The IOC Refugee Olympic Team (, ÉOR) competed at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris, France. 37 athletes from 11 countries of origin represented the Refugee Olympic Team at the 2024 Summer Olympics in 12 sports, with 14 of the 37 athletes being Iranians.
Yahya Al Ghotany and Cindy Ngamba were the delegation's flagbearers during the opening ceremony.
Ngamba was the sole Olympian to have achieved a bronze medal in women's 75 kg in boxing. Notable athletes include Manizha Talash who was ultimately disqualified in B-Girls event in breaking for displaying a political flag and Eyeru Tesfoam Gebru who failed to finish the race in women's individual road race in cycling.
Medalists
Cindy Ngamba won a bronze medal, becoming the first-ever Olympian to win a medal for the Refugee Olympic Team at the Olympic Games.
Medal Name Sport Event Date Bronze Cindy Ngamba Boxing Women's middleweight
Team selection On 2 May 2024, the IOC announced that 36 athletes would represent the Refugee Olympic Team, before adding the 37th athlete afterward.
Athlete Country of origin Host NOC Sport Event Dorian Keletela Athletics Men's 100 m Musa Suliman Athletics Men's 800 m Dominic Lobalu Athletics Men's 5000 m Jamal Abdelmaji Eisa Mohammed Athletics Men's 10,000 m Tachlowini Gabriyesos Athletics Men's marathon Mohammad Amin Alsalami Athletics Men's long jump Perina Lokure Athletics Women's 800 m Farida Abaroge Athletics Women's 1500 m Dorsa Yavarivafa Badminton Women's singles Omid Ahmadisafa Boxing Men's flyweight (51 kg) Boxing Women's middleweight (75kg) Manizha Talash Breaking B-Girls Amir Rezanejad Canoeing Men's slalom C-1 Fernando Jorge Canoeing Men's sprint C-1 1000 m Saeid Fazloula Canoeing Men's sprint K-1 1000 m Saman Soltani Canoeing Women's sprint K-1 500 m Amir Ansari Cycling Men's road time trial Eyeru Tesfoam Gebru Cycling Women's road race Mohammad Rashnonezhad Judo Men's −60 kgMixed team Sibghatullah Arab Judo Men's −81 kgMixed team Adnan Khankan Judo Men's −100 kgMixed team Muna Dahouk Judo Women's −57 kgMixed team Nigara Shaheen Judo Women's −63 kgMixed team Mahboubeh Barbari Zharfi Judo Women's +78 kgMixed team Francisco Edilio Centeno Nieves Shooting Men's 10 m air pistol Luna Solomon Shooting Women's 10 m air rifle Alaa Maso Swimming Men's 50 m freestyle Matin Balsini Swimming Men's 200 m butterfly Hadi Tiran Taekwondo Men's −58 kg Yahya Al-Ghotany Taekwondo Men's −68 kg Farzad Mansouri Taekwondo Men's −80 kg Kasra Mehdipournejad Taekwondo Men's +80 kg Dina Pouryounes Taekwondo Women's −49 kg Ramiro Mora Romero Weightlifting Men's −102 kg Yekta Jamali Weightlifting Women's −81 kg Iman Mahdavi Wrestling Men's freestyle −74 kg Jamal Valizadeh Wrestling Men's Greco-Roman −60 kg
Competitors Masomah Ali Zada was the chef de mission for the team.
The following is the list of number of competitors from Refugee Olympic Team at the Games. SportMenWomenTotalAthletics 6 2 8Badminton 0 1 1Boxing 1 1 2Breaking 0 1 1Canoeing 3 1 4Cycling 1 1 2Judo 3 3 6Shooting 1 1 2Swimming 2 0 2Taekwondo 4 1 5Weightlifting 1 1 2Wrestling 2 0 2 Total 24 13 37
Athletics
Track and road events Men AthleteEventHeatRepechageSemifinalFinalResultRankResultRankResultRankResultRankDorian Keletela100 m10.588colspan=2 Did not advanceMusa Suliman800 m1:49.61 9 R1:50.119Did not advanceDominic Lobalu5000 m 14:15.4915 colspan=4 13:15.274Jamal Abdelmaji Eisa Mohammed10,000 mcolspan=6 27:35.92 18Tachlowini GabriyesosMarathoncolspan=6 2:12:4742
Women AthleteEventHeatRepechageSemifinalFinalResultRankResultRankResultRankResultRankPerina Lokure800 m2:08.20 9 R2:11.337Did not advanceFarida Abaroge1500 m4:29.27 14 R4:30.5312Did not advance
Field events AthleteEventQualificationFinalDistancePositionDistancePositionMohammad Amin AlsalamiMen's long jump7.2429Did not advance
Badminton
The Refugee Olympic Team entered one badminton player into the Olympic tournament. Former Iranian badminton player, Dorsa Yavarivafa entered the games after being selected by the IOC.
