Luxembourg at the 2012 Summer Olympics
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| IOC code | LUX | ||||||||
| NOC | Luxembourgish Olympic and Sporting Committee | ||||||||
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| Competitors | 9 in 7 sports | ||||||||
| Flag bearer |
Marie Müller (opening) Laurent Carnol (closing) |
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Luxembourg competed at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, from 27 July to 12 August 2012. The Luxembourgish Olympic and Sporting Committee sent a delegation of nine athletes to the event—five men and four women—who competed in 7 sports.
Originally, Luxembourg's delegation consisted of the Schleck brothers, who were meant to participate in road cycling. However, they both had to withdraw from the event after injury and a failed drugs test. Five athletes had previously competed in the Olympic Games for Luxembourg, including swimmers Laurent Carnol and Raphaël Stacchiotti in 2008. Ni Xialian competed at her third Olympics.
Luxembourg's delegation failed to win an Olympic medal in London. Judoka Marie Müller, who became Luxembourg's flag bearer at the opening ceremony, was unable to obtain the nation's first ever Olympic medal in 60 years, after losing out to Italy's Rosalba Forciniti during the bronze medal match.
Five months before the 2012 Summer Olympics began, the Luxembourgish Olympic and Sporting Committee (COSL) was struck by the resignation of Deputy Head of Delegation and Chairman of the Technical Office Fernand Guth, after a disagreement with Head of Delegation Heinz Thews. A few days later, President of the COSL Marc Theisen announced his resignation from his position after his law firm was threatened with prosecution by Luxembourg tax authorities.
The Luxembourg delegation consisted of nine athletes competing in seven different sports, with Heinz Thews serving as Head of Delegation. For the first time, the nation did not compete in the triathlon, and unlike in 2008, Luxembourg did not send athletes to the sailing or gymnastics. Luxembourg was not represented in the athletics or fencing, unlike in 2004 and 1996, respectively.
André Hoffmann was elected as President of the COSL to replace Marc Theisen. Hoffmann did not speak of a medal target, but said that a medal would be a bonus Luxembourg would not refuse. Despite the nation not winning a medal since 1952 with Josy Barthel, who achieved gold in the men's 1500 metres.
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