Independent Olympic Athletes at the 2016 Summer Olympics information
For the refugee Olympic team, see Refugee Olympic Team at the 2016 Summer Olympics. For the Paralympic team, see Independent Paralympic Athletes Team at the 2016 Summer Paralympics.
Sporting event delegation
Independent Olympic Athletes at the 2016 Summer Olympics
Olympic Flag
IOC code
IOA
in Rio de Janeiro
Competitors
9 in 3 sports
Flag bearer
Volunteer[1]
Medals Ranked 51st
Gold
1
Silver
0
Bronze
1
Total
2
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)
1992
1996
2000
2004–2008
2012
2016
2020
2024
Other related appearances
Kuwait (1968–)
Independent Olympic athletes competed at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, from 5 to 21 August 2016. The team was composed of Kuwaiti athletes who competed under the Olympic flag, as the Kuwait Olympic Committee had been suspended by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) for the second time in five years due to governmental interference.[2][3][4]
In addition to the independent athletes, ten refugees were scheduled to compete under the Olympic flag as the Refugee Olympic Team, which constituted a separate team.
Kuwaiti shooter Fehaid Al-Deehani became the first independent athlete to win a gold medal.[5]
^"The Flagbearers for the Rio 2016 Opening Ceremony". International Olympic Committee. Retrieved 5 August 2016.
^"IOC suspends Kuwait's national Olympic committee". USA Today. 27 October 2015. Retrieved 4 November 2015.
^"Suspension of the Kuwait Olympic Committee". Olympics. 27 October 2015. Retrieved 4 November 2015.
^"Independent Olympic Athletes". Rio2016.com. Rio 2016 Organising Committee for the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 15 August 2016. Retrieved 3 August 2016.
^"Kuwaiti becomes first independent athlete to win gold with men's double trap win". stuff.co.nz. 10 August 2016. Retrieved 10 August 2016.
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Kuwait (1968–)