EOC Refugee Team at the 2023 European Games

EOC Refugee Team at the
2023 European Games
IOC codeERT
NOCEuropean Olympic Committees
in Kraków and Małopolska, Poland
21 June – 2 July 2023
Competitors4 in 2 sports
Flag bearersCindy Ngamba
Kasra Mehdipournejad
European Games appearances (overview)

An EOC Refugee Team competed at the 2023 European Games in Kraków and Małopolska, Poland, from 21 June to 2 July 2023, as independent Olympic participants.[1]

The team competed under the country code ERT.

Symbols

During the opening ceremony, the team used a flag depicting the logo of the European Olympic Committees. However, in official games material, the team is represented by a slightly different flag that omits the "European Olympic Committees" lettering.[2][3][4] During the Parade of Nations, the team entered after Ukraine and before Poland, the host nation.

Team Selection

The team was selected on 26 April 2023, represented in the following list, together with each competitor's country of origin and their host National Olympic Committee (NOC).[5]

Athlete Country of origin Host NOC Sport Event
Dina Pouryounes  Iran  Netherlands Taekwondo Women's -46kg
Kasra Mehdipournejad  Iran  Germany Taekwondo Men's -80kg
Cindy Ngamba  Cameroon  Great Britain Boxing Women's 75kg
Farid Walizadeh  Afghanistan  Portugal Boxing Women's 66 kg

Competitors

Sport Men Women Total
Boxing 1 1 2
Taekwondo 1 1 2
Total 2 2 4

Boxing

Main article: Boxing at the 2023 European Games
Athlete Event Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinal Semi-final Final
Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Rank
Farid Walizadeh Men's featherweight Bye  Ibrahim (SWE)
L 0–5 		Did not advance
Cindy Ngamba Women's middleweight  Hovsepyan (ARM)
W 5–0 		 O'Rourke (IRL)
L 2–3 		Did not advance

Taekwondo

Main article: Taekwondo at the 2023 European Games
Athlete Event Round of 16 Quarterfinal Semi-final Repechage Final
Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition

Result

Opposition
Result 		Rank
Kasra Mehdipournejad Men's -80 kg  Nikolić (CRO)
W 2–0 		 Cintado (ESP)
L 0–2 		Did not advance
Dina Pouryounes Women's -46 kg  Komnenović (SRB)
W 2–1 		 Zampetti (ITA)
L 0–2 		Did not advance  Akbarova (AZE)
L 0–2 		Did not advance 7

See also

References

  1. ^ https://www.eurolympic.org/eoc-refugee-team-to-take-part-in-european-games-2023/
  2. ^ https://archive.today/20240311214128/https://results.european-games.org/EG2023/ENG/athletes/all-disc/ERT
  3. ^ https://archive.today/20240311214400/https://results.european-games.org/assets/images/flags/ERT.png
  4. ^ https://web.archive.org/web/20230625191321/https://results.european-games.org/assets/images/flags/ERT.png
  5. ^ https://www.european-games.org/refugee-team-at-the-european-games/