# Refugee Olympic Team at the 2024 Summer Olympics

The IOC Refugee Olympic Team (French: Équipe olympique des réfugiés, ÉOR) competed at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris, France. 37 athletes from 11 countries of origin represented the Refugee Olympic Team at the 2024 Summer Olympics in 12 sports, with 14 of the 37 athletes being Iranian.
Yahya Al Ghotany and Cindy Ngamba were the delegation's flagbearers during the opening ceremony.

## Medalists

Cindy Ngamba won a bronze medal, becoming the first-ever Olympian to win a medal for the Refugee Olympic Team at the Olympic Games.
| Medal | Name | Sport | Event | Date |
| Bronze | Cindy Ngamba | Boxing | Women's middleweight | 8 August |
Medals by sport :
| Sport | | | | Total |
| Boxing | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Medals by date :
| Day | Date | | | | Total |
| 13 | 8 August | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Total | Total | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Medals by gender :
| Gender | | | | Total |
| Male | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Female | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Mixed | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |

## Team selection

On 2 May 2024, the IOC announced that 36 athletes would represent the Refugee Olympic Team, before adding the 37th athlete afterward.
| Athlete | Country of origin | Host NOC | Sport | Event |
| Dorian Keletela | Republic of the Congo | France | Athletics | Men's 100 m |
| Musa Suliman | Sudan | Switzerland | Athletics | Men's 800 m |
| Dominic Lobalu | South Sudan | Switzerland | Athletics | Men's 5000 m |
| Jamal Abdelmaji Eisa Mohammed | Sudan | Israel | Athletics | Men's 10,000 m |
| Tachlowini Gabriyesos | Eritrea | Israel | Athletics | Men's marathon |
| Mohammad Amin Alsalami | Syria | Germany | Athletics | Men's long jump |
| Perina Lokure | South Sudan | Kenya | Athletics | Women's 800 m |
| Farida Abaroge | Ethiopia | France | Athletics | Women's 1500 m |
| Dorsa Yavarivafa | Iran | Great Britain | Badminton | Women's singles |
| Omid Ahmadisafa | Iran | Germany | Boxing | Men's flyweight (51 kg) |
| Cindy Ngamba | Cameroon | Great Britain | Boxing | Women's middleweight (75kg) |
| Manizha Talash | Afghanistan | Spain | Breaking | B-Girls |
| Amir Rezanejad | Iran | Germany | Canoeing | Men's slalom C-1 |
| Fernando Jorge | Cuba | United States | Canoeing | Men's sprint C-1 1000 m |
| Saeid Fazloula | Iran | Germany | Canoeing | Men's sprint K-1 1000 m |
| Saman Soltani | Iran | Austria | Canoeing | Women's sprint K-1 500 m |
| Amir Ansari | Afghanistan | Sweden | Cycling | Men's road time trial |
| Eyeru Tesfoam Gebru | Ethiopia | France | Cycling | Women's road race |
| Mohammad Rashnonezhad | Iran | Netherlands | Judo | Men's −60 kg Mixed team |
| Sibghatullah Arab | Afghanistan | Germany | Judo | Men's −81 kg Mixed team |
| Adnan Khankan | Syria | Germany | Judo | Men's −100 kg Mixed team |
| Muna Dahouk | Syria | Netherlands | Judo | Women's −57 kg Mixed team |
| Nigara Shaheen | Afghanistan | Canada | Judo | Women's −63 kg Mixed team |
| Mahboubeh Barbari Zharfi | Iran | Germany | Judo | Women's +78 kg Mixed team |
| Francisco Edilio Centeno Nieves | Venezuela | Mexico | Shooting | Men's 10 m air pistol |
| Luna Solomon | Eritrea | Switzerland | Shooting | Women's 10 m air rifle |
| Alaa Maso | Syria | Germany | Swimming | Men's 50 m freestyle |
| Matin Balsini | Iran | Great Britain | Swimming | Men's 200 m butterfly |
| Hadi Tiran | Iran | Italy | Taekwondo | Men's −58 kg |
| Yahya Al-Ghotany | Syria | Jordan | Taekwondo | Men's −68 kg |
| Farzad Mansouri | Afghanistan | Great Britain | Taekwondo | Men's −80 kg |
| Kasra Mehdipournejad | Iran | Germany | Taekwondo | Men's +80 kg |
| Dina Pouryounes | Iran | Netherlands | Taekwondo | Women's −49 kg |
| Ramiro Mora Romero | Cuba | Great Britain | Weightlifting | Men's −102 kg |
| Yekta Jamali | Iran | Germany | Weightlifting | Women's −81 kg |
| Iman Mahdavi | Iran | Italy | Wrestling | Men's freestyle −74 kg |
| Jamal Valizadeh | Iran | France | Wrestling | Men's Greco-Roman −60 kg |

