Turkmenistan at the 2020 Summer Olympics
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Turkmenistan competed at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo. Originally scheduled to take place from 24 July to 9 August 2020, the Games were postponed to 23 July to 8 August 2021, due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[2] This was the nation's seventh consecutive appearance at the Summer Olympics in the post-Soviet era.
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Turkmenistan at the 2020 Summer Olympics | |
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IOC code | TKM |
NOC | National Olympic Committee of Turkmenistan |
Website | https://olympic.tm/en |
in Tokyo, Japan July 23, 2021 (2021-07-23) – August 8, 2021 (2021-08-08) | |
Competitors | 9 in 4[1] sports |
Flag bearers (opening) | Gulbadam Babamuratova Merdan Ataýew |
Flag bearer (closing) | N/A |
Medals Ranked 77th |
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Summer Olympics appearances (overview) | |
Other related appearances | |
Russian Empire (1900–1912) Soviet Union (1952–1988) Unified Team (1992) |
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Polina Guryeva won the country's first ever medal by placing second in the women's 59 kg in weightlifting. With that achievement Turkmenistan became the last post-Soviet country to win a medal at the Olympics.