Nijar ta fafata ne a gasar Olympics ta bazara ta shekarar 2016 a birnin Rio de Janeiro na kasar Brazil, daga ranar 5 zuwa 21 ga watan Agustan 2016. Tun lokacin da al'ummar Nijar suka fara halarta a shekarar 1964, 'yan wasan Nijar sun halarci kowane bugu na wasannin Olympics na lokacin rani, sai dai wasu lokuta biyu da ba kasafai ba, gasar Olympics ta bazara ta 1976 da aka yi a Montreal, da na lokacin rani na 1980 a Moscow saboda Afirka da Amurka. jagoranci kauracewa, bi da bi.
Kwamitin wasannin Olympic na Nijar da na kasa ( French: Comité Olympique et Sportif National du Niger, COSNI </link> ) ya aika da tawagar 'yan wasa shida, maza hudu da mata biyu, don fafatawa a wasanni daban-daban guda hudu a gasar Olympics, wanda ya dace da girman jerin sunayen kasar da London 2012 . Wannan kuma ita ce tawaga mafi karancin shekaru a tarihin gasar Olympics ta Nijar, wanda ke da kusan rabin tawagar 'yan kasa da shekaru 25, kuma da yawa daga cikin 'yan wasan ana sa ran za su kai kololuwar lokacin gasar Olympics ta bazara ta 2020 a Tokyo. Dukkan 'yan wasan Jamhuriyar Nijar sun fara buga gasar Olympics a birnin Rio de Janeiro, inda dan wasan taekwondo mai kafa shida da tara, Abdoul Razak Issoufou ya jagoranci tawagar a matsayin mai rike da tutar kasar a bikin bude gasar.
Nijar ta bar Rio de Janeiro da lambar yabo ta farko a gasar Olympics ta kowace irin launi tun bayan gasar Olympics ta bazara a shekarar 1972 a Munich. An bayar da kyautar ne ga Issoufou a matakin nauyi na maza (+80 kg).
Nijar dai ta samu damar shiga duniya daga hukumar IAAF domin tura 'yan wasa biyu (namiji daya da mace daya) zuwa gasar Olympics. [1][2]Samfuri:Smalldiv
Nijar ta samu judoka guda daya a rukunin maza masu nauyi (73 kg) a Wasanni. Ahmed Goumar ya samu gurbin shiga nahiya daga yankin Afirka a matsayin babban judoka na Nijar a wajen neman cancantar kai tsaye a cikin jerin sunayen duniya na IJF na Mayu 30, 2016.
Nijar ta shiga gasar taekwondo a gasar Olympics. Abdoul Razak Issoufou ya sami maki a matakin nauyi na maza (+80 kg) ta hanyar kammala gasarsa ta biyu a gasar neman cancantar shiga Afirka ta 2016 a Agadir, Morocco .