Ecuador at the Olympics
Ecuador has competed in 12 Summer Olympic Games. They debuted in the Winter Olympic Games in 2018. The nation won its first medal when Jefferson Pérez won the gold medal in the men's 20 km walk at the 1996 Olympic Games. The Ecuadorian National Olympic Committee was created in 1948 and recognized by the IOC in 1959.
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IOC code | ECU |
NOC | Ecuadorian National Olympic Committee |
Website | www |
Medals Ranked 81st |
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Summer appearances | |
Winter appearances | |
Medal tables
Medals by sport
Sports | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total | Rank |
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Athletics | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 64 |
Weightlifting | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 40 |
Cycling | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 31 |
Total | 3 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 81 |
Medals by Gender
Gender | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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Men | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
Women | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
Mixed | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Total | 3 | 2 | 0 | 5 |
List of medalists
Medal | Name | Games | Sport | Event |
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Gold | Jefferson Pérez | 1996 Atlanta | Athletics | Men's 20 kilometres walk |
Silver | Jefferson Pérez | 2008 Beijing | Athletics | Men's 20 kilometres walk |
Gold | Richard Carapaz | 2020 Tokyo | Cycling | Men's road race |
Gold | Neisi Dajomes | 2020 Tokyo | Weightlifting | Women's 76 kg |
Silver | Tamara Salazar | 2020 Tokyo | Weightlifting | Women's 87 kg |
Multiple medalists
Athlete | Sport | Games | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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Jefferson Pérez | Athletics | 1996, 2008 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
References
- Santos, Manuela (16 October 2017). "Klaus Jungbluth es el primer ecuatoriano que participará en Juegos Olímpicos de Invierno" [Klaus Jungbluth is the first Ecuadorian to participate in the Olympic Winter Games]. www.coe.org.ec/ (in Spanish). Ecuadorian National Olympic Committee. Archived from the original on 26 December 2017. Retrieved 25 December 2017.
- "Klaus Jungbluth, un tricolor en Pyeongchang 2018" [Klaus Jungbluth, a tricolor in Pyeongchang 2018]. El Universo (in Spanish). Guayaquil. 8 December 2017. Retrieved 25 December 2017.
External links
- "Ecuador". International Olympic Committee.
- "Ecuador". Olympedia.com.
- "Olympic Analytics/ECU". olympanalyt.com.
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