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competed at the

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in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, from 5 to 21 August 2016. This was the nation's fourteenth appearance at the Summer Olympics, since its debut in

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. Bolivian Olympic Committee ( es, Comité Olímpico Boliviano sent the nation's second-largest delegation in history to the Games, falling short of a roster size set in

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by a single athlete. A total of 12 athletes, six per gender, were selected to the Bolivian team across five different sports; three of them returned for their second appearance, while the rest of the delegation attended the Games for the first time. Notable Bolivian athletes featured pistol shooter

Rudolf Knijnenburg Rudolf Knijnenburg Cordero (born May 18, 1982 in Santa Cruz de la Sierra) is a Bolivian sport shooter. He represented his nation Bolivia in pistol shooting at the 2004 Summer Olympics and in four editions of the Pan American Games (2003, 2007, 2 ...

, who staged his comeback in Rio de Janeiro after a twelve-year absence, freestyle swimmer

Karen Torrez Karen Milenka Torrez Guzmán (born 29 July 1992) is a Bolivian swimmer from Cochabamba. She competes in the Women's 100m Freestyle. She was flag bearer for the nation at the 2012 Summer Olympics. She qualified to the 2019 Pan American Games dur ...

, and race walkers

Claudia Balderrama Claudia Balderrama Ibañez (born 13 November 1983) is a Bolivian race-walker of partial Aymara ancestry. She was born in Catavi, Llallagua, Potosí, and competed for Bolivia at the 2012 Summer Olympics, finishing 33rd in a new personal bes ...

and

Ángela Castro Ángela Melania Castro Chirivechz (born 21 February 1993) is a Bolivian race walker. She competed in the women's 20 kilometres walk event at the 2016 Summer Olympics finishing in 18th place. It was the best result ever for Bolivia in Olympic at ...

, who was chosen to lead the team as the nation's flag bearer into the opening ceremony. Bolivia, however, has yet to win its first ever Olympic medal.

Athletics (track and field)

Bolivian athletes have so far achieved qualifying standards in the following athletics events (up to a maximum of 3 athletes in each event): ;Track & road events

Cycling

Road

Bolivia has received an invitation from the Tripartite Commission to send a rider competing in the men's road race to the Olympics.

Judo

Bolivia has qualified one judoka for the men's middleweight category (90 kg) at the Games, signifying the nation's Olympic return to the sport for the first time since

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. Martin Michel earned a continental quota spot from the Pan American region as the Bolivia's top-ranked judoka outside of direct qualifying position in the IJF World Ranking List of 30 May 2016.

Shooting

Bolivia has received two invitations from the Tripartite Commission to send shooters competing in the men's pistol and women's rifle events to the Olympics. Qualification Legend: Q = Qualify for the next round; q = Qualify for the bronze medal (shotgun)

Swimming

Bolivia has received a Universality invitation from FINA to send two swimmers (one male and one female) to the Olympics.

References

External links

* {{Country at games navbox, Bolivia, Olympics Nations at the 2016 Summer Olympics

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2016 in Bolivian sport