An EOC Refugee Team competed at the 2023 European Games in

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and

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, from 21 June to 2 July 2023, as

independent Olympic participants Athletes have competed as independent Olympians at the Olympic Games for various reasons, including political transition, international sanctions, suspensions of National Olympic Committees, and compassion. Independent athletes have come from ...

Symbols

The team competed under the country code ERT. During the Parade of Nations, the team entered after

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and before

, the host nation. During the opening ceremony, the team used a flag depicting the logo of the

European Olympic Committees The European Olympic Committees is an organisation based in Rome, Italy, consisting of 50 National Olympic Committees from the continent of Europe.EOC members include transcontinental countries Turkey and the Russian Federation, as well as Israel, ...

. However, in official games material, the team is represented by a slightly different flag that omits the "European Olympic Committees" lettering. File:EOC Refugee Team flag.png, Flag used to represent the EOC Refugee Team in official games material

Team Selection

The team was selected on 26 April 2023, represented in the following list, together with each competitor's country of origin and their host

National Olympic Committee A National Olympic Committee (NOC) is a national constituent of the worldwide Olympic movement. Subject to the controls of the International Olympic Committee, NOCs are responsible for organizing their people's participation in the Olympic Games ...

(NOC).https://www.european-games.org/refugee-team-at-the-european-games/

Competitors

Boxing

Taekwondo

References