Venezuelan athletes have won a total of nineteen medals, all at Summer Games, with boxing (six medals; one gold, three silver, two bronze) being the most successful sport. The most successful Olympian is Yulimar Rojas, Venezuela's only multi-medalist in a regular Games, with one gold and one silver in women's triple jump.
In the 1952 Summer Olympics, Asnoldo Devonish earned a bronze medal which became the first Olympic medal in the country's sports history. In 1968 Francisco Rodríguez earned the first gold medal; obtaining silver and bronze medals in various games until 1984. The first Venezuelan to participate in the Winter Olympic Games was Iginia Boccalandro in Nagano 1998. Rafael Vidal was bronze medalist in the 200 m butterfly in swimming at the 1984 Los Angeles Olympic Games. Arlindo Gouveia won a gold medal in taekwondo in Barcelona 1992, but at that time the sport only participated as an exhibition. That medal, along with the bronze medal won by Adriana Carmona in the same sport, are counted as official by the Venezuelan Taekwondo Federation since 2018.[2]
Venezuela participated in the 2004 Athens Games with 48 athletes, winning two bronze medals with Adriana Carmona and Israel Rubio in taekwondo and weightlifting.[3]
In the 2008 Beijing Games, Venezuela became the only country (only behind the host China) to double the number of athletes qualified with respect to the previous games, going from 48 athletes in Athens 2004 to 108 athletes in 2008, making it the delegation with the greatest progress with respect to the last games. For this occasion, Venezuela qualified for the first time 3 team sports, men's and women's volleyball and the women's softball team. Previously, only in 1980 in Moscow (soccer) and in Barcelona 1992 (basketball) had Venezuela been able to qualify team sports.[4] In these games, Venezuelan Dalia Contreras won the bronze medal in Taekwondo in the 49 kilograms category, after defeating Kenyan Mildred Alango 1–0.[5]
Fencer Rubén Limardo wins the third gold medal for the nation. Limardo also becomes the first Latin American to win a gold medal in fencing since 1904, over 100 years ago.
In these Olympic Games, Venezuela almost achieved a number of athletes almost equal to that of Beijing 2008, and even achieved a better record of medals than in those Olympic Games, with a total of three medals in the categories of boxing, cycling and athletics by the Venezuelan representatives: Yoel Finol, Yulimar Rojas and Stefany Hernández, thus completing their participation in these Olympic Games with one bronze medal and two silver medals.
In these Olympic Games, Venezuela competes with 44 athletes being its smallest delegation since 1988, obtaining 4 medals; 3 silver medals won by Julio Mayora and Keydomar Vallenilla in weightlifting and Daniel Dhers in BMX freestyle and a gold by Yulimar Rojas in triple jump, who broke the world and Olympic record in the history of this category of athletics in the Olympic Games, with a mark of 15. 67 meters, in addition to becoming the first woman to receive a gold medal in the history of the Olympic Games for Venezuela.
A Venezuela won two demonstration medals in taekwondo (one gold and one bronze) at the 1992 Summer Olympics. As a demonstration sport, the medals are not recognized as Olympic medals by the International Olympic Committee; the Venezuelan Taekwondo Federation says that the 1992 medals are recognized and lists them among the nation's taekwondo medals, but all other countries and athletes who received medals in the sport in 1992 do not recognize their own medals, and do not count them toward the all-time total of medals of their respective countries. For accuracy and consistency, those of Venezuela are not counted.[6][7][8]
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Venezuela first participated at the Olympic Games in 1948 and has sent athletes to compete in every Summer Olympic Games since then Venezuela has also participated in the Winter Olympic Games since 1998 The Venezuelan Olympic Committee COV was created in 1935 Venezuela at theOlympicsIOC codeVENNOCVenezuelan Olympic CommitteeWebsitewww wbr covoficial wbr com wbr ve in Spanish MedalsRanked 75thGold 3 Silver 7 Bronze 9 Total 19Summer appearances19481952195619601964196819721976198019841988199219962000200420082012201620202024Winter appearances199820022006201020142018 2022The first Venezuelan athlete to participate in the Olympic Games was cyclist Julio Cesar Leon in London 1948 In 1968 Francisco Rodriguez earned the first gold medal The first Venezuelan to participate in the Winter Olympic Games was