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IOC Refugee Olympic Team at the 2020 Summer Olympics

Refugee Olympic Team at the 2020 Summer Olympics
Individuals compete under the Olympic Flag
IOC code	EOR
inTokyo, Japan July 23, 2021 (2021-07-23) – August 8, 2021 (2021-08-08)
Competitors	29 in 12 sports
Flag bearers (opening)	Yusra Mardini Tachlowini Gabriyesos
Flag bearer (closing)	Hamoon Derafshipour
Medals	Gold 0 Silver 0 Bronze 0 Total 0
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)
2016 2020 2024

The IOC Refugee Olympic Team competed at the 2020 Summer OlympicsinTokyo, Japan, as independent Olympic participants.^[1]

The IOC code is the French acronym "EOR", which stands for Équipe olympique des réfugiés.^[1] This was the second appearance of a refugee team in the summer Olympics, following the 2016 Games.

For the 2020 Games, the team included 29 athletes, up from 10 in the 2016 team. The team comprised athletes originating from 11 nations who currently reside and train across 13 host nations, supported by the IOC's Olympic Scholarships for Refugee Athletes program.^[2]

At the parade of nations, the IOC Team, according to the Japanese script traditional order and English pronunciation Ai Ō Shī of IOC in Japanese, was the second to parade after Greece who traditionally parade first.

Team selection[edit]

The team was selected on 8 June 2021,^[1][3] represented in the following list, together with each competitor's country of origin and their host National Olympic Committee (NOC).

Athlete	Country of origin	Host NOC	Sport	Event
Dorian Keletela	Congo	Portugal	Athletics	Men's 100 m
Rose Lokonyen	South Sudan	Kenya	Athletics	Women's 800 m
James Chiengjiek	South Sudan	Kenya	Athletics	Men's 800 m
Anjelina Lohalith	South Sudan	Kenya	Athletics	Women's 1500 m
Paulo Amotun Lokoro	South Sudan	Kenya	Athletics	Men's 1500 m
Jamal Abdelmaji Eisa Mohammed	Sudan	Israel	Athletics	Men's 5000 m
Tachlowini Gabriyesos	Eritrea	Israel	Athletics	Men's marathon
Aram Mahmoud	Syria	Netherlands	Badminton	Men's singles
Wessam Salamana	Syria	Germany	Boxing	Men's light welterweight
Eldric Sella	Venezuela	Trinidad and Tobago	Boxing	Men's middleweight
Saeid Fazloula	Iran	Germany	Canoeing	Men's K-1 1000 m
Masomah Ali Zada	Afghanistan	France	Cycling	Men's time trial
Ahmad Wais	Syria	Switzerland	Cycling	Men's time trial
Sanda Aldass	Syria	Netherlands	Judo	Mixed team
Ahmad Alikaj	Syria	Germany	Judo	Mixed team
Muna Dahouk	Syria	Netherlands	Judo	Mixed team
Javad Mahjoub	Iran	Canada	Judo	Mixed team
Popole Misenga	DR Congo	Brazil	Judo	Mixed team
Nigara Shaheen	Afghanistan	Russia	Judo	Mixed team
Wael Shueb	Syria	Germany	Karate	Men's kata
Hamoon Derafshipour	Iran	Canada	Karate	Men's kumite
Luna Solomon	Eritrea	Switzerland	Shooting	Women's 10 m air rifle
Alaa Maso	Syria	Germany	Swimming	Men's 50 m freestyle
Yusra Mardini	Syria	Germany	Swimming	Women's 100 m butterfly
Dina Pouryounes	Iran	Netherlands	Taekwondo	Women's –49 kg
Kimia Alizadeh	Iran	Germany	Taekwondo	Women's –57 kg
Abdullah Sediqi	Afghanistan	Belgium	Taekwondo	Men's –68 kg
Cyrille Fagat Tchatchet II	Cameroon	United Kingdom	Weightlifting	Men's –96 kg
Aker Al-Obaidi	Iraq	Austria	Wrestling	Men's freestyle –67 kg

Competitors[edit]

The following is the list of number of competitors in the Games.