Athlete Event Group stage Elimination Quarter-final Semi-final Final / OppositionScore OppositionScore Rank OppositionScore OppositionScore OppositionScore OppositionScore Rank Dorsa Yavarivafa Women's singles L (7–21, 8–21) L (5–21, 11–21)3Did not advance
Boxing
Refugee Olympic Team entered two boxers. Former Cameroonian boxer, Cindy Ngamba (women's middleweight) secured the one spot the Refugee Olympic Team squad in her weight division by finishing in the top two at the 2024 World Boxing Olympic Qualification Tournament 1 in Busto Arsizio, Italy. Later on, the IOC announced that Cindy and former Iranian boxer, Omid Ahmadisafa would compete at the Games.
AthleteEventRound of 32Round of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinalOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultRankOmid AhmadisafaMen's 51 kgL 0–5Did not advanceCindy NgambaWomen's 75 kgW 3–2W 5–0L 1–4Did not advance
Breaking
Refugee Olympic Team entered a breakdancer to compete in the B-Girl dual battles for Paris 2024. Former Afghan B-Girl Manizha Talash (Talash) qualified for the games following the announcement of Refugee Olympic Team by IOC.
During her event Talash wore a cape with the phrase "Free Afghan Women" on it in the pre-qualifier round. She lost the round 0–3 to India Sardjoe from the Netherlands, before the result was updated to her being disqualified for displaying a political slogan, which is a violation of rule 50 of the Olympic Charter.
AthleteNicknameEventPre-qualifierRound robinQuarterfinalSemifinalFinal / OppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultRankOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultRankManizha Talash TalashB-GirlsL 0–3 Did not advance
Canoeing
Slalom Former Iranian canoeists, Amir Rezanejad confirmed a boat in the men's C-1 for the Games, after being selected by the IOC to represent the Refugee Olympic Team.
AthleteEventPreliminarySemifinalFinalRun 1RankRun 2RankBestRankTimeRankTimeRankAmir RezanejadMen's C-1116.1619119.4819116.1619Did not advance
Kayak cross AthleteEventTime trialRound 1RepechageHeatQuarterfinalSemifinalFinalTimeRankPositionPositionPositionPositionPositionPositionRankAmir RezanejadMen's KX-179.1532DNF R3Did not advance36
Sprint Two Former Iranian canoeists, Saeid Fazloula and Saman Soltani; and a former Cuban canoeist, Fernando Jorge; confirmed a boat in their respective classes for the Games, after being selected by the IOC to represent the Refugee Olympic Team.
AthleteEventHeatsQuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinalTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankFernando JorgeMen's C-1 1000 m3:54.903 Q4:06.634Did not advance22Saeid FazloulaMen's K-1 1000 m3:42.804 Q3:40.944Did not advance23Saman SoltaniWomen's K-1 500 m2:02.197 Q2:01.436Did not advance38 Qualification Legend: Q = Qualify to next round; FA = Qualify to final (medal); FB = Qualify to final B (non-medal)
Cycling
Road Refugee Olympic Team, entered two cyclist to compete at the games. Ex-Afghan cyclist Amir Ansari, and ex-Ethiopian cyclist Eyeru Tesfoam Gebru were nominated by the IOC to compete at the games.
AthleteEventTimeRankAmir AnsariMen's time trial40:26.1430Eyeru Tesfoam GebruWomen's road race—
Judo
Refugee Olympic Team entered 6 judoka (three men and three women) into Paris 2024. The team including; Two ex-Iranian judoka, Mohammad Rashnonezhad and Mahboubeh Barbari Zharfi; two ex-Afghan judoka, Sibghatullah Arab and Nigara Shaheen; two ex-Syrian judoka, Adnan Khankan and Muna Dahouk. Dahouk, who left Syria for the Netherlands with her family in 2019, told CBS that she wants to use her platform as a refugee athlete to break down stereotypes and challenge misconceptions about refugees: "I will represent the refugees around the world – to show people what the refugees can do. We are not weak people. We can be athletes, we can be students, we can be anything we want." Khankan, aged 30 and originally from Damascus, fled Syria in 2015 and now lives in Cologne in Germany; he describes Muhammad Ali as his inspiration.
