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Wikitree Olympics Project

Contents 1 Olympics - Team Afghanistan 1.1 Background 1.2 Olympians Representing Afghanistan on Wikitree 1.3 Process 1.4 Stickers 1.5 1936 Berlin Summer Olympics 1.5.1 Athletics 1.5.2 Hockey 1.6 Sources

Olympics - Team Afghanistan

Background

Afghanistan first competed at the 1936 Olympics in Berlin, the same year in which its National Olympic Committee (NOC) was recognized by the International Olympic Committee (IOC). Since then the country has failed to be represented at the Olympic Games of 1952, 1976, 1984, 1992, and 2000. Afghanistan’s National Olympic Committee was suspended by the IOC in 1999, and it was not eligible to compete at Sydney, because the NOC did not follow the Olympic Charter, specifically religious fundamentalism in sport brought on by the ruling Taliban, including prohibitions against women in sport. After the Afghan War of 2001-2002, Afghanistan formed a new National Olympic Committee and competed in 2004 at Athens and 2008 in Beijing. Afghanistan has never competed at the Olympic Winter Games.

Through the 20th century, the most successful Afghani at the Olympic Games had been Sayed Yusuf who won a gold medal in 1928 as a member of the Indian hockey (field) team. But in 2008 at Beijing, Rohullah Nikpai won a bronze medal in men’s flyweight taekwondo, the first medal won by an Afghani athlete representing Afghanistan. Four years later Nikpai was able to win again bronze for his home country, this time in the featherweight class. ^[1]

This is an ongoing project to ensure that all Olympians who represented Afghanistan are on Wikitree.

• Connected to their family
• Connected to the Global Tree, if possible
• With profiles that have biographical, family, and sporting information
• Well sourced

Olympians Representing Afghanistan on Wikitree

This category Olympians representing Afghanistan shows all Olympians who have been identified and are now on Wikitree.

Note: Only Wikitree profiles with the category [[Category:Olympians Representing Afghanistan]] will appear.

Process

1. Identify existing Wikitree profile or add new profile
2. Add specific categories

• [[Category:Olympians Representing Afghanistan]]
• Category for the Olympic games in which they represented Afghanistan. e.g. "[[Category: 1936 Olympic Summer Games]] "
• If they won medals - [[Category:Olympic Gold Medalists]] , [[Category: Olympic Silver Medalists]] , [[Category: Olympic Bronze Medalists]]

3. Add Olympic Movement Sticker and add text for sport and specific Olympic Games. e.g. represented Afghanistan in Athletics in the Berlin Olympics of 1936.
4, Add biography, family, and sporting information
5. Connect to family and any spouse
6. If possible, connect to Wikitree family tree. This may require adding additional profiles.

Stickers

• Code for the Olympic Movement sticker
  
• {{Occupation |image=Olympic_Movement.png |text=Add text.}}
• Add text for sport and specific Olympic Games. e.g. represented Afghanistan in Athletics in the Berlin Olympics of 1936.

Note: The sticker does not display the name in preview mode . "..." will appear. The name will show once the profile is saved.