Albania at the 2012 Summer Olympics
| Albania at the 2012 Summer Olympics |
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| IOC code | ALB | ||||||||
| NOC | National Olympic Committee of Albania | ||||||||
| Website | (Albanian) | ||||||||
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| Competitors | 11 in 5 sports | ||||||||
| Flag bearer | Romela Begaj | ||||||||
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Albania competed at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, United Kingdom from 27 July to 12 August 2012. This was the nation's seventh appearance at the Olympics since its debut in 1972. The National Olympic Committee of Albania sent a total of 11 athletes to the Games, 7 men and 4 women, to compete in 4 sports. Weightlifter Hysen Pulaku was officially removed from the team on the first day, after failing the drug test for a banned anabolic steroid substance, as announced by the International Olympic Committee. Albania, however, has yet to win its first ever Olympic medal.
Albania has qualified 1 female quota place, and selected 1 male athlete by wildcard.
Albania had not initially qualified a judoka, but due to the International Olympic Committee's refusal to allow Kosovars of Albanian ethnicity to represent Kosovo or to compete as independent athletes, Majlinda Kelmendi represented Albania at the 2012 Summer Olympics.
Albanian swimmers are invited. One men and female.
Albania has qualified three men and one female quota places. On 28 July, the International Olympic Committee announced that Hysen Pulaku had tested positive for stanozolol, a banned anabolic steroid, and consequently ejected him from the games.
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