## Competitors

Masomah Ali Zada is the chef de mission for the team.
The following is the list of number of competitors in the Games.
| Sport | Men | Women | Total |
| Athletics | 6 | 2 | 8 |
| Badminton | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Boxing | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Breaking | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Canoeing | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| Cycling | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Judo | 3 | 3 | 6 |
| Shooting | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Swimming | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| Taekwondo | 4 | 1 | 5 |
| Weightlifting | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Wrestling | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| Total | 24 | 13 | 37 |

## Athletics
### Key

* Note–Ranks given for track events are within the athlete's heat only
* Q = Qualified for the next round
* q = Qualified for the next round as a fastest loser or, in field events, by position without achieving the qualifying target
* qR = Advanced to next round by referee
* R = Qualified for the repechage round
* NR = National record
* N/A = Round not applicable for the event
* Bye = Athlete not required to compete in round

### Men

| Athlete | Event | Heat | Heat | Repechage | Repechage | Semifinal | Semifinal | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Result | Rank | Result | Rank | Result | Rank | Result | Rank |
| Dorian Keletela | 100 m | 10.58 | 8 | — | — | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Musa Suliman | 800 m | 1:49.61 | 9 R | 1:50.11 | 9 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Dominic Lobalu | 5000 m | 14:15.49 | 15 qR | — | — | — | — | 13:15.27 | 4 |
| Jamal Abdelmaji Eisa Mohammed | 10,000 m | — | — | — | — | — | — | 27:35.92 PB | 18 |
| Tachlowini Gabriyesos | Marathon | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2:12:47 | 42 |

### Women

| Athlete | Event | Heat | Heat | Repechage | Repechage | Semifinal | Semifinal | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Result | Rank | Result | Rank | Result | Rank | Result | Rank |
| Perina Lokure | 800 m | 2:08.20 PB | 9 R | 2:11.33 | 7 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Farida Abaroge | 1500 m | 4:29.27 SB | 14 R | 4:30.53 | 12 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |

### Field events

| Athlete | Event | Qualification | Qualification | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Distance | Position | Distance | Position |
| Mohammad Amin Alsalami | Men's long jump | 7.24 | 29 | Did not advance | Did not advance |

## Badminton

The Refugee Olympic Team entered one badminton player into the Olympic tournament. Former Iranian badminton player, Dorsa Yavarivafa entered the games after being selected by the IOC.
| Athlete | Event | Group stage | Group stage | Group stage | Elimination | Quarter-final | Semi-final | Final / BM | Final / BM |
| Athlete | Event | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Rank | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Rank |
| Dorsa Yavarivafa | Women's singles | Yeo (SGP) L (7–21, 8–21) | Ludik (MRI) L (5–21, 11–21) | 3 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |

## Boxing

Refugee Olympic Team entered two boxers. Former Cameroonian boxer, Cindy Ngamba (women's middleweight) secured the one spot the Refugee Olympic Team squad in her weight division by finishing in the top two at the 2024 World Boxing Olympic Qualification Tournament 1 in Busto Arsizio, Italy. Later on, the IOC announced that Cindy and former Iranian boxer, Omid Ahmadisafa would compete at the Games.
| Athlete | Event | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank |
| Omid Ahmadisafa | Men's flyweight | Roscoe (USA) 0L 0–5 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Cindy Ngamba | Women's middleweight | — | Thibeault (CAN) W 3–2 | Michel (FRA) W 5–0 | Bylon (PAN) L 1–4 | Did not advance | |

## Breaking

Refugee Olympic Team entered a breakdancer to compete in the B-Girl dual battles for Paris 2024. Former Afghan B-Girl Manizha Talash (Talash) qualified for the games following the announcement of Refugee Olympic Team by IOC.
During her event Talash wore a cape with the phrase "Free Afghan Women" on it in the pre-qualifier round. She lost the round 0–3 to India Sardjoe from the Netherlands, before the result was updated to her being disqualified for displaying a political slogan, which is a violation of rule 50 of the Olympic Charter.
| Athlete | Nickname | Event | Pre-qualifier | Round robin | Round robin | Round robin | Round robin | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Final / BM | Final / BM |
| Athlete | Nickname | Event | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank |
| Manizha Talash | Talash | B-Girls | Sardjoe (NED) L 0–3 DSQ | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |

