Turkmenistan at the 2020 Summer Olympics

Turkmenistan at the
2020 Summer Olympics
Turkmenistan at the; 2020 Summer Olympics
IOC code	TKM
NOC	National Olympic Committee of Turkmenistan
Website	https://olympic.tm/en
in Tokyo, Japan; July 23, 2021 – August 8, 2021
Competitors	9 in 4 sports
Flag bearers (opening)	Gulbadam Babamuratova; Merdan Ataýew
Flag bearer (closing)	N/A
Medals; Ranked 77th	Gold 0 Silver 1 Bronze 0 Total 1
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)
	1996; 2000; 2004; 2008; 2012; 2016; 2020; 2024;
Other related appearances
	Russian Empire (1900–1912); Soviet Union (1952–1988); Unified Team (1992)

Turkmenistan competed at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo. Originally scheduled to take place from 24 July to 9 August 2020, the Games were postponed to 23 July to 8 August 2021, due to the COVID-19 pandemic.^[2] This was the nation's seventh consecutive appearance at the Summer Olympics in the post-Soviet era.

Polina Guryeva won the country's first ever medal by placing second in the women's 59 kg in weightlifting. With that achievement Turkmenistan became the last post-Soviet country to win a medal at the Olympics.

^ ТУРКМЕНСКИЕ АТЛЕТЫ В ПРЕДДВЕРИИ ОЛИМПИАДЫ
^ "Joint Statement from the International Olympic Committee and the Tokyo 2020 Organising Committee". Olympics. 24 March 2020. Retrieved 28 March 2020.

[1] ТУРКМЕНСКИЕ АТЛЕТЫ В ПРЕДДВЕРИИ ОЛИМПИАДЫ

[2] "Joint Statement from the International Olympic Committee and the Tokyo 2020 Organising Committee". Olympics. 24 March 2020. Retrieved 28 March 2020.

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