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2012. 2016. 2020. 2024. Albania sent a team to compete at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, China which was organised by the National Olympic Committee of Albania . Albania competed with eleven athletes, seven of whom were men and four were women, competing in several sports such as athletics, and for the first time in judo.
In 1994, it entered NATO's Partnership for Peace, which began Albania's process of accession into the alliance. In 1999, the country received a Membership Action Plan (MAP). [3] The country received an invitation to join at the 2008 Bucharest Summit and became a full member on April 1, 2009.
The 2008 Olympics were watched by 3.5 billion people worldwide, and featured the longest distance for an Olympic Torch relay. [4] [5] The 2008 Games also set numerous world and Olympic records, and were the most expensive Summer Olympics of all time, and the second most expensive overall, after the 2014 Winter Games in Sochi.
At the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Albania's delegation consisted of two male and two female athletes. [12] They had seven competitors (two female, five male) in the Athens 2004 Summer Olympics. [13] In Beijing at the 2008 Summer Olympics, the nation had eleven athletes (four female and seven male). [14]
Albania is scheduled to compete at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris from 26 July to 11 August 2024, represented by the Albanian National Olympic Committee (KOKSH). It will signify the nation's tenth appearance at the summer Olympics, since the official debut in 1972, except for 1976, 1980 due to the US led boycott, 1984 due to USSR led boycott, 1988, the nation's return for the Olympics in 1992.
The Albanian Swimming Federation ( Albanian: Federata Shqiptare e Notit (FSHN)) is the national governing body of aquatic sports in Albania, ranging from swimming, diving, synchronized swimming, open water swimming, and water polo. The federation is tasked with the development, promotion and international representation of swimming in Albania .
Palestine competed at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris, France, from 26 July to 11 August 2024. It was the nation's eighth appearance at the Summer Olympics since its official debut in 1996 . In the lead-up to the event, concerns were raised about the ability of Palestinian athletes to participate due to the destruction of sporting facilities ...
The 2008 Bucharest Summit or the 21st NATO Summit was a NATO summit organized in the Palace of the Parliament, Bucharest, Romania on 2 – 4 April 2008. [1] [2] Among other business, Croatia and Albania were invited to join the Alliance .