Iginia Boccalandro in the 1998 Winter Olympics Venezuelan athletes have won a total of nineteen medals all at Summer Games with boxing six medals one gold three silver two bronze being the most successful sport The most successful Olympian is Yulimar Rojas Venezuela s only multi medalist in a regular Games with one gold and one silver in women s triple jump Contents 1 History 1 1 Athens 2004 1 2 Turin 2006 1 3 Beijing 2008 1 4 London 2012 1 5 Sochi 2014 1 6 Rio 2016 1 7 Tokyo 2020 2 Medal tables 2 1 Medals by Summer Games 2 2 Medals by Winter Games 2 3 Medals by Summer Sport 2 4 Medals by Gender 3 List of medalists 3 1 Summer Olympics 3 2 Multiple medalists 3 3 Most successful Olympian progression 4 Notes 5 References 6 See also 7 External linksHistory EditThis article needs additional citations for verification Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources Unsourced material may be challenged and removed Find sources Venezuela at the Olympics news newspapers books scholar JSTOR September 2022 Learn how and when to remove this template message See also Venezuela at the 1948 Summer Olympics Venezuela at the 1952 Summer Olympics Venezuela at the 1984 Summer Olympics Venezuela at the 1992 Summer Olympics and Venezuela at the 1998 Winter Olympics The first Venezuelan athlete to participate in the Olympic Games was Trujillo cyclist Julio Cesar Leon in London 1948 1 In the 1952 Summer Olympics Asnoldo Devonish earned a bronze medal which became the first Olympic medal in the country s sports history In 1968 Francisco Rodriguez earned the first gold medal obtaining silver and bronze medals in various games until 1984 The first Venezuelan to participate in the Winter Olympic Games was Iginia Boccalandro in Nagano 1998 Rafael Vidal was bronze medalist in the 200 m butterfly in swimming at the 1984 Los Angeles Olympic Games Arlindo Gouveia won a gold medal in taekwondo in Barcelona 1992 but at that time the sport only participated as an exhibition That medal along with the bronze medal won by Adriana Carmona in the same sport are counted as official by the Venezuelan Taekwondo Federation since 2018 2 Athens 2004 Edit Main article Venezuela at the 2004 Summer Olympics Venezuela participated in the 2004 Athens Games with 48 athletes winning two bronze medals with Adriana Carmona and Israel Rubio in taekwondo and weightlifting 3 Turin 2006 Edit Main article Venezuela at the 2006 Winter Olympics Venezuela participated in the Turin 2006 Winter Olympics thanks to Werner Hoeger in the luge specialty Beijing 2008 Edit Main article Venezuela at the 2008 Summer Olympics In the 2008 Beijing Games Venezuela became the only country only behind the host China to double the number of athletes qualified with respect to the previous games going from 48 athletes in Athens 2004 to 108 athletes in 2008 making it the delegation with the greatest progress with respect to the last games For this occasion Venezuela qualified for the first time 3 team sports men s and women s volleyball and the women s softball team Previously only in 1980 in Moscow soccer and in Barcelona 1992 basketball had Venezuela been able to qualify team sports 4 In these games Venezuelan Dalia Contreras won the bronze medal in Taekwondo in the 49 kilograms category after defeating Kenyan Mildred Alango 1 0 5 London 2012 Edit Main article Venezuela at the 2008 Summer Olympics Fencer Ruben Limardo wins the third gold medal for the nation Limardo also becomes the first Latin American to win a gold medal in fencing since 1904 over 100 years ago Sochi 2014 Edit Main article Venezuela at the 2014 Winter Olympics Venezuela achieves its 4th participation in the 2004 Winter Olympic Games thanks to the athlete Antonio Pardo Andretta in the alpine skiing specialty Rio 2016 Edit Main article Venezuela at the 2016 Summer Olympics In these Olympic Games Venezuela almost achieved a number of athletes almost equal to that of Beijing 2008 and even achieved a better record of medals than in those Olympic Games with a total of three medals in the categories of boxing cycling and athletics by the Venezuelan representatives Yoel Finol Yulimar Rojas and Stefany Hernandez thus completing their participation in these Olympic Games with one bronze medal and two silver medals Tokyo 2020 Edit Main article Venezuela at the 2020 Summer Olympics In these Olympic Games Venezuela competes with 44 athletes being its smallest delegation since 1988 obtaining 4 medals 3 silver medals won by Julio Mayora and Keydomar Vallenilla in weightlifting and Daniel Dhers in BMX freestyle and a gold by Yulimar Rojas in