Albania Albania ( ; sq, Shqipëri or ), or , also or . officially the Republic of Albania ( sq, Republika e Shqipërisë), is a country in Southeastern Europe. It is located on the Adriatic and Ionian Seas within the Mediterranean Sea and shares ...

has competed at every celebration of the

Mediterranean Games The Mediterranean Games is a multi-sport event organised by the International Committee of Mediterranean Games (CIJM). It is held every four years among athletes from countries bordering the Mediterranean Sea in Africa, Asia and Europe. The fir ...

since the

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. As of 2022, Albanian athletes have won a total of 49 medals. The country's ranking in the history of the Games is the 17th place.

History

Albania participate for the first time in their history at the

in 1987 Syria. It would be their most successful participanton, as Albania secured eight medals in which they won three gold medals in total. Two by the females in

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and

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, and by men Shooter Kirsti Robo. Albania would also secure three medals in

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in which Ajet Toska won silver in hammer throw and bronze by

Pavlina Evro Pavlina Evro (born 22 January 1965) is a retired Albanian mid-distance and long-distance runner athlete. Born in Korçë, Albania she specialized in the mid-distances of 800m and 1500m. She is the most famous Albanian athlete for her extraordinary ...

in the 800 meters run. Albania would finish their first ever Mediterranean Games in 11th place. Their best result so far at this competition.

Medal tables

Medals by Mediterranean Games

Medals by sport

Medals at the Mediterranean Beach Games

Albania won so far two medals at the

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in which being one Gold and one bronze, since their debut.

Athletes with most medals

The Albanian athletes with the most medals won in the history of the

is female athlete

Luiza Gega Luiza Gega (born 5 November 1988) is an Albanian middle- and long-distance runner who specialises in the 3000 metres steeplechase since 2016. She won the silver medal in the event at the 2016 European Championships, and a gold in 2022 setting ...

, who won three medals in total for Albania. Most recently she won the gold medal for the second time running in her carrier, at the

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in Oran. The second most successful Albanian medalist at the Mediterranean games is female Weightlifter

Romela Begaj Romela Aleksandër Begaj (born 2 November 1986) is an Albanian weightlifter. On 11 November 2014 in Almaty she became world champion in the Snatch style for the category up to 63 kg. Previously Begaj represented Albania at the 2008 Europe ...

she won in total four medals. Gold in

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and two medals in

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one bronze and silber medals in the Women's -63 kg category. The other one's in this list being male weightlifter

Daniel Godelli Daniel Godelli (born January 10, 1992, in Peqin) is an Albanian weightlifter, and Olympian competing in the 69 kg and 77 kg categories until 2018 and 81 kg starting in 2018 after the International Weightlifting Federation reorganiz ...

and Erkand Qerimaj. Each with two medal wins. Notes: athletes in bold are still active.

Albanian medalists at the mediterranean Games

They were plenty of Albanians who did participate for

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coming from

Kosovo Kosovo ( sq, Kosova or ; sr-Cyrl, Косово ), officially the Republic of Kosovo ( sq, Republika e Kosovës, links=no; sr, Република Косово, Republika Kosovo, links=no), is a partially recognised state in Southeast Euro ...

and from Macedonia and for Greece who would win many medals at the

. In Boxing several athletes of Albanian descent such as

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Aziz Salihu Aziz Salihu (born 1 May 1954 in Pristina, Kosovo) is one of the best retired Super heavyweight boxer of Kosovar Albanian descent. He represented Yugoslavia at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, California, and won the bronze me ...

were successful medal winners for Yugoslavia. Albanians like

Shaban Tërstena Shaban Trstena ( mk, Шабан Трстена, Šaban Trstena, sq, Shaban Tërstena; born 1 January 1965) is a Macedonian-Yugoslavian former freestyle wrestler. Trstena was born in Skopje, SFR Yugoslavia and is of Albanian ethnicity. Growi ...

and

Shaban Sejdiu Shaban Sejdiu ( mk, Шабан Сејдиу; born 6 May 1959) is Macedonian retired freestyle wrestler. An ethnic Macedonian Albanian, Sejdiu, as part of the Skopje Wrestling Club, was trained by notable coaches Risto Takov, who had also train ...

who would win gold medals in

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. Recently athletes of Albanian descent represented

at the

in which Judokas like

Majlinda Kelmendi Majlinda Kelmendi (; born 9 May 1991) is a Kosovan-Albanian former judoka and judo coach. In 2014, Majlinda topped the IJF Women's Prestige World Ranking List. On 7 August 2016, she became the first Kosovan athlete to win a medal at the Olymp ...

, Nora Gjakova and

Akil Gjakova Akil Gjakova (born 4 January 1996) is a Kosovan judoka. He is a gold medalist at the Mediterranean Games and the European Judo Championships. Career He won the gold medal in the men's 73 kg event at the 2018 Mediterranean Games held in Tarrago ...

would win gold medals in Judo. Recently

Distria Krasniqi Distria Krasniqi (; born 10 December 1995) is a Kosovar judoka. She received a gold medal in the women's 48-kg judo competition at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo. In August 2021, she was awarded the Honor of the Nation Decoration of Albani ...

and Laura Fazliu won Gold in

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at the

in Oran in Algeria. It does not represent the actual medal table, as it is just a table of how many medals were won by Albanians athletes who did not compete for Albania at those competition's.

References

External links

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