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Ecuador at the Olympics

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Ecuador at the
Olympics
IOC codeECU
NOCEcuadorian National Olympic Committee
Websitewww.coe.org.ec (in Spanish)
Medals
Ranked 76th
Gold
4
Silver
4
Bronze
2
Total
10
Summer appearances
Winter appearances

Ecuador has competed in 12 Summer Olympic Games. They debuted in the Winter Olympic Games in 2018. The nation won its first medal when Jefferson Pérez won the gold medal in the men's 20 km walk at the 1996 Olympic Games. The Ecuadorian National Olympic Committee was created in 1948 and recognized by the IOC in 1959.

The country made its Winter Olympics debut in 2018.[1][2]

Medal tables

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Medals by sport

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Sports  Gold  Silver  Bronze Total Rank
 Athletics 2 2 0 4 53
 Weightlifting 1 1 2 4 40
 Cycling 1 0 0 1 33
 Wrestling 0 1 0 1 54
Total 4 4 2 10 76

Medals by Gender

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Gender  Gold  Silver  Bronze Total
Men 3 1 0 4
Women 1 2 2 5
Mixed 0 1 0 1
Total 4 4 2 10

List of medalists

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Jefferson Perez in action in Sesto San Giovanni (Italy)
Medal Name Games Sport Event
 Gold Jefferson Pérez United States 1996 Atlanta Athletics Men's 20 kilometres walk
 Silver Jefferson Pérez China 2008 Beijing Athletics Men's 20 kilometres walk
 Gold Richard Carapaz Japan 2020 Tokyo Cycling Men's road race
 Gold Neisi Dajomes Weightlifting Women's 76 kg
 Silver Tamara Salazar Weightlifting Women's 87 kg
 Gold Brian Pintado France 2024 Paris Athletics Men's 20 kilometres walk
 Silver Brian Pintado
Glenda Morejón
Athletics Mixed marathon walk relay
 Silver Lucía Yépez

Wrestling

Women's freestyle 53 kg
 Bronze Angie Palacios

Weightlifting

Women's 71 kg
 Bronze Neisi Dajomes

Weightlifting

Women's 81 kg

Multiple medalists

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Athlete Sport Games Gold Silver Bronze Total
Jefferson Pérez  Athletics 1996, 2008 1 1 0 2
Brian Pintado  Athletics

2024

1 1 0 2
Neisi Dajomes  Weightlifting

2020, 2024

1 0 1 2

See also

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References

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  1. ^ Santos, Manuela (16 October 2017). "Klaus Jungbluth es el primer ecuatoriano que participará en Juegos Olímpicos de Invierno" [Klaus Jungbluth is the first Ecuadorian to participate in the Olympic Winter Games]. www.coe.org.ec/ (in Spanish). Ecuadorian National Olympic Committee. Archived from the original on 26 December 2017. Retrieved 25 December 2017.
  2. ^ "Klaus Jungbluth, un tricolor en Pyeongchang 2018" [Klaus Jungbluth, a tricolor in Pyeongchang 2018]. El Universo (in Spanish). Guayaquil. 8 December 2017. Retrieved 25 December 2017.
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