Kosovo at the Mediterranean Games

Kosovo at the Mediterranean Games

IOC code	KOS
NOC	Olympic Committee of Kosovo
Medals Ranked 21st	Gold 6 Silver 1 Bronze 3 Total 10
Mediterranean Games appearances (overview)
1951 1955 1959 1963 1967 1971 1975 1979 1983 1987 1991 1993 1997 2001 2005 2009 2013 2018 2022
Other related appearances
Yugoslavia (1951–1991) Serbia and Montenegro (1997–2005) Serbia (2009–pres.)

Kosovo first appeared at the quadrennial Mediterranean Games event in 2018. Kosovo had declared independence from Serbia in 2008. The Olympic committee of Kosovo was recognised by the International Olympic Committee six years later in December 2014.

Since their first appearance at the 2018 Mediterranean Games in Tarragona, Kosovo athletes won ten medals, in which of them, nine in judo and one bronze medal in Boxing.^[1]

As of 2022, Kosovan athletes have won a total of 10 medals. The country's ranking in the history of the Games is the 21st place respectively.^[2]^[3]

Kosovo's capital, Pristina, was confirmed as the host city for the 2030 Mediterranean Games by the International Committee of Mediterranean Games on 8 September 2023.^[4]^[5]

Overview

By event

Host country

Total		6	1	3	10	21
Games	Athletes	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total	Rank
1951–1991	Competed as part of Yugoslavia
1991–2005	Competed as part of Serbia and Montenegro
2009 Pescara	Did not participate
2013 Mersin	Did not participate
2018 Tarragona	40	3	1	0	4	14
2022 Oran	38	3	0	3	6	16
2026 Taranto	Future Event
2030 Prishtina	Future Event

By sport

Sport	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
Judo	6	1	2	9
Boxing	0	0	1	1
Total	6	1	3	10

Athletes with most medals

The Kosovan athletes who won the most medals in the history of the Mediterranean Games is Judoka Distria Krasniqi, who won two Gold medals for Kosovo.^[6] The other Judokas in this list are Loriana Kuka and Akil Gjakova.^[7]

Athlete	Sport	Games				Total
Distria Krasniqi	Judo	2022, 2018	2	0	0	2
Loriana Kuka	Judo	2022, 2018	1	1	0	2
Akil Gjakova	Judo	2022, 2018	1	0	1	2

Notes: athletes in bold are still active.

List of medalists

2018 Mediterranean Games

Medal	Name	Sport	Event	Date
Gold	Distria Krasniqi	Judo	Women's 52 kg	June 27
Gold	Nora Gjakova	Judo	Women's 57 kg	June 27
Gold	Akil Gjakova	Judo	Men's 73 kg	June 28
Silver	Loriana Kuka	Judo	Women's 78 kg	June 29

2022 Mediterranean Games

Medal	Name	Sport	Event	Date
Gold	Distria Krasniqi	Judo	Women's 52 kg	29 June
Gold	Laura Fazliu	Judo	Women's 63 kg	30 June
Gold	Loriana Kuka	Judo	Women's 78 kg	1 July
Bronze	Flaka Loxha	Judo	Women's 57 kg	29 June
Bronze	Akil Gjakova	Judo	Men's 73 kg	30 June
Bronze	Shpejtim Bajoku	Boxing	Men's 63 kg	30 June

Kosovan medalists at the mediterranean Games

There were plenty of Albanians who did participate for Yugoslavia coming from Kosovo who would win many medals at the Mediterranean Games. In Boxing several athletes of Albanian descent such as Mehmet Bogujevci being the first ever Gold Medalist from Kosovo at the 1979 Mediterranean Games in Split, followed by Aziz Salihu who won the Gold medal At the 1987 Mediterranean Games, Agim Latifi also won Gold, followed by Fatmir Makolli who won silver in the same Edition. As well as Afrim Manjanci and Ilir Mustafa who were successful medal winners for Yugoslavia respectively.^[8] But the Kosovans were also successful by representing Albania in which Egzon Shala won bronze in the 96 Kg category in Wrestling for Albania at the 2013 Mediterranean Games in Turkey.^[9]^[10]