Athletics[edit]

Key

• Note–Ranks given for track events are within the athlete's heat only
• Q = Qualified for the next round
• q = Qualified for the next round as a fastest loser or, in field events, by position without achieving the qualifying target
• NR = National record
• N/A = Round not applicable for the event
• Bye = Athlete not required to compete in round

Track & road events

Men

Women

Badminton[edit]

Refugee Olympic Team entered one male player to compete at the Games. Aram Mahmoud competed in the men's singles event after he received an invitation from the IOC.^[4]

Athlete	Event	Group stage			Elimination	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final / BM
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Aram Mahmoud	Men's singles	Christie (INA) L (8–21, 14–21)	Loh (SGP) L (15–21, 12–21)	3	Did not advance

Boxing[edit]

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Wessam Salamana	Men's lightweight	Oliveira (BRA) L 0–5	Did not advance
Eldric Sella	Men's middleweight	Cedeño (DOM) L RSC	Did not advance

Key

• RSC = Referee stopped contest

Canoeing[edit]

Sprint[edit]

Cycling[edit]

Road[edit]

Judo[edit]

Athlete	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage	Final / BM
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Ahmad Alikaj	Men's −73 kg	Makhmadbekov (TJK) L 00–10	Did not advance
Popole Misenga	Men's −90 kg	Bye	Tóth (HUN) L 00–10	Did not advance
Javad Mahjoub	Men's +100 kg	—	Frey (GER) W 01–00	Krpálek (CZE) L 00–11	Did not advance
Sanda Aldass	Women's −57 kg	—	Perišić (SRB) L 00–10	Did not advance
Muna Dahouk	Women's −63 kg	—	del Toro (CUB) L 00–10	Did not advance
Nigara Shaheen	Women's −70 kg	—	Portela (BRA) L 00–10	Did not advance

Mixed

Athlete	Event	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage	Final / BM
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Sanda Aldass Ahmad Alikaj Muna Dahouk Javad Mahjoub Popole Misenga Nigara Shaheen	Team	Germany (GER) L 0–4	Did not advance

Karate[edit]

Kumite

Athlete	Event	Round robin					Semifinals	Final
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Hamoon Derafshipour	Men's −67 kg	Da Costa (FRA) L 0–4	Madera (VEN) W 9–3	Al-Masatfa (JOR) L 0–3	Kalniņš (LAT) W 5–3	3	Did not advance		5

Kata

Shooting[edit]

Swimming[edit]

Taekwondo[edit]

Athlete	Event	Qualification	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage	Final / BM
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Abdullah Sediqi	Men's −68 kg	Bye	Zhao S (CHN) L 20–22	Did not advance
Dina Pouryounes	Women's −49 kg	Bye	Wu Jy (CHN) L 3–26 PTG	Did not advance
Kimia Alizadeh	Women's −57 kg	Kiani (IRI) W 18–9	Jones (GBR) W 16–12	Zhou Lj (CHN) W 9–8	Minina (ROC) L 3–10	Bye	İlgün (TUR) L 6–8	5

Weightlifting[edit]

Wrestling[edit]

Key:

• VT (ranking points: 5–0 or 0–5) – Victory by fall.
• VB (ranking points: 5–0 or 0–5) – Victory by injury (VF for forfeit, VA for withdrawal or disqualification)
• PP (ranking points: 3–1 or 1–3) – Decision by points – the loser with technical points.
• PO (ranking points: 3–0 or 0–3) – Decision by points – the loser without technical points.
• ST (ranking points: 4–0 or 0–4) – Great superiority – the loser without technical points and a margin of victory of at least 8 (Greco-Roman) or 10 (freestyle) points.
• SP (ranking points: 4–1 or 1–4) – Technical superiority – the loser with technical points and a margin of victory of at least 8 (Greco-Roman) or 10 (freestyle) points.

Greco-Roman

Athlete	Event	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Repechage	Final / BM
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Aker Al-Obaidi	Men's −67 kg	Nasr (TUN) W 4–0 ST	Zoidze (GEO) L 0–4 ST	Did not advance			8

See also[edit]

• Refugee Olympic Team at the 2016 Summer Olympics
• Refugee Paralympic Team at the 2020 Summer Paralympics

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