2024-07-31 05:48:37
Athletes from our country have won a total of 13 medals in six different sports.
He Team Chile in the Paris 2024 Olympic Games will seek to end the 16-year drought without medals and place the country at the top of world sport.
For this edition, our country will present the largest delegation in its history with 48 athletes, who will be led by the tennis player Nicolás Jarry and rower Antonia Abraham.
Throughout history, Chile has accumulated 13 medals in totalwhich are distributed in Two golds, seven silvers and four bronzes. What was the last one? Fernando González’s silver medal in Beijing 2008.
The sport that has given the country the most joy in the Olympic Games is tennis. This discipline leads the list with four medals thanks to a remarkable performance by the man known as the Bomber of La Reina and Nicolás Massú. After that, they are followed by the boxing (3), athletics (2), horse riding (2), shooting (1) and football (1).
Regarding individual performances, the golden duo of Massu and Gonzalez They are the athletes who have been on the Olympic podium the most. In terms of the number of medals, the latter is the most successful with one gold, one silver and one bronze. While the man from Viña del Mar is the one with the most golds, thanks to his legendary participation in Athens 2004.
Who are the Chilean athletes who have won medals at the Olympic Games?
- Manuel Plaza – Athletics: Silver in Amsterdam 1928.
- Oscar Cristi – Horse Riding: Plata en Helsinki 1952.
- Riding Equipment – Horse Riding: Plata en Helsinki 1952.
- Marlene Ahrens – Athletics: Plata en Melbourne 1956.
- Ramon Tapia – Boxing: Plata en Melbourne 1956.
- Claudio Barrientos – Boxing: Bronze en Melbourne 1956.
- Carlos Lucas – Boxing: Bronze en Melbourne 1956.
- Alfonso de Iruarrizaga – Shooting: Silver in Seoul 1988.
- Chilean Under 23 National Team – Football: Bronze in Sydney 2000.
- Nicolas Massu – Tennis: Gold in Athens 2004.
- Nicolas Massu and Fernando Gonzalez – Tennis: Gold in Athens 2004.
- Fernando Gonzalez – Tennis: Bronze in Athens 2004.
- Fernando Gonzalez – Tennis: Silver in Beijing 2008.