Kosovo at the Mediterranean Games

Kosovo at the Mediterranean Games
IOC code	KOS
NOC	Olympic Committee of Kosovo
Medals Ranked 21st	Gold 6 Silver 1 Bronze 3 Total 10
Mediterranean Games appearances (overview)
1951 1955 1959 1963 1967 1971 1975 1979 1983 1987 1991 1993 1997 2001 2005 2009 2013 2018 2022
Other related appearances
Yugoslavia (1951–1991)  Serbia and Montenegro (1997–2005)  Serbia (2009–)

Kosovo first appeared at the quadrennial Mediterranean Games event in 2018. Kosovo had declared independence from Serbia in 2008. The Olympic committee of Kosovo has been recognized by the International Olympic Committee six years later in December 2014.

Since their first appearance at the 2018 Mediterranean Games in Tarragona, Kosovo athletes won ten medals, in which of them, nine in judo and one bronze medal in Boxing.^[1]

As of 2022, Kosovan athletes have won a total of 10 medals. The country's ranking in the history of the Games is the 21st place respectively.^[2][3]

Kosovo's capital, Pristina, was confirmed as the host city for the 2030 Mediterranean Games by the International Committee of Mediterranean Games on 8 September 2023.^[4][5]

Overview

By event

  Host country

Games	Athletes	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total	Rank
1951–1991	Competed as part of Yugoslavia
1991–2005	Competed as part of Serbia and Montenegro
2009 Pescara	Did not participate
2013 Mersin
2018 Tarragona	40	3	1	0	4	14
2022 Oran	38	3	0	3	6	16
2026 Taranto	Future Event
2030 Prishtina	Future Event
Total		6	1	3	10	21

By sport

Athletes with most medals

The Kosovan athletes who won the most medals in the history of the Mediterranean Games is Judoka Distria Krasniqi, who won two Gold medals for Kosovo.^[6] The other Judokas in this list are Loriana Kuka and Akil Gjakova.^[7]

Athlete	Sport	Games				Total
Distria Krasniqi	Judo	2022, 2018	2	0	0	2
Loriana Kuka	Judo	2022, 2018	1	1	0	2
Akil Gjakova	Judo	2022, 2018	1	0	1	2

Notes: athletes in bold are still active.

List of medalists

2018 Mediterranean Games

Medal	Name	Sport	Event	Date
Gold	Distria Krasniqi	Judo	Women's 52 kg	June 27
Gold	Nora Gjakova	Judo	Women's 57 kg	June 27
Gold	Akil Gjakova	Judo	Men's 73 kg	June 28
Silver	Loriana Kuka	Judo	Women's 78 kg	June 29

2022 Mediterranean Games

Medal Name Sport Event Date  Gold Distria Krasniqi Judo Women's 52 kg 29 June  Gold Laura Fazliu Judo Women's 63 kg 30 June  Gold Loriana Kuka Judo Women's 78 kg 1 July  Bronze Flaka Loxha Judo Women's 57 kg 29 June  Bronze Akil Gjakova Judo Men's 73 kg 30 June  Bronze Shpejtim Bajoku Boxing Men's 63 kg 30 June See also Kosovo at the Olympics Kosovo at the European Games Kosovo at the Jeux de la Francophonie Sport in Kosovo References ^ "Shpejtim Bajoku fiton medaljen e bronztë në Lojërat Mesdhetare - Telegrafi". ^ "Medal Table 1951 - 2018". ^ "Oran 2022 Results". Archived from the original on 2022-06-24. Retrieved 2022-07-06. ^ https://cijm.org.gr/the-portugal-and-kosovo-olympic-committees-have-expressed-interest-in-hosting-the-2027-and-2030-mediterranean-games/ ^ https://cijm.org.gr/portimao-lagoa-and-pristina-will-host-the-next-editions-of-the-mediterranean-games/ ^ "Distria Krasniqi fiton medaljen e artë në Lojërat Mesdhetare "Oran 2022"". 29 June 2022. ^ "Kosova me gjashtë medalje përfundon garat në Lojërat Mesdhetare". 6 July 2022. [1] External links Medals table per country and per Games at the official International Committee of Mediterranean Games (CIJM) website v t e Nations at the Mediterranean Games
Current	Albania Algeria Andorra Bosnia and Herzegovina Croatia Cyprus Egypt France Greece Italy Kosovo Lebanon Libya Malta Monaco Montenegro Morocco North Macedonia Portugal San Marino Serbia Slovenia Spain Syria Tunisia Turkey Vatican City
Former	Serbia and Montenegro (1997–2005) United Arab Republic (1959–1963) Yugoslavia (1951–1991)
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