Athlete Event Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Repechage Final / Rank Opposition Result Opposition Result Opposition Result Opposition Result Opposition Result Opposition ResultMohammad RashnonezhadMen's −66 kg L 00–10Did not advance17Sibghatullah Arab Men's −81 kg L 01–11Did not advance17Adnan Khankan Men's −100 kgL 00–10Did not advance17Muna Dahouk Women's −57 kg L 00–10Did not advance 17Nigara Shaheen Women's −63 kg L 00–10Did not advance17Mahboubeh Barbari Zharfi Women's +78 kgL 00–10Did not advance17
Mixed AthleteEventRound of 32Round of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsRepechageFinal / OppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultRankMohammad RashnonezhadSibghatullah ArabAdnan KhankanMuna DahoukNigara ShaheenMahboubeh Barbari ZharfiTeamL 0–4Did not advance17
Shooting
Two shooters achieved quota places for the Refugee Olympics Team. Former Eritrean sport-shooter, Luna Solomon; and former Venezuelan sport-shooter Francisco Edilio Centeno; both would compete at the Games after being announced by the IOC.
AthleteEventQualificationFinalPointsRankPointsRankFrancisco Edilio CentenoMen's 10 m air pistol56230Did not advanceLuna SolomonWomen's 10 m air rifle601.243Did not advance
Swimming
Two swimmers; Alaa Maso (former Syrian swimmer) and Matin Balsini (former Iranian); would represent the Refugee Olympic Team, after being announced by the IOC.
AthleteEventHeatSemifinalFinalTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankAlaa MasoMen's 50 m freestyle23.9047Did not advanceMatin BalsiniMen's 200 m butterfly2:00.7726Did not advance
Qualifiers for the latter rounds (Q) of all events were decided on a time only basis, therefore positions shown are overall results versus competitors in all heats.
Taekwondo
Refugee Olympic Team announced five athletes to compete at the games. Three former Iranians; Hadi Tiran, Kasra Mehdipournejad and Dina Pouryounes; one former Syrian, Yahya Al-Ghotany; and one former Afghan, Farzad Mansouri; were all set to compete at the games.
Originally, two athletes already qualified for the games; Ali Reza Abbasi qualified for the games by winning the semifinal round in his division at the 2024 Asian Qualification Tournament in Tai'an, China; and Kimia Alizadeh qualified for the games by winning the semifinal round in her division at the 2024 European Qualification Tournament in Sofia, Bulgaria. Later on, both of them could not compete at the games, because Kimia received her Bulgarian passport, which made her represent the Bulgarian team; and Ali's quota was declined by the IOC and being replaced by Yahya.
AthleteEventQualificationRound of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsRepechageFinal / OppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultRankHadi TiranMen's −58 kgL 3–4, 0–5Did not advance17=Yahya Al GhotanyMen's −68 kgL 0–14, 4–16Did not advance17Farzad MansouriMen's −80 kgL 7–10, 1–3 Did not advance11=Kasra MehdipournejadMen's +80 kg W 3–4, 6–0, 15–2 L 1–6, 1–13Did not advance11=Dina PouryounesWomen's −49 kgL 4–5, 0–12Did not advanceL 4–13, 1–13Did not advance7=
Weightlifting
Refugee Olympic Team entered two weightlifters into the Olympic competition. Former Cuban weightlifters, Ramiro Mora Romero; and former Iranian weightlifters Yekta Jamali secured their spots, respectively in men's under 102 kg and women's under 81 kg, after being nominated by the IOC.
AthleteEventSnatchClean & JerkTotalRankResultRankResultRankRamiro Mora RomeroMen's −102 kg1661021073767Yekta JamaliWomen's −81 kg103912892319
Wrestling
Refugee Olympics Team entered two wrestlers to compete at the Olympic competition. Former Iranian wrestlers, Iman Mahdavi and Jamal Valizadeh entered the games after being announced to represent the team by the IOC.
Freestyle AthleteEventRound of 16QuarterfinalSemifinalRepechageFinal / OppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultRankIman MahdaviMen's 74 kgL 0–4ST Did not advance17