United Arab Emirates The United Arab Emirates (UAE; ar, اَلْإِمَارَات الْعَرَبِيَة الْمُتَحِدَة ), or simply the Emirates ( ar, الِْإمَارَات ), is a country in Western Asia (The Middle East). It is located at th ...

competed at the

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, from 5 to 21 August 2016. This was the nation's ninth consecutive appearance at the Summer Olympics. The

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selected a team of 13 athletes, 9 men and 4 women, to compete in six different sports at the Games. The nation's full roster in Rio de Janeiro was half the size of the delegation sent to

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(26 athletes), and had the largest share of female athletes in its Summer Olympic history. The Emirati roster featured five naturalized athletes: three Moldovan-born judokas

Victor Scvortov Victor Scvortov (born 30 March 1988) is a Moldovan-born Emirati judoka. He originally represented his birth nation in international events, but he moved to the United Arab Emirates along with two other Moldovan judoka in 2013. He competed at th ...

Sergiu Toma Sergiu Toma (born 29 January 1987) is a Moldovan-born Emirati judoka. He competed for the United Arab Emirates in the 81 kg category at the 2016 Olympic Games and defeated Takanori Nagase to enter the semi-finals. He lost his semi-final matc ...

, and

Ivan Remarenco Ivan Remarenco (born 7 August 1988 in Goleni, Moldova) is a Moldovan born-Emirati judoka. He competed at the 2012 Summer Olympics for Moldova in the -90 kg event. He moved up in weight category to -100 kg. He represented the United Arab E ...

, and two Ethiopian-born runners Alia Saeed Mohammed and

Betlhem Desalegn Betlhem Desalegn Belayneh (Amharic: ቤተልሄም ደሳለኝ በላይነህ; born 13 November 1991 in Addis Ababa) is an Ethiopian-born Emirati middle-distance runner. At the 2012 Summer Olympics, she competed in the Women's 1500 metres. ...

. Other notable athletes on the Emirati team included skeet shooter Saeed Al-Maktoum, who competed at his fifth consecutive Games as the most experienced member, and freestyle swimmer

Nada Al-Bedwawi Nada Mohamed Abdulzaher Mohamed Al-Bedwawi (born August 15, 1997) is an Emirati swimmer. She competed at the 2016 Summer Olympics in the women's 50 metre freestyle event; her time of 33.42 seconds in the heats did not qualify her for the semifinal ...

, who was selected by the committee, as the youngest member (aged 19), to carry the Emirati flag in the opening ceremony. United Arab Emirates left Rio de Janeiro with its first Olympic medal since double trap shooter Ahmed Al Maktoum topped the podium in

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. It was awarded to three-time judoka Toma, who took the bronze in men's half-middleweight category (81 kg).

Medalists

Athletics

Emirati athletes have so far achieved qualifying standards in the following athletics events (up to a maximum of 3 athletes in each event): ;Track & road events

Cycling

Road

United Arab Emirates has qualified one rider in the men's Olympic road race by virtue of his top two individual ranking at the 2015 Asian Championships, signifying the nation's Olympic comeback to the sport for the first time since

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Judo

United Arab Emirates has qualified three judokas for each of the following weight classes at the Games. Moldovan-born Victor Scvortov and London 2012 Olympian

were ranked among the top 22 eligible judokas for men in the IJF World Ranking List of May 30, 2016, while

at men's half-heavyweight (100 kg) earned a continental quota spot from the Asian region, as the highest-ranked Emirati judoka outside of direct qualifying position.

Shooting

Emirati shooters have achieved quota places for the following events by virtue of their best finishes at the

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and 2015 ISSF World Championships, the

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series, and Asian Championships, as long as they obtained a minimum qualifying score (MQS) as of March 31, 2016. Qualification Legend: Q = Qualify for the next round; q = Qualify for the bronze medal (shotgun)

Swimming

United Arab Emirates has received a Universality invitation from

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to send two swimmers (one male and one female) to the Olympics.

Weightlifting

United Arab Emirates has received an unused quota place from IWF to send a female weightlifter to the Olympics.

References

External links

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Nations at the 2016 Summer Olympics

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