Equatorial Guinea
Equatorial Guinea ( es, Guinea Ecuatorial; french: Guinée équatoriale; pt, Guiné Equatorial), officially the Republic of Equatorial Guinea ( es, link=no, República de Guinea Ecuatorial, french: link=no, République de Guinée équatoria ...
first participated at the
Olympic Games
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in 1984, and has sent athletes to compete in every
Summer Olympic Games
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since then. The nation has never participated in the
Winter Olympic Games
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.
As of 2016, no athlete from Equatorial Guinea has ever won an Olympic medal. The nation's most famous Olympic athlete is
Eric Moussambani
Eric Moussambani Malonga (born 31 May 1978) is an Equatoguinean swimmer. Nicknamed Eric the Eel by the media, Moussambani won brief international fame at the 2000 Summer Olympics for an extremely unlikely victory. Moussambani, who had never se ...
, who achieved some international notoriety for his exceptionally slow performance in
swimming at the 2000 Summer Olympics
The swimming competitions at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney took place from 16 to 23 September 2000 at the Sydney International Aquatic Centre in Homebush Bay. It featured 32 events (16 male, 16 female), and a total of 954 swimmers from 15 ...
.
The
National Olympic Committee
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for Equatorial Guinea was created in 1980 and recognized by the
International Olympic Committee
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