Haiti competed at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, from 27 July to 12 August 2012. This was the nation's fifteenth appearance at the Olympics, since its national debut at the 1900 Summer Olympics in Paris. Comité Olympique Haïtien selected a team of five athletes, 3 men and 2 women, to compete only in athletics and judo.
Four Haitian athletes, however, were born in the United States. With hundreds of thousands of people rendered homeless by a devastating earthquake in 2010, Haiti struggled to produce world-class athletes, but those with the nation's links were still eager to represent their ancestors' homeland in numerous sporting events, including the Olympic Games. 21-year-old judoka Linouse Desravine, however, was Haiti's lone homegrown athlete, who later became the nation's flag bearer at the opening ceremony.[1]
Before London, Haitian athletes had won one silver medal by Silvio Cator in 1928, and one bronze medal by five rifle shooters in 1924. Haiti, however, did not win its first Olympic medal for more than 80 years. Triple jumper Samyr Lainé advanced successfully into the final rounds of his event, but missed out of the nation's first medal in London after finishing farther from the standings.
^"Haiti's Olympic team in London isn't very Haitian". Sports Illustrated. 22 July 2012. Retrieved 5 September 2012.
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haiti, 2012, summer, olympics, haiti, competed, 2012, summer, olympics, london, from, july, august, 2012, this, nation, fifteenth, appearance, olympics, since, national, debut, 1900, summer, olympics, paris, comité, olympique, haïtien, selected, team, five, at. Haiti competed at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London from 27 July to 12 August 2012 This was the nation s fifteenth appearance at the Olympics since its national debut at the 1900 Summer Olympics in Paris Comite Olympique Haitien selected a team of five athletes 3 men and 2 women to compete only in athletics and judo Haiti at the2012 Summer OlympicsIOC codeHAINOCComite Olympique Haitienin LondonCompetitors5 in 2 sportsFlag bearersLinouse Desravine opening Marlena Wesh closing MedalsGold 0 Silver 0 Bronze 0 Total 0Summer Olympics appearances overview 19001904 192019241928193219361948 195619601964 196819721976198019841988199219962000200420082012201620202024 Four Haitian athletes however were born in the United States With hundreds of thousands of people rendered homeless by a devastating earthquake in 2010 Haiti struggled to produce world class athletes but those with the nation s links were still eager to represent their ancestors homeland in numerous sporting events including the Olympic Games 21 year old judoka Linouse Desravine however was Haiti s lone homegrown athlete who later became the nation s flag bearer at the opening ceremony 1 Before London Haitian athletes had won one silver medal by Silvio Cator in 1928 and one bronze medal by five rifle shooters in 1924 Haiti however did not win its first Olympic medal for more than 80 years Triple jumper Samyr Laine advanced successfully into the final rounds of his event but missed out of the nation s first medal in London after finishing farther from the standings Contents 1 Athletics 2 Judo 3 See also 4 References 5 External linksAthletics editMain article Athletics at the 2012 Summer Olympics The following athletes qualified to compete in the athletics Men Track amp road events Athlete Event Heat Semifinal Final Result Rank Result Rank Result Rank Moise Joseph 800 m 1 48 46 6 Did not advance Jeffrey Julmis 110 m hurdles 13 87 8 Did not advance Field events Athlete Event Qualification Final Distance Position Distance Position Samyr Laine Triple jump 16 81 10 q 16 65 11 Women Track amp road events Athlete Event Heat Semifinal Final Result Rank Result Rank Result Rank Marlena Wesh 200 m DNS Did not advance 400 m 51 98 3 Q 52 49 8 Did not advanceJudo editMain article Judo at the 2012 Summer Olympics Athlete Event Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Repechage Final BM OppositionResult OppositionResult OppositionResult OppositionResult OppositionResult OppositionResult Rank Linouse Desravine Women s 52 kg nbsp Bundmaa MGL L 0000 0100 Did not advanceSee also editHaiti at the 2011 Pan American GamesReferences edit Haiti s Olympic team in London isn t very Haitian Sports Illustrated 22 July 2012 Retrieved 5 September 2012 External links edit Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Haiti at the 2012 Summer Olympics amp oldid 1147220370, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
