10 More Countries to NEVER Win an Olympic Medal

[@ghifariarya]

Recently, 🇩🇲 Dominica and 🇱🇨 Saint Lucia won its first Olympic Medal and its Gold Medal!

[@voxathletica]

Julien Alfred for St Lucia in the 100m final was INSANE, congrats to her and St. Lucia!

[@ghifariarya]

@@voxathletica i will give more update to youu

[@paulojrneto]

For part 3: - Democratic Republic of the Congo (formerly Zaire) - Republic of the Congo - Honduras (placed 4th in the 2016 men's soccer tournament) - Saint Kitts & Nevis (SKN's sprinter Kim Collins was the 2003 100m World champion) - Angola

[@voxathletica]

I think I'm going to have to do a part 3, though I'm not sure I'll be able to get it done before the Paris 2024 Olympics lol

[@kbwalyaus]

@@voxathletica Please remove Saint Lucia if you plan to include them, they won her first medal today

[@voxathletica]

@@kbwalyaus And not just any medal, a gold medal and a gold in arguably the most marquee event of the games, congrats to St Lucia!

[@user-js6ms3cn8y]

Antigua and Barbuda has won the silver medal in the 400 hurdles at the Tokyo Olympics, but wasn’t competing for that country so it counts as one of the countries that hasn’t won an Olympic medal.

[@voxathletica]

There are a few countries like that, Somalia & Bosnia are perhaps the best examples where their citizens end up competing for other nations

[@dotcom137]

Probably some Bosnian athletes have won medals while representing Yugoslavia, but I'm not well versed in Balkan sports history enough to mention one lol

[@voxathletica]

There were definitely more than a few! Wikipedia actually has a whole section on it en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bosnia_and_Herzegovina_at_the_Olympics#Pre-1992_Yugoslavian_medalists_from_Bosnia-Herzegovina

[@MijoBešlić-b1f]

Marin Cilic, Ivan Dodig

[@darkmatter5424]

I am shocked with Bosnia since Yugoslavia has very strong athletic culture!

[@voxathletica]

For sure, very surprising indeed!

[@ariccua6101]

Their capital hosted the 1984 Winter Games while under Yugoslavia.

[@bstm6911]

I guess now you don't need to add St. Lucia onto any future lists of countries that have never won a medal, as Julien Alfred recently gave the island nation its first ever medal... a gold one to be exact! Congrats to Julien Alfred for securing gold in the Women's 100m sprint!

[@voxathletica]

Yep, St Lucia is off any potential list, amazing race!

[@AshworthMild]

Simone Biles' mom is from Belize, so while they don't have any medals under their own flag, they've got amazing representation heritage-wise. And yes, I know she's adopted but she still counts. Legally her adoptive parents are her parents, thus she is eligible for Belizean citizenship through her mom.

[@voxathletica]

Do you know how the Olympics chances look for Belize in Paris this year?

[@Walk_on_Part_In_a_War]

I worked in Belize for a bit. One if the local guys said that Marion Jones was Belizean. At the time, her medals hadn't been revoked.

[@voxathletica]

Marion Jones' mom was from Belize and she holds dual Belize/US citizenship, so there's definitely a bit of truth in that

[@s.t.santos5928]

If Sea Piracy is an Olympic sport, Somalia will win all medals, hands down. 😁😁😁

[@voxathletica]

Oh that's savage... not unlike piracy

[@d-phil8585]

Breaking News: Albania has won a bronze medal in freestyle wrestling,

[@voxathletica]

Way to go Albania!

[@Kruhn]

Funny thing is that Prince Albert II of Monaco is a Member of the IOC Board.

[@voxathletica]

Obviously he ain't pulling any strings behind the scenes lol

[@Kruhn]

@@voxathletica Oh the IOC Board is as silver-spooned as it comes. And let's not even get started about the shenanigans and hijinks involving Olympic bids and, shall we say, certain considerations (i.e. bribes) to get their cities selected in the early aughts.

[@voxathletica]

@@Kruhn What?!?! Are you saying that process isn't on the level?!?

[@theawesomeman9821]

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[@voxathletica]

I appreciate the suggestion! It's been very busy and humbling through the Olympics but now that things are slowing down, I want to go back to the drawing board and give some serious thought to my niche, style of videos, topics covered, etc. This is my first ever YT channel and I'm learning as I go, and boy is there a lot to learn lol

[@Jimbo-wx9pu]

Me changing nationalities to continue this great tradition

[@voxathletica]

Which nationality would you change from?