## Canoeing
### Key

* H = Qualified for heats
* R = Qualified for the repechage round

### Slalom

Former Iranian canoeists, Amir Rezanejad confirmed a boat in the men's C-1 for the Games, after being selected by the IOC to represent the Refugee Olympic Team.
| Athlete | Event | Preliminary | Preliminary | Preliminary | Preliminary | Preliminary | Preliminary | Semifinal | Semifinal | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Run 1 | Rank | Run 2 | Rank | Best | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank |
| Amir Rezanejad | Men's C-1 | 116.16 | 19 | 119.48 | 19 | 116.16 | 19 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
Kayak cross
| Athlete | Event | Time trial | Time trial | Round 1 | Repechage | Heat | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank | Position | Position | Position | Position | Position | Position | Rank |
| Amir Rezanejad | Men's KX-1 | 79.15 | 32 | DNF R | 3 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | 36 |

### Sprint

Two Former Iranian canoeists, Saeid Fazloula and Saman Soltani; and a former Cuban canoeist, Fernando Jorge; confirmed a boat in their respective classes for the Games, after being selected by the IOC to represent the Refugee Olympic Team.
| Athlete | Event | Heats | Heats | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank |
| Fernando Jorge | Men's C-1 1000 m | 3:54.90 | 3 Q | 4:06.63 | 4 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | 22 |
| Saeid Fazloula | Men's K-1 1000 m | 3:42.80 | 4 Q | 3:40.94 | 4 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | 23 |
| Saman Soltani | Women's K-1 500 m | 2:02.19 | 7 Q | 2:01.43 | 6 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | 38 |
Qualification Legend: Q = Qualify to next round; FA = Qualify to final (medal); FB = Qualify to final B (non-medal)

## Cycling
### Road

Refugee Olympic Team, entered two cyclist to compete at the games. Ex-Afghan cyclist Amir Ansari, and ex-Ethiopian cyclist Eyeru Tesfoam Gebru were nominated by the IOC to compete at the games.
| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank |
| Amir Ansari | Men's time trial | 40:26.14 | 30 |
| Eyeru Tesfoam Gebru | Women's road race | DNF | — |

## Judo

Refugee Olympic Team entered 6 judoka (three men and three women) into Paris 2024. The team including; Two ex-Iranian judoka, Mohammad Rashnonezhad and Mahboubeh Barbari Zharfi; two ex-Afghan judoka, Sibghatullah Arab and Nigara Shaheen; two ex-Syrian judoka, Adnan Khankan and Muna Dahouk. Dahouk, who left Syria for the Netherlands with her family in 2019, told CBS that she wants to use her platform as a refugee athlete to break down stereotypes and challenge misconceptions about refugees: "I will represent the refugees around the world – to show people what the refugees can do. We are not weak people. We can be athletes, we can be students, we can be anything we want." Khankan, aged 30 and originally from Damascus, fled Syria in 2015 and now lives in Cologne in Germany; he describes Muhammad Ali as his inspiration.
| Athlete | Event | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Repechage | Final / BM | Rank |
| Athlete | Event | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank |
| Mohammad Rashnonezhad | Men's −66 kg | Khyar (FRA) L 00–10 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | 17 |
| Sibghatullah Arab | Men's −81 kg | Casse (BEL) L 01–11 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | 17 |
| Adnan Khankan | Men's −100 kg | Eich (SUI) L 00–10 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | 17 |
| Muna Dahouk | Women's −57 kg | Jiménez (PAN) L 00–10 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | 17 |
| Nigara Shaheen | Women's −63 kg | Awiti (MEX) L 00–10 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | 17 |
| Mahboubeh Barbari Zharfi | Women's +78 kg | Morillo (DOM) L 00–10 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | 17 |

### Mixed

| Athlete | Event | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Repechage | Final / BM | Final / BM |
| Athlete | Event | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank |
| Mohammad Rashnonezhad Sibghatullah Arab Adnan Khankan Muna Dahouk Nigara Shaheen Mahboubeh Barbari Zharfi | Team | Spain (ESP) L 0–4 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | 17 |

## Shooting

Two shooters achieved quota places for the Refugee Olympics Team. Former Eritrean sport-shooter, Luna Solomon; and former Venezuelan sport-shooter Francisco Edilio Centeno; both would compete at the Games after being announced by the IOC.
| Athlete | Event | Qualification | Qualification | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Points | Rank | Points | Rank |
| Francisco Edilio Centeno | Men's 10 m air pistol | 562 | 30 | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Luna Solomon | Women's 10 m air rifle | 601.2 | 43 | Did not advance | Did not advance |

## Swimming

Two swimmers; Alaa Maso (former Syrian swimmer) and Matin Balsini (former Iranian); would represent the Refugee Olympic Team, after being announced by the IOC.
| Athlete | Event | Heat | Heat | Semifinal | Semifinal | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank |
| Alaa Maso | Men's 50 m freestyle | 23.90 | 47 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Matin Balsini | Men's 200 m butterfly | 2:00.77 | 26 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
Qualifiers for the latter rounds (Q) of all events were decided on a time only basis, therefore positions shown are overall results versus competitors in all heats.

