IOC Refugee Olympic Team Tokyo 2020
ATHLETES Sport Name Gender Event Host NOC Country of origin
Aquatics - Alaa Maso M Freestyle 50m Germany Syria Swimming Yusra Mardini W Butterfly 100m Germany Syria Dorian Keletela M 100m Portugal Congo Rose Nathike Likonyen W 800m Kenya South Sudan James Nyang Chiengjiek M 800m Kenya South Sudan Anjelina Nadai Lohalith W 1500m Kenya South Sudan Athletics Paulo Amotun Lokoro M 1500m Kenya South Sudan Jamal Abdelmaji Eisa M 5000m Israel Sudan Mohammed Tachlowini Gabriyesos M Marathon Israel Eritrea Badminton Aram Mahmoud M Singles Netherlands Syria Light Wessam Salamana M Germany Syria (57kg to 63kg) Boxing Middle Trinidad and Eldric Sella Rodriguez M Venezuela (69kg to 75kg) Tobago Kayak Single Canoe - Sprint Saeid Fazloula M Germany Iran (K-1) 1000m Masomah Ali Zada W Time Trial France Afghanistan Cycling Ahmad Badreddin Wais M Time Trial Switzerland Syria Sanda Aldass W Mixed team Netherlands Syria Ahmad Alikaj M Mixed team IJF - Germany Syria Muna Dahouk W Mixed team IJF - Netherlands Syria Judo Javad Mahjoub M Mixed team IJF - Canada Iran Popole Misenga M Mixed team Brazil DR Congo Nigara Shaheen W Mixed team IJF - Russia Afghanistan Karate - Kata Wael Shueb M Kata Germany Syria Karate - Kumite Hamoon Derafshipour M -67kg Canada Iran Shooting Luna Solomon W 10m Air Rifle Switzerland Eritrea
Dina Pouryounes Langeroudi W -49kg Netherlands Iran
Taekwondo Kimia Alizadeh W -57kg Germany Iran Abdullah Sediqi M -68kg Belgium Afghanistan Weightlifting Cyrille Fagat Tchatchet II M -96 kg United Kingdom Cameroon Wrestling – Aker Al Obaidi M -67kg Austria Iraq Greco-Roman
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IOC Refugee Olympic Team Tokyo 2020
COACHES Sport Name Gender Event Country
Aquatics – Emil Guliyev M Freestyle 50m (M) Germany Swimming Veith Sieber M Butterfly 100m (W) Germany
Francis Obikwelu M 100m (M) Portugal
800m and 1500m Athletics Joseph Domongole M Kenya (M and W) Alemayehu Gebremskel M 5000m (M), Marathon (M) Israel Badminton Kian Hien Tan M Singles (M) Netherlands Heiko Staack M Light (57kg to 63kg) Germany Boxing Venezuela Edward Sella M Middle (69kg to 75kg) (refugee) Canoe – Sprint Ralf Straub M Kayak Single (K-1) 1000m Germany Thierry Communal M Time Trial (W) France Cycling Jean-Jacques Henry M Time Trial (M and W) France Judo Fadi Darwish M Mixed Team Syria (refugee) Karate – Kata Mohammed Abu Wahib M Kata (M) Germany Karate – Kumite Samira Malekipour W -67kg (M) Iran (refugee) Shooting Niccolo Campriani M 10m Air Rifle (M) Italy Sayed Mani Zareei Shamsabadi M -49kg (W) Netherlands Taekwondo Davoud Falahatgar Etminani M -57kg (W) Great Britain Alireza Nassrazadany M -68kg (M) Iran Weightlifting Chavda Shyam M -96 kg (M) Great Britain Wrestling Ernst Benedikt M Greco-Roman-67kg (M) Austria
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IOC Refugee Olympic Team Tokyo 2020
TEAM OFFICIALS
Role Name Gender Country
Chef de Mission Tegla Loroupe W Kenya
Deputy Chef de Mission - IOC Olivier Niamkey M Switzerland
Deputy Chef de Mission - UNHCR Stephen Pattison M Great Britain
Team Manager (Out of Village) Sheila Stephens W Canada
Team Manager (Olympic Village) Gonzalo Barrio M Spain
Olympic attaché (UNHCR Japan) Junichiro Kosaka M Japan
Athlete representative Pur Biel M South Sudan (refugee)
Team doctor Carlo Bagutti M Switzerland
Bruno Paillat M Switzerland Team Physiotherapist Jenna Muellauer W Switzerland
Press attaché Anne-Sophie Thilo W Switzerland
Press attaché assistant TBC - -
COVID-19 Liaison officer Aurélie Hoeppe W France
Transport and logistics officer Nils Holmegaard M Sweden
Team assistant Lam Joar M South Sudan
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