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The nation's team for the 2020 games was composed of five male and six female competitors, including athlete Musa Hajdari, boxer Donjeta Sadiku, judoka Akil Gjakova, Distria Krasniqi, Majlinda Kelmendi, Nora Gjakova and Loriana Kuka, shooter Drilon Ibrahimi, swimmers Eda Zeqiri and Olt Kondirolli as well as wrestler Egzon Shala.
Kosovo finished the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokio in the 42nd place. Their highest finish so far, as a nation. Kosovo competed at the 2022 Winter Olympics held in Beijing. Its Olympic team consisted of two athletes, one male and one female. Albin Tahiri competed in four alpine ski events.
Kosovo made its Olympic début at Rio in 2016, with eight competitors in five sports, and also competed at the 2020 Olympic Games (with eleven athletes). To the medal won by Kelmendi in 2016, two Kosovar judokas added two more Olympic titles at Tokyo 2020: Distria Krasniqi in the extra-lightweight class, and Nora Gjakova in the lightweight class.
Jul 8, 2021 · Among the representatives of Kosovo in these Olympic Games is the winner of the gold medal in "Rio 2016", judoka Majlinda Kelmendi, European champion in judo, Akil Gjakova, and three other judokas. In addition to judo, shooting, and boxing, Kosovo also competes in wrestling, swimming, and athletics. Kosovo Sport. Previous Post Next Post.
Jul 14, 2021 · Wednesday, 14 July 2021. Olympic judo gold medallist Majlinda Kelmendi will headline an 11-strong team from Kosovo at the Tokyo 2020 Olympics. The 30-year-old will defend the historic...
Jul 27, 2021 · Kosovar judoka Nora Gjakova won the gold medal in the -57 kg category at the Olympic Games Tokyo 2020, after beating France’s Sarah Leonie Cysique in the final, who ended up being disqualified. Gjakova’s gold, the third in her country’s history, is Kosovo’s second in Tokyo after the medal obtained by Disstria Krasniqi in -48 kilos last Saturday.
Through 1956, all Olympic field hockey gold medals were won by either Great Britain or India. They had never played each other until the 1948 Olympics, when India beat the hosts 4-0.
