Nepal at the Olympics
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Nepal has competed in eleven Summer Games, and in three Winter Olympic Games.
Tejbir Bura, a Nepali national, won an Olympic gold medal in mixed alpinism at the 1924 Winter Olympics for his role member of the 1922 Everest Expedition.[1] However, as citizens of other countries took part in the expedition as well, the award actually went to a mixed team.[2] Furthermore, the International Olympic Committee website does not recognize this medal as official.[3]
Nepal's taekwondo practitioner Bidhan Lama won a bronze medal at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, when taekwondo was an exhibition sport.[4]
The Nepal Olympic Committee was formed in 1962 and recognized in 1963.[5]
See also
- Nepal at the Paralympics
- Nepal national under-23 football team
- Nepal Olympic Committee
- Nepal Olympic Museum
References
- ↑ "The faceless hero Nepal’s only Olympic Gold medalist in focus". Retrieved 1 February 2014.
- ↑ "Sports Reference". Retrieved 1 February 2014.
- ↑ "1924 Chammonix IOC". Retrieved 1 February 2014.
- ↑ http://www.buzzfeed.com/mikemehalick/the-10-most-populated-countries-to-never-win-an-ol
- ↑ IOC. "Nepal". Retrieved 8 August 2011.