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Macedonian sportsmen and women have won a large number of
medals and acknowledgments at official international and regional competitions.
The most successful year was 1986, when 125 medal were won 68 gold, 27 silver
and 30 bronze. A Macedonian alpinist expedition conquered Mont Everest in 1989. Macedonian sporting representatives have also achieved significant results at
many international competitions in volleyball, basketball, football and free
style wrestling. They took part in the Olympic Games at Barcelona in 1992, for first time
independently under the flag of the International Olympic Committee. In postwar
Olympic Games, there were nine medalists from Macedonia: they won 2 gold, 4
silver and 3 bronze medals. The last gold medalist was Branimir Jovanovski who
took part in the Barcelona Para Olympic Games in shooting. Besides the winners,
there were many volleyball, football players, wrestlers, swimmers, kayakers and
track athletes. The achievements of Macedonian competitors at
world and European championships in wrestling, boxing and karate are also
noteworthy. |
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