[@Jimbo-wx9pu]

@@voxathletica I’m from the UK but despite playing rugby my whole life I’m not exactly Olympus calibre so no matter who I represent they’re gonna continue not to win 😂

[@voxathletica]

@@Jimbo-wx9pu HAHA and think of the fun you'd have at the Olympics

[@realalbertan]

Saar - 0 medals in 1952 and folded into West Germany

[@voxathletica]

I saw Saar come up during my research for these videos. It was such a remarkable story I think it's going to get it's own video 👍

[@Better_MMA]

I’m surprised you didn’t mention Saudi Arabia not getting a gold medal last Olympics because thier ko’d the gold medal winner

[@voxathletica]

Saudi Arabia really knows how to make a statement, that's for sure

[@Better_MMA]

@@voxathleticait was in karate you should watch it one of the craziest Olympic moments ever

[@Sapphire04]

DR Congo definitely deserves a shout. They have actually produced some good players in basketball and football (Romelu Lukaku is of Congolese descent, for instance), and for a country with a population of 105M, it's kinda baffling that they haven't found any success in the Olympics yet. Also the Nicaragua story kinda reminds me of Honduras. They've never won an Olympic medal but did come very close when they finished 4th place in the men's football tournament at the 2016 Olympics, losing 3-2 to Nigeria in the bronze medal game.

[@voxathletica]

DR Congo is a huge example, I think (someone correct me if I'm wrong) they are second behind Bangladesh for the largest country by population to never win a medal. And as you say, a ton of great athletes hail from there.

[@MigSur]

Also Dikembe Mutombo​@@voxathletica

[@mistybethune9116]

you were right about albania they won their first medal in Paris

[@voxathletica]

Congrats to Albania!

[@ghifariarya]

Well Albania got their first medal in Paris 2024 and that is Bronze Medal from Wrestling

[@voxathletica]

Way to go, Albania!

[@xanderloganconnormurray4794]

Albania won there first medal at the 2024 paris games

[@voxathletica]

Congrats to Albania!

[@xanderloganconnormurray4794]

@@voxathletica you replied already

[@voxathletica]

@@xanderloganconnormurray4794 That just shows how excited I am for Albania!

[@royfrie]

When you are asking about athletes from hot countries that participate in winter olympics, they practice in cod countries, especially in Europe and North America

[@voxathletica]

It's definitely true in some cases, just sad that they stay and represent those cold countries. But that doesn't hold for all cases though, as lots of hot countries have their athletes win medals for them. It seems to be more about the infrastructure (time, money, tech, etc) needed to support athletes of a world-class caliber

[@manueltapia1859]

With Albania is like Somalia, two well known men weightlifters were born in Albania but went to other countries Pyrros Dimas for Greece (he even competed once for Albania in 1990 in that sport) and Naim Suleymanoglu for Turkey. Similar to Nepal, México also won a medal in Atlanta 1996 in Tae Kwon Do a gold but didn't count because was exhibition sport what a shame with COI 😮

[@voxathletica]

Totally. These athletes are incredible, so clear these nations can (and probably will) eventually win medals!

[@paulojrneto]

Mirela Manjani first competed for Albania but won her two Olympic medals for Greece. (Naim Suleymanoglu was born in Bulgaria, not Albania.)

[@manueltapia1859]

@@paulojrneto you can't trust in Wikipedia, thanks for the fact ☺️. Pyrros Dimas is because I saw his biography in a video

[@Riuytfhjklf4634]

Maldives?

[@voxathletica]

Zero medals as well I'm afraid

[@ThursdayNext67]

Minor error. When you were discussing the British Virgin Islands, you said "island" a few times. There is about 50 islands, 16 that are inhabited. Great video otherwise.

[@voxathletica]

I appreciate the correction, thank you! I'm sure I'll be talking about BVI again in the future, so I'll be sure to have it right next time

[@Riuytfhjklf4634]

Bhutan?

[@voxathletica]

Zero medals, they are (unfortunately) on the list

[@realalbertan]

Somalian born runners have won 7 medals.

[@voxathletica]

I know, that's what makes it so tough for Somalia to have zero medals :)

[@paulojrneto]

Abdi Bile was the 1500m world champion in 1987 for Somalia but never won an Olympic medal.

[@davidhill8565]

Muslim countries seldom win Olympic medals.

[@voxathletica]

Unless you're talking about the Islamic Solidarity Games where they sweep the podiums! en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Islamic_Solidarity_Games

[@marwaqoura7804]

That is not true at all I am from Egypt and we have been participating since London 1912 with total of 41medals !!! 9 of them are gold !! another gold we won in tae in 1988 for Amr Khairy but it was not in the official list That makes them 10 gold medals !! I don't know what you mean by ' Islamic ' ...but that is not added to the any country 'name except Iran which won MANY medals Gold ,Silver and Bronze ...

[@marwaqoura7804]

Olympics are divided by continents and countries not religion...

[@davidhill8565]

@@marwaqoura7804 Has Egypt ever won a medal with a woman? Albeit a woman’s gold medal? If yes, when?

[@davidhill8565]

@@marwaqoura7804 No Muslim country has ever hosted the Olympics.