Puerto Rico at the Olympics

Puerto Rico at the Olympics is a history which began in 1900.

The International Olympic Committee's official abbreviation for Puerto Rico is PUR.

History
A team from Puerto Rico was first at the Olympic Games in 1948.  They have been in every Summer Olympic Games since then.  Puerto Rico has also been in the Winter Olympic Games since 1984, but missed the Games of 2006, 2010, and 2014.

Puerto Rican athletes have won a total of twelve medals.  Most are in boxing.

The National Olympic Committee for Puerto Rico was formed in 1948 and recognized by the International Olympic Committee the same year.

In the 2016 Rio Olympics, Puerto Rico won its first gold medal thanks to tenis player, Monica Puig.

In the 2024 Paris Olympics, Jasmine Camacho-Quinn was the first puerto rican to win two Olympic medals.

List of medalists
Summer Games
 Medal Name Games Sport Event   Juan Venegas  1948 London  Boxing  Men's bantamweight   Orlando Maldonado  1976 Montreal  Boxing  Men's light flyweight   Luis Ortiz  1984 Los Angeles  Boxing  Men's lightweight   Arístides González  1984 Los Angeles  Boxing  Men's middleweight   Aníbal Acevedo  1992 Barcelona  Boxing  Men's welterweight   Daniel Santos  1996 Atlanta  Boxing  Men's welterweight   Javier Culson  2012 London  Athletics  Men's 400 metres hurdles  Jaime Espinal  2012 London  Wrestling  Freestyle 84 kg  Monica Puig  2016 Rio de Janeiro  Tennis  Women's singles  Jasmine Camacho-Quinn  2020 Tokyo  Athletics  Women's 100 metres hurdles  Jasmine Camacho-Quinn  2024 Paris  Athletics  Women's 100 metres hurdles Sebastian Rivera2024 ParisWrestlingMen's 65kg freestyle

Related pages
 List of IOC country codes

References

Other websites

  Puerto Rico profile at London2012.com 

Category:Sports in Puerto Rico
Category:Nations at the Olympics