Mali
Mali (; ), officially the Republic of Mali,, , ff, 𞤈𞤫𞤲𞥆𞤣𞤢𞥄𞤲𞤣𞤭 𞤃𞤢𞥄𞤤𞤭, Renndaandi Maali, italics=no, ar, جمهورية مالي, Jumhūriyyāt Mālī is a landlocked country in West Africa. Mal ...
competed at the
2012 Summer Olympics held in
London
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, from 27 July to 12 August 2012. This was the nation's twelfth appearance at the Olympics, although not consecutive due to the African boycott of the
1976 Summer Olympics
Events January
* January 3 – The International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights enters into force.
* January 5 – The Pol Pot regime proclaims a new constitution for Democratic Kampuchea.
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in Montreal.
Malia did not qualify for any of the team events and sent its smallest delegation to the Games to the
2000 Summer Olympics
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in Sydney. Six Malian athletes, 4 men and 2 women, qualified to the team to compete in 4 sports. Hurdler
Rahamatou Drame, who competed at her first Olympic games, was the nation's flag bearer at the
opening ceremony.
Mali, however, has yet to win its first ever Olympic medal. Taekwondo jin and double-time world heavyweight champion
Daba Modibo Keita Daba may refer to:
*RAF El Daba, Daba, Egypt
*Daba language, spoken in Cameroon and Nigeria
*Daba (settlement), a Georgian equivalent of an urban-type settlement
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missed out of the nation's historic Olympic record, after he withdrew from the bronze medal tournament because of the injuries he had sustained.
Athletics
;Men
;Women
Judo
Mali has qualified 1 judoka
Swimming
Mali has gained two "Universality places" from the
FINA
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.
;Men
;Women
Taekwondo
Mali was given a wild card entrant.
References
External links
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Nations at the 2012 Summer Olympics
2012
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2012 in Malian sport
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