Qatari athletes and officials pose for a photograph at the Hamad International Airport in Doha prior to their departure for Tokyo.
Team Qatar’s athletes and officials departed for Tokyo, Japan, to participate in the 32nd Olympic Games. A total of eight athletes will be in action during the 2020 Games which will be held from July 23 to August 8.
Tokyo 2020 will be Qatar’s 10th consecutive participation at the Olympics since their maiden Games appearance in 1984. Mohamed Suleiman created history for Qatar at the 1992 Barcelona Olympics when he won the country's first Olympic medal by finishing third in 1500m. In 2000 Sydney Olympics, Said Saif Asaad claimed Qatar’s second Olympic medal when he took bronze in the 105kg weightlifting event.
Qatari sport continued to make a big leap claiming two bronze medals at the London 2012 Olympics where shooter Nasser al Attiyah won bronze in men’s skeet event while high jump world champion Mutaz Barshim also clinched bronze.
This was followed by a historic silver medal by Barshim at the 2016 Rio Olympics. A total of 38 athletes, 36 men and 2 women, were selected then to the Qatari team across ten different sports including Qatar national handball team, which won silver at the 2015 Men’s World Championships in Doha.
A total of 15 athletes will represent Qatar in seven sports at Tokyo 2020 Olympics.
Qatar will compete in seven sports and 6 track and field disciplines.
