Angola at the Olympics


Angola has competed in eleven Summer Olympic Games. They have not yet won any Olympic medals and have never competed at a Winter Olympic Games. The best positions of the nation, 7th in 1996 and 8th in 2016, were both achieved by the Angolan women's national handball team.
Angola sent to the Summer Olympics in 2012 its largest contingent yet of athletes and competed in the most events out of all the countries in Central Africa. They did not win a medal however. Angola's youngest athlete in 2016 was Leite Hermenegildo, who was 16. Angola's oldest athlete was Joao Paulo de Leiria E Silva who was 52 and competed in Shooting.

Flagbearers

GamesAthleteSport
Fernando LopesSwimming
João N'Tyamba Athletics
Jean-Jacques ConceiçãoBasketball
Palmira BarbosaHandball
Nádia CruzSwimming
Ângelo VictorianoBasketball
João N'TyambaAthletics
Antónia MoreiraJudo
Luísa KialaHandball
Natália Bernardo & Matias MontinhoHandball & Sailing
Azenaide Carlos & Edmilson PedroHandball & Judo