Luxembourg at the 2012 Summer Olympics

Luxembourg at the
2012 Summer Olympics
IOC codeLUX
NOCLuxembourg Olympic and Sporting Committee
Websitewww.teamletzebuerg.lu (in French)
in London
Competitors9 in 7 sports
Flag bearers Marie Müller (opening)[1]
Laurent Carnol (closing)[2]
Medals
Gold
0
Silver
0
Bronze
0
Total
0
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)

Luxembourg competed at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, from 27 July to 12 August 2012. The Luxembourg Olympic and Sporting Committee sent a delegation of nine athletes to the event—five men and four women—who competed in 7 sports.

Originally, Luxembourg's delegation consisted of the Schleck brothers, who were meant to participate in road cycling. However, they both had to withdraw from the event after injury and a failed drugs test. Five athletes had previously competed in the Olympic Games for Luxembourg, including swimmers Laurent Carnol and Raphaël Stacchiotti in 2008. Ni Xialian competed at her third Olympics.

Luxembourg's delegation failed to win an Olympic medal in London. Judoka Marie Müller, who became Luxembourg's flag bearer at the opening ceremony,[1] was unable to obtain the nation's first Summer Olympic medal in 60 years (in 20 years including the two Winter Olympic medals), after losing out to Italy's Rosalba Forciniti during the bronze medal match.

  1. ^ a b "COSL: Marie Muller portera le drapeau" (in French). Le Quotidien. 25 July 2012.
  2. ^ "London 2012 Closing Ceremony Flag Bearers" (PDF). International Olympic Committee. 2012. Retrieved 5 January 2015.

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