Rwanda
Rwanda (; rw, u Rwanda ), officially the Republic of Rwanda, is a landlocked country in the Great Rift Valley of Central Africa, where the African Great Lakes region and Southeast Africa converge. Located a few degrees south of the Equator ...
has competed in ten Summer Olympic Games. They have never competed in the Winter Olympic Games.
Rwanda has never won an Olympic medal, but
Jean de Dieu Nkundabera won a Paralympic bronze medal for Rwanda in
athletics at the
2004 Summer Paralympics
)
, nations = 136
, athletes = 3,806
, events = 519 in 19 sports
, opening = 17 September
, closing = 28 September
, opened_by = President Costis Stephanopoulos
, cauldron = Georgios Toptsis
, stadium = Olympic ...
in
Athens.
"The Greek gods would be pleased--the 2004 Summer Paralympics revisited"
''Palaestra'', September 22, 2004
Medal tables
Medals by Summer Games
See also
* List of flag bearers for Rwanda at the Olympics
* Rwanda at the Paralympics
References
External links
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Olympics
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 ...
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