Team Togo - Profile

Highlights:

Togo won its first Olympic medal in 2008 in Beijing when Benjamin Boukpeti took bronze in the K1 canoe slalom event. Boukpeti competed at three editions of the Games [2004,2008, 2012], and was Togo's flag bearer at the opening ceremony in 2008 and 2012.

Direma Banasso was the first female to represent Togo at the Olympic Games, she ran the 800m at the Sydney 2000 Games. At the time she was just 14 years old and was her NOC's youngest competitor, but that record has since been surpassed by Rebecca Kpossi who swam the 50m freestyle in London at age 13 years and 192 days.

Anthem Title: Salut a Toi, Pays de Nos Aieux [Hail to Thee, Land of Our Forefathers]

Anthem Composer: Written and composed by Alex Casimir-Dosseh.

Anthem Inducted: 1991

Official NOC Name: Comite National Olympique du Togo

Founding Date: 1963

IOC Recognition Date: 1965

Delegation President: Deladem AKPAKI

Delegation Secretary General: Essossanneyou N'DADIYA

First OG/PG Appearance: 1972

Number OG/PG Appearances: 11 [Tokyo 2020 included]

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