Turkmenistan has competed in 8 Summer Olympic Games, since its debut in 1996. The nation has never competed in the Winter Olympic Games and it is the only post-Soviet state that hasn't competed in them. Turkmenistan is also the northernmost country in the world that has never competed in the Winter Olympics. Turkmen athletes previously competed as a part of the Soviet Union team and, in 1992, as part of the Unified Team.
On July 27, 2021, Turkmenistan won its first ever medal as an independent nation at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, with Polina Guryeva winning the silver medal in the women's 59 kg event in Weightlifting.
Other Turkmens who won Olympic medals include late seven-time world champion Marat Nyýazow (representing USSR during the Olympics in Rome in 1960) and Daniyar İsmayilov (currently representing Turkey). Notably, in 1992, 3-time European weightlifting champion Altymyrat Orazdurdyýew was a member of the Unified Team at the Olympic Games in Barcelona. However, head coach Vasily Alexeev did not allow him to compete.
Turkmenistan's capital, Ashgabat, has an Olympic Park, which, in 2017, hosted Asian Olympic Council’s Asian Indoor & Martial Arts games that included participation from Australia and wider Oceania. It also hosted the 2018 World Weightlifting Championships.
The National Olympic Committee of Turkmenistan was formed in 1990.
Medal tables
Medals by Summer Games GamesAthletesGoldSilverBronzeTotalRank 1900–1912 as part of 1920–1948 did not participate 1952–1988 as part of as part of 7 0 0 0 0 – 8 0 0 0 0 – 9 0 0 0 0 – 10 0 0 0 0 – 10 0 0 0 0 – 9 0 0 0 0 – 9 0 1 0 1 77 6 0 0 0 0 – future event Total 0 1 0 1 137
Medals by summer sport
List of medalists Medal Name GamesSportEventDate Polina Guryeva Weightlifting Women's 59 kg 7027 July 2021
See also List of flag bearers for Turkmenistan at the Olympics Turkmenistan at the Paralympics
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