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History
The Dominican Republic made its first Summer Olympic appearance in 1964 and has competed ever since. The nation sends a team of about two or three dozen to compete in various sports, typically in athletics, boxing, judo, weightlifting and more recently in taekwondo are represented.
The Dominican Republic won its first medal in 1984 when boxer Pedro Nolasco won bronze in men’s bantamweight. In total the nation has won a total of seven medals in athletics (3), boxing (2) and taekwondo (2) and has won at least one medal since 2004. Their most successful athlete is hurdler Felix Sanchez whom won two gold medals at the 2004 and 2012 Olympics in men’s 400m hurdles. In 2016 the Dominican Republic won one medal.
Qualified Quotas
Athletics
Men’s Events
Event | Qualifying Athletes | Selected Athletes |
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Men’s 200m | Yancarlos Martinez |
Women’s Events
Event | Qualifying Athletes | Selected Athletes |
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Women’s 200m | Marileidy Paulino | |
Women’s 400m | Marileidy Paulino | Marileidy Paulino |
Women’s Triple Jump | Ana Lucia Jose |
Mixed Events
Event | Qualifying Athletes | Selected Athletes |
---|---|---|
Mixed 4x400m Relay | Yancarlos Martinez Anabel Medina Marileidy Paulino Alexander Ogando |
Baseball/Softball
Event | Qualifying Athletes | Selected Athletes |
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Men’s Baseball | Dario Alvarez Jairo Asencio Yeison Asencio Roldani Baldwin Osvaldo Bido Emilio Bonifacio Lisalverto Bonilla Melky Cabrera Luis Castillo Marcos Diplan Raynel Espinal Juan Francisco Junior Garcia Leuris Gomez Diego Goris Radhames Liz Dawel Lugo Jhan Marinez Roman Mendez Johan Mieses Gustavo Nunez Yefri Perez Carlos Ramirez Julio Rodriguez Ramon Torres Charlie Valerio |
Dario Alvarez Jairo Asencio Roldani Baldwin Gerson Bautista Jose Bautista Emilio Bonifacio Melky Cabrera Luis Castillo Cristopher Crisostomo Jose Diaz Juan Francisco Junior Garcia Diego Goris Leison Guzman Jhan Marinez Erick Mejia Johan Mieses Gustavo Nunez Yefri Perez Denyi Reyes Julio Rodriguez Angel Sanchez Paul Valdes Charlie Valerio |
Boxing
Event | Qualifying Athletes | Selected Athletes |
---|---|---|
Men’s Flyweight | Rodrigo Marte | Rodrigo Marte |
Men’s Featherweight | Alexis de la Cruz | Alexis de la Cruz |
Men’s Lightweight | Leonel de los Santos | Leonel de los Santos |
Men’s Welterweight | Rohan Polanco | Rohan Polanco |
Men’s Middleweight | Euri Cedeno | Euri Cedeno |
Women’s Flyweight | Miguelina Hernandez | Miguelina Hernandez |
Women’s Welterweight | Maria Moronta | Maria Moronta |
Diving
Event | Qualifying Athletes | Selected Athletes |
---|---|---|
Men’s 3m Springboard | Jonathan Ruvalcaba | Jonathan Ruvalcaba |
Equestrian
Event | Qualifying Athletes | Selected Athletes |
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Individual Dressage | Yvonne Losos Horse: Aquamarijn |
Yvonne Losos Horse: Aquamarijn |
Individual Jumping | Hector Florentino Horse: Carnaval |
Hector Florentino Horse: Carnaval |
Judo
Event | Qualifying Athletes | Selected Athletes |
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Men’s -90kg | Robert Florentino | Robert Florentino |
Rowing
Event | Qualifying Athletes | Selected Athletes |
---|---|---|
Men’s Single Sculls | Ignacio Vasquez | Ignacio Vasquez |
Taekwondo
Event | Qualifying Athletes | Selected Athletes |
---|---|---|
Men’s -68kg | Bernardo Pie | Bernardo Pie |
Men’s -80kg | Moises Hernandez | Moises Hernandez |
Women’s +67kg | Katherine Rodriguez | Katherine Rodriguez |
Volleyball
Event | Qualifying Athletes | Selected Athletes |
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Women’s Indoor Volleyball | Annerys Vargas Lisvel Elisa Eve Brenda Castillo Camil Dominguez Niverka Marte Candida Arias Prisilla Rivera Yonkaira Pena Gina Mambru Bethania de la Cruz Brayelin Martinez Jineiry Martinez Gaila Gonzalez Larysmer Martinez Caro |
Annerys Vargas Brenda Castillo Camil Dominguez Niverka Marte Prisilla Rivera Yonkaira Pena Bethania de la Cruz Brayelin Martinez Jineiry Martinez Larysmer Martinez Caro Gaila Gonzalez Lisvel Eve |
Weightlifting
Event | Qualifying Athletes | Selected Athletes |
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Men’s -61kg | Luis Alberto Garcia | Luis Alberto Garcia |
Men’s -81kg | Zacarias Bonnat | Zacarias Bonnat |
Women’s -49kg | Beatriz Piron | Beatriz Piron |
Women’s -87kg | Crismery Santana | Crismery Santana |
Women’s +87kg | Veronica Saladin | Veronica Saladin |