Moldova at the Olympics

Moldova at the Olympic Games
Flag of Moldova IOC code  MDA NOC National Olympic Committee of the Republic of Moldova Website www.olympic.md (Moldovan)
Olympic history
Summer Games
1996 2000 2004 2008 2012 2016
Winter Games
1994 1998 2002 2006 2010 2014
Other related appearances
Russian Empire (1900–1912) Romania (1924–1936) Soviet Union (1952–1988) Unified Team (1992)

Moldova first participated at the Olympic Games as an independent nation in 1994, and has sent athletes to compete in every Games since then.

Previously, Moldovan athletes competed as part of the Soviet Union at the Olympics from 1952 to 1988, and after the dissolution of the Soviet Union, Moldova was part of the Unified Team in 1992.

Moldovan athletes have won a total of seven medals at the Summer Olympic Games, in five different sports. The nation has not won any medals at the Winter Olympic Games. Moldova is ranked third in total of medals (after Puerto Rico and Philippines) of these countries who have never won an olympic gold medal.

The National Olympic Committee for Moldova was created in 1991 and recognized by the International Olympic Committee in 1993.

Medal tables

Medals by Summer Games

Games	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1900–1912	as part of  Russia (RUS)
1918–1940	as part of  Romania (ROU)
1952–1988	as part of  Soviet Union (URS)
1992 Barcelona	as part of  Unified Team (EUN)
1994 Lillehammer	0	0	0	0
1996 Atlanta	0	1	1	2
1998 Nagano	0	0	0	0
2000 Sydney	0	1	1	2
2002 Salt Lake City	0	0	0	0
2004 Athens	0	0	0	0
2006 Turin	0	0	0	0
2008 Beijing	0	0	1	1
2010 Vancouver	0	0	0	0
2012 London	0	0	2	2
Total	0	2	5	7

Medals by sport

Sport	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
Canoeing	0	1	0	1
Shooting	0	1	0	1
Boxing	0	0	2	2
Weightlifting	0	0	2	2
Wrestling	0	0	1	1
Total	0	2	5	7

List of medalists

Medal	Name	Games	Sport	Event
Silver	Nicolae Juravschi Viktor Reneysky	1996 Atlanta	Canoeing	Men's C-2 500 metres
Bronze	Sergei Mureiko	1996 Atlanta	Wrestling	Men's Greco-Roman super heavyweight
Silver	Oleg Moldovan	2000 Sydney	Shooting	Men's 10 metre running target
Bronze	Vitalie Gruşac	2000 Sydney	Boxing	Men's welterweight
Bronze	Veaceslav Gojan	2008 Beijing	Boxing	Men's bantamweight
Bronze	Anatoli Ciricu	2012 London	Weightlifting	94kg Men's weightlifting
Bronze	Cristina Iovu	2012 London	Weightlifting	53kg Women's weightlifting

See also

• Category:Olympic competitors for Moldova
• Moldova at the Paralympics

External links

• "Republic of Moldova". International Olympic Committee.
• "Results and Medalists". Olympic.org. International Olympic Committee.
• "Olympic Medal Winners". International Olympic Committee.
• "Moldova". Sports-Reference.com.