Medalists at London 2012 not Qualified for Rio 2016

[heywoodu 15,353]

 

 

 

Hello

 

I thought it'd be interesting to work on a list of London 2012 medalists who didn't qualify (or likely won't qualify) for Rio 2016. I am specifically talking about athletes/teams who missed out on qualification, not on athletes/teams who simply retired.

 

Some basic rules:

1. Athletes who didn't qualify because they retired at a time they could still technically qualify for Rio won't count

2. Athletes who didn't qualify because they are banned will only count if they are officially still 2012 medalists (example: no Alptekin)

3. Athletes who are still active but were apparently not good enough to be selected for qualifiers will count

 

Archery

- Mariana Avitia (MEX): Bronze in 2012

- Oh Jin-hyek (KOR): Gold and bronze in 2012

 

Basketball

- Russia men: Bronze in 2012

 

Boxing

- Marlen Esparza (USA): Bronze in 2012 (women's 51kg)

 

Canoeing - Slalom

- Michal Martikan (SVK): Bronze in 2012 (men's C-1)

- Émilie Fer (FRA): Gold in 2012 (women's K-1)

- Ettienne Stott (GBR): Gold in 2012 (men's C-2)

 

Diving

- Laura Sanchez (MEX): Bronze in 2012 (women's springboard)

 

Equestrian - Jumping

- Saudi Arabia: Bronze in 2012 (team)

 

Fencing

- Bartosz Piasecki (NOR): Silver in 2012 (men's epée)

- Choi Byung-chul (KOR): Bronze in 2012 (men's foil)

- Japan men: Silver in 2012 (team foil)

- Germany men: Bronze in 2012 (team foil)

- Britta Heidemann (GER): Silver in 2012 (women's epée)

- Valentina Vezzali (ITA): Bronze in 2012 (women's foil)

 

Football

- Japan women: Silver in 2012

 

Gymnastics - Artistic

- Krisztian Berki (HUN): Gold in 2012 (men's pommel horse)

- Matteo Morandi (ITA): Bronze in 2012 (men's rings)

- Romania women: Bronze in 2012 

 

Rowing

- Canada men's eight: Silver in 2012

 

Sailing

-  Przemysław Miarczyński (POL): Bronze in 2012 (men's RS:X)

- Zofia Klepacka (POL): Bronze in 2012 (women's RS:X)

 

Shooting

- Vijay Kumar (IND): Silver in 2012 (men's 25m rapid fire pistol)

- Andrija Zlatic (SRB): Bronze in 2012 (men's 10m air pistol)

- Håkan Dahlby (SWE): Silver in 2012 (men's double trap)

- Lionel Cox (BEL): Silver in 2012 (men's 50m rifle prone)

 

Swimming

- Cesar Cielo (BRA): Bronze in 2012 (men's 50m freestyle)

- Michael Jamieson (GBR): Silver in 2012 (men's 200m breaststroke)

- Martina Grimaldi (ITA): Bronze in 2012 (women's 10k open water)

 

Taekwondo

- Sebastián Crismanich (ARG): Gold in 2012 (men's -80kg)

- Carlo Molfetta (ITA): Gold in 2012 (men's +80kg)

- Terrence Jennings (USA): Bronze in 2012 (men's -68kg)

 

Wrestling

- Jake Varner (USA): Gold in 2012 (men's freestyle -96kg)

- Damian Janikowski (POL): Bronze in 2012 (men's Greco-Roman -84kg)

 

 

Edited April 29, 2016 by heywoodu

[heywoodu 15,353]

The Romanian women's gymnastic team could be in trouble as well (according to the experts in the gymnastics thread): if they don't qualify that would be a huge thing, considering they won a medal in the last 10 straight Olympics.

 

Any more examples?

[dareza 911]

  On 3/16/2016 at 1:03 PM, heywoodu said:

The Romanian women's gymnastic team could be in trouble as well (according to the experts in the gymnastics thread): if they don't qualify that would be a huge thing, considering they won a medal in the last 10 straight Olympics.

 

Any more examples?

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Gold medalists in taekwondo from Italy and Argentina.

[heywoodu 15,353]

I also remember Krisztian Berki, the Hungarian gymnast. He's 100% out of Rio, isn't he?

[Dolby 739]

Vijay Kumar - Silver medal in 25m Pistol in 2012, failed to qualify. Technically, can still qualify via quota swap but seems highly unlikely. 

[dcro 10,210]

Saudi Arabia failed to qualify a team in show jumping after winning a bronze in London. Moreover, they didn't even qualify in individual jumping, for the first time in 24 years.

[vinipereira 3,421]

From Brazil, two Beach Volleyball medalists failed to qualify: Emanuel (retired soon after) and Juliana.

[dareza 911]

for Serbia it is Andrija Zlatic.

[intoronto 5,887]

Canada's men's eights in rowing

Mark Oldershaw and Adam van Koeverden have yet to qualify in canoeing/kayaking.

Christine Giriard is still competing but with only one spot doesn't look like she will make the team.

[LDOG 2,428]

Juan Del Potro, unless a miracle happens.