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Olympic Games: Rio de Janeiro, Brazil [18] Shot put: 19.53 m Eder Moreno: 17 November 2012 19th Colombian Junior Championships Santander de Quilichao, Colombia [19] Discus throw: 70.29 m Mauricio Ortega: 22 July 2020 Lovelhe, Portugal [20] Hammer throw: 70.61 m A: Fabián Serna: 16 March 2024 [c] Campeonato Nacional de Lanzamientos y Velocidad ...
Colombia competed at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo. Originally scheduled to take place from 24 July to 9 August 2020, the Games were postponed to 23 July to 8 August 2021, because of the COVID-19 pandemic. [1] It was the nation's twentieth appearance at the Summer Olympics, with the exception of Helsinki 1952.
Colombia won their first olympic medals at the Munich Olympics in 1972, forty years after making its debut in the games. The first one was a silver medal won by shooter Helmut Bellingrodt in the 50 metre running target event, [ 14 ] both Clemente Rojas and Alfonso Pérez won each one a bronze medal in boxing at those games too, bringing the ...
2024 Summer Olympics; IOC code: COL: NOC: Colombian Olympic Committee: Website: www.olimpicocol.co (in Spanish) in Paris, France 26 July 2024 () – 11 August 2024 () Competitors: 87 (37 men and 50 women) in 19 sports: Flag bearer (opening) Kevin Quintero & Flor Ruiz [2] Flag bearer (closing) Mariana Pajón [1] Medals Ranked 66th: Gold 0 Silver 3
Colombia has never made an Olympic bid before. The country held the 1971 Pan American Games in Cali. In January 2012, Andres Botero Phiillipsbourne was promoted to Sports Minister of Colombia. He is an IOC member and will be working to promote the bid. [4] Medellín 2018 signed the Youth Olympic Games Candidature Procedure in March 2012. [5]
The Youth Olympics are a multi-sport event organized by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) every two years, alternating between Summer Youth Olympics and Winter Youth Olympics. Selection of the host city is done by postal voting by the members of the IOC four to five years prior to the tournament, in which the IOC members vote between ...
Colombia has sent a team to each Summer Youth Olympics [1] and participated for the first time at the Winter Youth Olympics in the 2016 edition in Lillehammer. [2] [3] The Colombian city of Medellín submitted a bid to host the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics, but in a voting process in 2013, lost the games to the Argentine capital, Buenos Aires. [4]
Rigoberto Urán, silver medal winner in the Men's Olympic Road Race, 2012 Summer Olympics, second place in the Giro d'Italia (2013, 2014), second place in the Tour de France (2017). Mariana Pajón, gold medal winner at the 2012 Summer Olympics in the women's BMX event, gold medal winner at the 2016 Summer Olympics in the women's BMX event.