Puerto Rico at the Olympics
| Puerto Rico at the Olympics | |
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| IOC code | PUR |
| NOC | Puerto Rico Olympic Committee |
| Website | www |
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| Winter appearances | |
Puerto Rico at the Olympics is a history which began in 1900.
The International Olympic Committee's official abbreviation for Puerto Rico is PUR.
History
[change | change source]A team from Puerto Rico was first at the Olympic Games in 1948. They have been in every Summer Olympic Games since then. Puerto Rico has also been in the Winter Olympic Games since 1984, but missed the Games of 2006, 2010, and 2014.
Puerto Rican athletes have won a total of twelve medals. Most are in boxing.
The National Olympic Committee for Puerto Rico was formed in 1948 and recognized by the International Olympic Committee the same year.
In the 2016 Rio Olympics, Puerto Rico won its first gold medal thanks to tenis player, Monica Puig.[1]
In the 2024 Paris Olympics, Jasmine Camacho-Quinn was the first puerto rican to win two Olympic medals.
List of medalists
[change | change source]Summer Games
[change | change source]| Medal | Name | Games | Sport | Event |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 Bronze | Juan Venegas | 1948 London | Boxing | Men's bantamweight |
| Bronze | Orlando Maldonado | 1976 Montreal | Boxing | Men's light flyweight |
 Silver
| Luis Ortiz | 1984 Los Angeles | Boxing | Men's lightweight |
| Bronze | Arístides González | 1984 Los Angeles | Boxing | Men's middleweight |
| Bronze | Aníbal Acevedo | 1992 Barcelona | Boxing | Men's welterweight |
| Bronze | Daniel Santos | 1996 Atlanta | Boxing | Men's welterweight |
| Bronze | Javier Culson | 2012 London | Athletics | Men's 400 metres hurdles |
| Silver
| Jaime Espinal | 2012 London | Wrestling | Freestyle 84 kg |
 Gold
| Monica Puig | 2016 Rio de Janeiro | Tennis | Women's singles |
| Gold
| Jasmine Camacho-Quinn | 2020 Tokyo | Athletics | Women's 100 metres hurdles |
| Bronze | Jasmine Camacho-Quinn | 2024 Paris | Athletics | Women's 100 metres hurdles |
| Bronze |
Sebastian Rivera | 2024 Paris | Wrestling | Men's 65kg freestyle |
Related pages
[change | change source]References
[change | change source]- ↑ "Rio 2016: Monica Puig defeats Angelique Kerber for gold | NBC Olympics". www.nbcolympics.com. Retrieved 2024-08-11.
Other websites
[change | change source]- "Comité Olímpico de Puerto Rico". International Olympic Committee. Retrieved 2011-07-12.
- Puerto Rico profile at London2012.com Archived 2012-08-02 at the Wayback Machine