## Taekwondo

Refugee Olympic Team announced five athletes to compete at the games. Three former Iranians; Hadi Tiran, Kasra Mehdipournejad and Dina Pouryounes; one former Syrian, Yahya Al-Ghotany; and one former Afghan, Farzad Mansouri; were all set to compete at the games.
Originally, two athletes already qualified for the games; Ali Reza Abbasi qualified for the games by winning the semifinal round in his division at the 2024 Asian Qualification Tournament in Tai'an, China; and Kimia Alizadeh qualified for the games by winning the semifinal round in her division at the 2024 European Qualification Tournament in Sofia, Bulgaria. Later on, both of them could not compete at the games, because Kimia received her Bulgarian passport, which made her represent the Bulgarian team; and Ali's quota was declined by the IOC and being replaced by Yahya.
| Athlete | Event | Qualification | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Repechage | Final / BM | Final / BM |
| Athlete | Event | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank |
| Hadi Tiran | Men's −58 kg | Yaser (PLE) L 3–4, 0–5 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | 17= |
| Yahya Al Ghotany | Men's −68 kg | Lo (HKG) L 0–14, 4–16 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | 17 |
| Farzad Mansouri | Men's −80 kg | — | Nickolas (USA) L 7–10, 1–3 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | 11= |
| Kasra Mehdipournejad | Men's +80 kg | Mara (PNG) W 3–4, 6–0, 15–2 | Cissé (CIV) L 1–6, 1–13 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | 11= |
| Dina Pouryounes | Women's −49 kg | — | Guo (CHN) L 4–5, 0–12 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Dinçel (TUR) L 4–13, 1–13 | Did not advance | 7= |

## Weightlifting

Refugee Olympic Team entered two weightlifters into the Olympic competition. Former Cuban weightlifters, Ramiro Mora Romero; and former Iranian weightlifters Yekta Jamali secured their spots, respectively in men's under 102 kg and women's under 81 kg, after being nominated by the IOC.
| Athlete | Event | Snatch | Snatch | Clean & Jerk | Clean & Jerk | Total | Rank |
| Athlete | Event | Result | Rank | Result | Rank | Total | Rank |
| Ramiro Mora Romero | Men's −102 kg | 166 | 10 | 210 | 7 | 376 | 7 |
| Yekta Jamali | Women's −81 kg | 103 | 9 | 128 | 9 | 231 | 9 |

## Wrestling

Refugee Olympics Team entered two wrestlers to compete at the Olympic competition. Former Iranian wrestlers, Iman Mahdavi and Jamal Valizadeh entered the games after being announced to represent the team by the IOC.
Key:
* VT (ranking points: 5–0 or 0–5) – Victory by fall.
* VB (ranking points: 5–0 or 0–5) – Victory by injury (VF for forfeit, VA for withdrawal or disqualification)
* PP (ranking points: 3–1 or 1–3) – Decision by points – the loser with technical points.
* PO (ranking points: 3–0 or 0–3) – Decision by points – the loser without technical points.
* ST (ranking points: 4–0 or 0–4) – Great superiority – the loser without technical points and a margin of victory of at least 8 (Greco-Roman) or 10 (freestyle) points.
* SP (ranking points: 4–1 or 1–4) – Technical superiority – the loser with technical points and a margin of victory of at least 8 (Greco-Roman) or 10 (freestyle) points.

### Freestyle

| Athlete | Event | Round of 16 | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Repechage | Final / BM | Final / BM |
| Athlete | Event | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank |
| Iman Mahdavi | Men's 74 kg | Tsabolov (SRB) L 0–4ST | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | 17 |

### Greco-Roman

| Athlete | Event | Round of 16 | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Repechage | Final / BM | Final / BM |
| Athlete | Event | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank |
| Jamal Valizadeh | Men's 60 kg | Bakhromov (UZB) L 0–4ST | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | 17 |