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Turkmenistan at the Olympics

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Turkmenistan at the
Olympics
IOC codeTKM
NOCNational Olympic Committee of Turkmenistan
Medals
Ranked 134th
Gold
0
Silver
1
Bronze
0
Total
1
Summer appearances
Other related appearances
 Russian Empire (1900–1912)
 Soviet Union (1952–1988)
 Unified Team (1992)

Turkmenistan has competed in seven Games of the Olympiad, first appearing in 1996. They have never competed in the Olympic Winter Games and are the only post-Soviet state not to have competed in them. Turkmenistan is also the northernmost country in the world to have never competed in the Winter Olympics. Turkmen athletes previously competed with the Soviet Union team and, in 1992, as part of the Unified Team.

On July 27, 2021, Turkmenistan won its first ever medal as an independent nation at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, with Polina Guryeva winning the silver medal in the women's 59 kg event in Weightlifting.

Other Turkmens who won Olympic medals include late seven-time world champion Marat Nyýazow (representing USSR during the Olympics in Rome in 1960) and Daniyar İsmayilov (currently representing Turkey).[1] Notably, in 1992, 3-time European weightlifting champion Altymyrat Orazdurdyýew was a member of the Unified Team at the Olympic Games in Barcelona. However, head coach Vasily Alexeev did not allow him to compete.

Turkmenistan's capital, Ashgabat, has an Olympic Park,[2] which, in 2017, hosted Asian Olympic Council’s Asian Indoor & Martial Arts games that included participation from Australia and wider Oceania.[3] It also hosted the 2018 World Weightlifting Championships.

The National Olympic Committee of Turkmenistan was formed in 1990.

Medal tables

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Medals by Summer Games

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Games Athletes Gold Silver Bronze Total Rank
1900–1912 as part of  Russian Empire (RU1)
1952–1988 as part of  Soviet Union (URS)
1992 Barcelona as part of  Unified Team (EUN)
1996 Atlanta 7 0 0 0 0 -
2000 Sydney 8 0 0 0 0 -
2004 Athens 9 0 0 0 0 -
2008 Beijing 10 0 0 0 0 -
2012 London 10 0 0 0 0 -
2016 Rio de Janeiro 9 0 0 0 0 -
2020 Tokyo 9 0 1 0 1 77
2024 Paris 6 0 0 0 0 -
2028 Los Angeles future event
2032 Brisbane
Total 0 1 0 1 137

Medals by Summer sport

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SportGoldSilverBronzeTotal
 Weightlifting0101
Totals (1 entries)0101

List of medalists

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Medal Name Games Sport Event Date
 Silver Polina Guryeva 2020 Tokyo Weightlifting Women's 59 kg 7027 July 2021

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Marat Niyazov". olympics.com.
  2. ^ "Olympic Complex". polimeks.com.
  3. ^ "Ashgabat 2017". ocasia.org.
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