Highlights
Albania sent a team of four shooters and a weightlifter to the Munich 1972 Olympic Games.
The team did not reappear at the Olympic Games until 1992. They have enjoyed most success in weightlifting.
In 1972 Ymer PAMPURI broke the Olympic record for the press at featherweight and finished ninth overall. More recently, Ilirjan SULI finished fifth in the men’s middleweight category at the Sydney 2000 Olympic Games and Romela BEGAJ was sixth in the women's lightweight at Beijing 2008. In Beijing, Albania’s team of 11 was the largest in their history.
Anthem: Title
Hymni i Flamurit (Hymn to the flag)
Anthem: Year of Induction
1912
Anthem: Composer
Music Ciprian PORUMBESCU, words Aleksandër Stavre DRENOVA.
Official NOC name
Albania
IOC recognition date
1959
NOC President's name
Ms Ela TASE (ad interim)
NOC General Secretary's name
Mr Stavri BELLO
Year of first appearance in an Olympic Games
1972
Number of appearances in Olympic Games
6, including London 2012
