Yemen Yemen (; ar, ٱلْيَمَن, al-Yaman), officially the Republic of Yemen,, ) is a country in Western Asia. It is situated on the southern end of the Arabian Peninsula, and borders Saudi Arabia to the north and Oman to the northeast and ...

competed at the

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, from 27 July to 12 August 2012. This was the nation's sixth consecutive appearance at the Olympics since its reunification in 1990. The

Yemen Olympic Committee Yemen Olympic Committee (IOC code: YEM) is the National Olympic Committee representing Yemen. It was created in 1974 and formally recognized by the IOC in 1981. References External links Yemen Olympic Committee
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selected a team of four athletes, three men and one woman, to compete in three sports. Among the Yemeni athletes, judoka

Ali Khousrof Ali Khousrof (born 1992 in Sana'a) is a Yemeni judoka who competes in the men's 60 kg category. He competed in the 2008 Summer Olympics. In 2011, he was shot in the abdomen while participating in the 2011 Yemeni uprising. At the 2012 Summer Ol ...

only made his second consecutive Olympic appearance. Taekwondo jin and

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champion Tameem Al-Kubati was the nation's flag bearer at the opening ceremony. Yemen, however, has yet to win its first ever Olympic medal.

Athletics

Yemen has selected 2 athletes by a wildcard. ;Men ;Women

Judo

Taekwondo

Yemen was given a wild card entrant.

References

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