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Suriname at the 2016 Summer Olympics
| Suriname at the 2016 Summer Olympics | |
|---|---|
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| IOC code | SUR |
| NOC | Suriname Olympic Committee |
| in Rio de Janeiro | |
| Competitors | 6 in 4 sports |
| Flag bearer | Soren Opti[1] |
| Medals |
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| Summer Olympics appearances (overview) | |
Suriname competed at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, from 5 to 21 August 2016. This was the nation's thirteenth appearance at the Summer Olympics.
The Suriname Olympic Committee sent a team of six athletes, four men and two women, to compete in four different sports at the Games, matching the nation's roster size with Seoul 1988 and Barcelona 1992.[2] All of them were awarded universality places to compete in their respective sporting events, except for sprinter Jurgen Themen, the lone returning Olympian from London 2012, who qualified directly for the Games on merit. Apart from Thumen, notable athletes on the nation's roster featured swimming stalwart Renzo Tjon A Joe (men's 50 m freestyle) and badminton player Soren Opti, who was selected to carry the Surinamese flag in the opening ceremony.[1]
Suriname, however, failed to win a single Olympic medal since the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, where Anthony Nesty became the nation's first ever champion in the men's 100 m butterfly.
- ^ a b "The Flagbearers for the Rio 2016 Opening Ceremony". International Olympic Committee. Retrieved 5 August 2016.
- ^ Millerson, Marciano (2 August 2016). "Surinaamse olympians optimistisch over kansen in Rio" [Surinamese Olympians are optimistic about their opportunities in Rio] (in Dutch). De Ware Tijd. Retrieved 4 October 2016.
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