Moldova At The Olympics
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The
Republic of Moldova A republic () is a "state in which power rests with the people or their representatives; specifically a state without a monarchy" and also a "government, or system of government, of such a state." Previously, especially in the 17th and 18th c ...
first participated at the
Olympic Games The modern Olympic Games or Olympics (french: link=no, Jeux olympiques) are the leading international sporting events featuring summer and winter sports competitions in which thousands of athletes from around the world participate in a var ...
as an independent nation in 1994, and has sent athletes to compete in every Games since then. Previously, Moldovan athletes competed as part of the
Soviet Union at the Olympics The Soviet Union, Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR) first participated at the Olympic Games in 1952, and competed at the Summer and Winter Games on 18 occasions subsequently. At six of its nine appearances at the Summer Olympic Games, th ...
from 1952 to 1988, and after the
dissolution of the Soviet Union The dissolution of the Soviet Union, also negatively connoted as rus, Разва́л Сове́тского Сою́за, r=Razvál Sovétskogo Soyúza, ''Ruining of the Soviet Union''. was the process of internal disintegration within the Sov ...
, Moldova was part of the Unified Team in 1992. The nation has not won any medals at the
Winter Olympic Games The Winter Olympic Games (french: link=no, Jeux olympiques d'hiver) is a major international multi-sport event held once every four years for sports practiced on snow and ice. The first Winter Olympic Games, the 1924 Winter Olympics, were he ...
. The
National Olympic Committee of the Republic of Moldova The National Olympic Committee of the Republic of Moldova ( ro, Comitetul Național Olimpic al Republicii Moldova CNORM) is responsible for Republic of Moldova's participation in the Olympic Games. History The National Olympic Committee of the R ...
was created in 1991 and recognized by the
International Olympic Committee The International Olympic Committee (IOC; french: link=no, Comité international olympique, ''CIO'') is a non-governmental sports organisation based in Lausanne, Switzerland. It is constituted in the form of an association under the Swiss ...
in 1993.


Medal tables


Medals by Summer Games


Medals by Winter Games


Medals by sport


List of medalists


See also

* List of flag bearers for Moldova at the Olympics * :Olympic competitors for Moldova *
Moldova at the Paralympics Moldova, following its independence from the Soviet Union in 1991, made its Paralympic Games début at the 1996 Summer Paralympics in Atlanta, where it sent a five-man delegation to compete in track and field, powerlifting and table tennis. The c ...


External links

* * * {{National sports teams of Moldova