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Venezuela at the Olympics

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Venezuela at the
Olympics
IOC codeVEN
NOCVenezuelan Olympic Committee
Websitewww.covoficial.com.ve (in Spanish)
Medals
Gold
2
Silver
3
Bronze
10
Total
15
Summer appearances
Winter appearances

Venezuela was first at the Olympic Games in 1948 and has been in every Summer Olympic Games since. Venezuela has also been in the Winter Olympic Games since 1998.

The National Olympic Committee for Venezuela was formed in 1935.

Medalists

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Medal Name Games Sport Event
33 Bronze Arnoldo Devonish 1952 Helsinki Athletics Men's triple jump
33 Bronze Enrico Forcella 1960 Rome Shooting Men's 50 metre rifle prone
11 Gold Francisco Rodriguez 1968 Mexico City Boxing Men's light flyweight
22 Silver Pedro Gamarro 1976 Montreal Boxing Men's welterweight
22 Silver Bernardo Piñango 1980 Moscow Boxing Men's bantamweight
33 Bronze Marcelino Bolivar 1984 Los Angeles Boxing Men's light flyweight
33 Bronze Omar Catari 1984 Los Angeles Boxing Men's featherweight
33 Bronze Rafael Vidal 1984 Los Angeles Swimming Men's 200m butterfly
33 Bronze Adriana Carmona 2004 Athens Taekwondo Women's heavyweight
33 Bronze Israel Jose Rubio 2004 Athens Weightlifting Men's featherweight
33 Bronze Dalia Contreras 2008 Beijing Taekwondo Women −49 kg
11 Gold Rubén Limardo 2012 London Fencing Men's épée
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References

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Other websites

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  • "Comité Olímpico Venezolano". International Olympic Committee. Retrieved 2011-07-12.
  • Venezuela profile at London2012.com Archived 2012-07-30 at the Wayback Machine