triple jump who broke the world and Olympic record in the history of this category of athletics in the Olympic Games with a mark of 15 67 meters in addition to becoming the first woman to receive a gold medal in the history of the Olympic Games for Venezuela Medal tables EditMedals by Summer Games Edit Games Athletes Gold Silver Bronze Total Rank 1896 Athens did not participate 1900 Paris 1904 St Louis 1908 London 1912 Stockholm 1920 Antwerp 1924 Paris 1928 Amsterdam 1932 Los Angeles 1936 Berlin 1948 London 1 0 0 0 0 1952 Helsinki 38 0 0 1 1 43 1956 Melbourne 19 0 0 0 0 1960 Rome 17 0 0 1 1 44 1964 Tokyo 16 0 0 0 0 1968 Mexico City 36 1 0 0 1 30 1972 Munich 26 0 0 0 0 1976 Montreal 36 0 1 0 1 35 1980 Moscow 48 0 1 0 1 33 1984 Los Angeles 26 0 0 3 3 41 1988 Seoul 18 0 0 0 0 1992 Barcelona 36 0 0 0 0 A 1996 Atlanta 39 0 0 0 0 2000 Sydney 51 0 0 0 0 2004 Athens 48 0 0 2 2 68 2008 Beijing 110 0 0 1 1 86 2012 London 69 1 0 0 1 50 2016 Rio de Janeiro 87 0 2 1 3 65 2020 Tokyo 44 1 3 0 4 46 2024 Paris future event 2028 Los Angeles 2032 BrisbaneTotal 3 7 9 19 75Medals by Winter Games Edit Games Athletes Gold Silver Bronze Total Rank 1924 Chamonix did not participate 1928 St Moritz 1932 Lake Placid 1936 Garmisch Partenkirchen 1948 St Moritz 1952 Oslo 1956 Cortina d Ampezzo 1960 Squaw Valley 1964 Innsbruck 1968 Grenoble 1972 Sapporo 1976 Innsbruck 1980 Lake Placid 1984 Sarajevo 1988 Calgary 1992 Albertville 1994 Lillehammer 1998 Nagano 1 0 0 0 0 2002 Salt Lake City 4 0 0 0 0 2006 Turin 1 0 0 0 0 2010 Vancouver did not participate 2014 Sochi 1 0 0 0 0 2018 Pyeongchang did not participate 2022 Beijing 2026 Milan Cortina future eventTotal 0 0 0 0 Medals by Summer Sport Edit Sports Gold Silver Bronze Total Rank Boxing 1 3 2 6 33 Athletics 1 1 1 3 62 Fencing 1 0 0 1 27 Weightlifting 0 2 1 3 50 Cycling 0 1 1 2 37 Taekwondo 0 0 2 2 35 Shooting 0 0 1 1 68 Swimming 0 0 1 1 56Total 3 7 9 19 75Medals by Gender Edit Gender Gold Silver Bronze TotalMen 2 6 6 14Women 1 1 3 5Mixed 0 0 0 0Total 3 7 9 19List of medalists EditSummer Olympics Edit Medal Name Games Sport Event Bronze Asnoldo Devonish 1952 Helsinki Athletics Men s triple jump Bronze Enrico Forcella 1960 Rome Shooting Men s 50 metre rifle prone Gold Francisco Rodriguez 1968 Mexico City Boxing Men s light flyweight Silver Pedro Gamarro 1976 Montreal Boxing Men s welterweight Silver Bernardo Pinango 1980 Moscow Boxing Men s bantamweight Bronze Marcelino Bolivar 1984 Los Angeles Boxing Men s light flyweight Bronze Omar Catari 1984 Los Angeles Boxing Men s featherweight Bronze Rafael Vidal 1984 Los Angeles Swimming Men s 200 metre butterfly Bronze Adriana Carmona 2004 Athens Taekwondo Women s 67 kg Bronze Israel Jose Rubio 2004 Athens Weightlifting Men s 62 kg Bronze Dalia Contreras 2008 Beijing Taekwondo Women s 49 kg Gold Ruben Limardo 2012 London Fencing Men s epee Silver Yulimar Rojas 2016 Rio de Janeiro Athletics Women s triple jump Silver Yoel Finol 2016 Rio de Janeiro Boxing Men s flyweight Bronze Stefany Hernandez 2016 Rio de Janeiro Cycling Women s BMX Gold Yulimar Rojas 2020 Tokyo Athletics Women s triple jump Silver Julio Mayora 2020 Tokyo Weightlifting Men s 73 kg Silver Keydomar Vallenilla 2020 Tokyo Weightlifting Men s 96 kg Silver Daniel Dhers 2020 Tokyo Cycling Men s BMX freestyleMultiple medalists Edit Athlete Sport Games Gold Silver Bronze TotalYulimar Rojas Athletics 2016 2020 1 1 0 2Most successful Olympian progression Edit This table shows how the designation of most successful Venezuelan Olympian has progressed over time Athlete Sport Date Gender TotalAsnoldo Devonish Athletics 23 July 1952 M 0 0 1 1Enrico Forcella Shooting 1960 M 0 0 1 1Francisco Rodriguez Boxing October 1968 M 1 0 0 1Ruben Limardo Fencing 2012 M 1 0 0 1Yulimar Rojas Athletics 1 August 2021 F 1 1 0 2Notes EditA Venezuela won two demonstration medals in taekwondo one gold and one bronze at the 1992 Summer Olympics As a demonstration sport the medals are not recognized as Olympic medals by the International Olympic Committee the Venezuelan Taekwondo Federation says that the 1992 medals are recognized and lists them among the nation s taekwondo medals but all other countries and athletes who received medals in the sport in 1992 do not recognize their own medals and do not count them toward the all time total of medals of their respective countries For accuracy and consistency those of Venezuela are not counted 6 7 8 See also Taekwondo at the 1992 Summer OlympicsReferences Edit Cite error The named reference jcl was invoked but never defined see the help page COI 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