s0: 110s0	eliminated								17th
Men
Popole Misenga	up to 90 kg	A. Singh	001s0: 000s2	D. Gwak	000s2: 100s2	eliminated						9

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

• Rio 2016: Refugees should also start at the Olympic Games . Published on Spiegel Online on March 3, 2016

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).