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.
| Turkmenistan at the Olympics | |
|---|---|
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| IOC code | TKM |
| NOC | National Olympic Committee of Turkmenistan |
| Medals Ranked 134th |
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| Summer appearances | |
| Other related appearances | |
 Russian Empire (1900–1912) Soviet Union (1952–1988) Unified Team (1992) | |
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
editMedals by Summer Games
edit| Games | Athletes | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1900–1912 | as part of Russian Empire (RU1)
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| 1952–1988 | as part of Soviet Union (URS)
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| 1992 Barcelona | as part of Unified Team (EUN)
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| 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
edit| Sport | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 Weightlifting | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Totals (1 entries) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
List of medalists
edit| Medal | Name | Games | Sport | Event | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Silver |
Polina Guryeva | 2020 Tokyo |  Weightlifting |
Women's 59 kg | 27 July 2021 |
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "Marat Niyazov". olympics.com.
- ^ "Olympic Complex". polimeks.com.
- ^ "Ashgabat 2017". ocasia.org.
External links
edit- "Turkmenistan". International Olympic Committee.
- "Turkmenistan". Olympedia.com.
- "Olympic Analytics/TKM". olympanalyt.com.
- "Team Turkmenistan - Profile". olympics.com. Archived from the original on 2021-07-27. Retrieved 2021-07-27.
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