Jordan first participated at the Olympic Games in 1980, and has sent athletes to compete in every

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since then. The nation has never participated in the Winter Olympic Games, however at the

1992 Albertville Olympics ) , nations = 64 , athletes = 1,801 (1313 men, 488 women) , events = 57 in 6 sports (12 disciplines) , opening = 8 February 1992 , closing = 23 February 1992 , opened_by = President François Mitterrand , cauldron ...

43-year-old Mohamed Hadid competed for Jordan in the demonstration sport of speed skiing. Jordan won its first official ever medal at the Olympic Games at Rio de Janeiro in

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, when

Ahmad Abughaush Ahmad Abughaush (Arabic: أحمد أبو غوش; born 1 February 1996) is a Jordanian taekwondo athlete. He won the gold medal in the 68 kg category at the 2016 Olympics. This was Jordan's first Olympic medal in any sport, excluding a bronze in ...

won gold in the Men's 68 kg tournament in Taekwondo. Jordan won its second official medal at the

2020 Summer Olympics The , officially the and also known as , was an international multi-sport event held from 23 July to 8 August 2021 in Tokyo, Japan, with some preliminary events that began on 21 July. Tokyo was selected as the host city during the ...

in Tokyo with yet another taekwondo achievement as Saleh Al-Sharabaty won a silver medal in the 80 kg category. Samer Kamal and Ihsan Abu-Sheikha won two bronze medals in Taekwondo at the

1988 Summer Olympics The 1988 Summer Olympics (), officially known as the Games of the XXIV Olympiad () and commonly known as Seoul 1988 ( ko, 서울 1988, Seoul Cheon gubaek palsip-pal), was an international multi-sport event held from 17 September to 2 October ...

at Seoul, South Korea when Taekwondo was just introduced into the Olympic Games; however, it was introduced only as a demonstration sport and therefore, are not official medals. The

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for Jordan was created in 1957 and recognized by the International Olympic Committee in 1963. The Jordan Olympic Committee is now headed by Prince Faisal Bin Al Hussein.

Medal tables

Medals by Summer Games

Medals by sport

List of medalists

References

External links

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