| Nepal at the 2016 Summer Olympics | |
|---|---|
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| IOC code | NEP |
| NOC | Nepal Olympic Committee |
| Website | www |
| in Rio de Janeiro | |
| Competitors | 7 in 5 sports |
| Flag bearer | Phupu Lhamu Khatri[1] |
| Officials | 59 |
| Medals |
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| Summer Olympics appearances (overview) | |
Nepal competed at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, from 5 to 21 August 2016. This was the nation's thirteenth consecutive appearance at the Summer Olympics, although it failed to register any athletes in 1968.
The Nepal Olympic Committee selected a team of seven athletes, three men and four women, across five different sports at the Games; all of them made their Olympic debut in Rio de Janeiro through wild card entries and universality places, without having qualified.[2] Among the nation's athletes were taekwondo fighter Nisha Rawal (women's +67 kg), London-based backstroke swimmer Gaurika Singh, who etched her name into the history records by becoming the youngest Olympian of the Games (aged 13), and judoka Phupu Lhamu Khatri, who also created history as the first female athlete to carry the Nepalese flag in the opening ceremony.[1][3][4]
Nepal, however, has yet to win its first-ever Olympic medal. Unable to reach the final, Rawal bounced back from her early elimination in the opening match to produce a seventh-place feat as the best result for the Nepalis at the Games, losing the repechage bout to former world champion and 2008 bronze medalist Gwladys Épangue of France.[5]
- ^ a b "Judoka Khatri to carry Nepal's flag in Rio Olympics". The Himalayan Times. Retrieved 31 July 2016.
- ^ "7 Nepali players participation confirmed for Rio". Nepal: República. 24 June 2016. Retrieved 25 September 2016.
- ^ "Nepali swimmer Singh youngest Olympian at Rio 2016". The Kathmandu Post. 2 August 2016. Retrieved 26 September 2016.
- ^ "Olympics 2016: Nepal swimmer, 13 is youngest at Rio". BBC. 3 August 2016. Retrieved 26 September 2016.
- ^ Acharya, Mahesh (21 August 2016). "Nisha Rawal goes down fighting in Repechage". The Himalayan Times. Retrieved 26 September 2016.