Ecuador at the Olympics

Ecuador has competed in 12 Summer Olympic Games. They debuted in the Winter Olympic Games in 2018. The nation won its first medal when Jefferson Pérez won the gold medal in the men's 20 km walk at the 1996 Olympic Games. The Ecuadorian National Olympic Committee was created in 1948 and recognized by the IOC in 1959.

Ecuador at the
Olympics
IOC codeECU
NOCEcuadorian National Olympic Committee
Websitewww.coe.org.ec (in Spanish)
Medals
Ranked 81st
Gold
3
Silver
2
Bronze
0
Total
5
Summer appearances
Winter appearances

The country made its Winter Olympics debut in 2018.[1][2]

Medal tables edit

Medals by sport edit

Sports   Gold   Silver   Bronze Total Rank
  Athletics 1 1 0 2 64
  Weightlifting 1 1 0 2 40
  Cycling 1 0 0 1 31
Total 3 2 0 5 81

Medals by Gender edit

Gender   Gold   Silver   Bronze Total
Men 2 1 0 3
Women 1 1 0 2
Mixed 0 0 0 0
Total 3 2 0 5

List of medalists edit

 
Jefferson Perez in action in Sesto San Giovanni (Italy)
Medal Name Games Sport Event
  Gold Jefferson Pérez   1996 Atlanta   Athletics Men's 20 kilometres walk
  Silver Jefferson Pérez   2008 Beijing   Athletics Men's 20 kilometres walk
  Gold Richard Carapaz   2020 Tokyo   Cycling Men's road race
  Gold Neisi Dajomes   2020 Tokyo   Weightlifting Women's 76 kg
  Silver Tamara Salazar   2020 Tokyo   Weightlifting Women's 87 kg

Multiple medalists edit

Athlete Sport Games Gold Silver Bronze Total
Jefferson Pérez   Athletics 1996, 2008 1 1 0 2

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ Santos, Manuela (16 October 2017). "Klaus Jungbluth es el primer ecuatoriano que participará en Juegos Olímpicos de Invierno" [Klaus Jungbluth is the first Ecuadorian to participate in the Olympic Winter Games]. www.coe.org.ec/ (in Spanish). Ecuadorian National Olympic Committee. Archived from the original on 26 December 2017. Retrieved 25 December 2017.
  2. ^ "Klaus Jungbluth, un tricolor en Pyeongchang 2018" [Klaus Jungbluth, a tricolor in Pyeongchang 2018]. El Universo (in Spanish). Guayaquil. 8 December 2017. Retrieved 25 December 2017.

External links edit