Kosovo at the 2019 European Games

Kosovo competed at the 2019 European Games in Minsk from 21 to 30 June 2019. Kosovo had previously competed at the 2015 European Games in Baku, Azerbaijan, where it won 1 bronze medal.^[1] Kosovo was represented by 12 athletes in 5 sports in these competitions.^[2]

Kosovo at the 2019 European Games
IOC code	KOS
NOC	Olympic Committee of Kosovo
Website	www.noc-kosovo.org
in Minsk, Belarus 21–30 June
Competitors	12 in 5 sports
Flag bearer	Donjeta Sadiku
Medals Ranked 34th	Gold 1 Silver 1 Bronze 1 Total 3
European Games appearances (overview)
2015 2019 2023

Medalists

Medal	Name	Sport	Event	Date
Gold	Majlinda Kelmendi	Judo	Women's -52kg	22 June
Silver	Nora Gjakova	Judo	Women's -57kg	22 June
Bronze	Loriana Kuka	Judo	Women's -78kg	24 June

Competitors

Sport	Men	Women	Total
Archery	0	1	1
Boxing	3	1	4
Judo	1	4	5
Karate	1	0	1
Table tennis	1	0	1
Total	6	6	12

Archery

Main article: Archery at the 2019 European Games

Recurve

Athlete	Event	Ranking round		Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / BM
		Score	Seed	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Ardita Zejnullahu	Women's individual	500	48	Pitman (GBR)	Did not advance					50

Boxing

Main article: Boxing at the 2019 European Games

Men

Athlete	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Shpetim Bajoku	64 kg	—	Shtiwi (ISR) L 1–4	Did not advance
Patriot Behrami	69 kg	Bye	Zeljko (CRO) W 4–0	Mangiacapre (ITA) W 3–2	Sotomayor (AZE) L 0-5	Did not advance
Ardit Delijaj	81 kg	—	Nersisyan (ARM) RSC Injury	Did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Donjeta Sadiku	60 kg	Frostholm (DEN) L 0–5	Did not advance

Judo

Main article: Judo at the 2019 European Games

Women

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage	Final / BM
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Distria Krasniqi	−48 kg	Bye	Martínez (ESP) w/o	Did not advance
Majlinda Kelmendi	−52 kg	Bye	Kocher (SUI) W 10s1–0s	Pienkowska (POL) W 10–0s2	Buchard (FRA) W 0s2-1	Bye	Kuziutina (RUS) W 1s1-0s2
Nora Gjakova	−57 kg	Bye	Gneto (FRA) W 1-0s1	Strake (GER) W 10–0	Monteiro (POR) W 10–0h	Bye	Mezhetskaia (RUS) L 0s1-1s1
Loriana Kuka	−78 kg	Bye	Yeats-Brown (GBR) W 1-0s2	Steenhuis (NED) L 0-11	Did not advance	Wagner (GER) W 1 - 0s2	Malzahn (GER) W 10s1 - 1s1

Men

Athlete	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage	Final / BM
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Akil Gjakova	−73 kg	Bye	Shoka (BLR) W 10s1-0h	Azoidis (GRE) L 0-11	Did not advance

Karate

Main article: Karate at the 2019 European Games

Men

Athlete	Event	Group stage			Semifinal	Final / BM
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Alvin Karaqi	Men’s Kumite -84kg	Kvesić  (CRO) L 0–5	Chobotar (UKR) L 3–4	Malović (MNE) W 1–0	Did not advance

Table tennis

Main article: Table tennis at the 2019 European Games

Men

Athlete	Event	Round 1	Round 2	Round 3	Round 4	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / BM
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Fatih Karabaxhak	Men's singles	Oostwouder (NED) L 0–4	Did not advance

See also

• Sports portal

• Sport in Kosovo

References

1. "Medals Overall". Baku 2015. Archived from the original on 10 September 2019. Retrieved 15 June 2019.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
2. "Athletes". Minsk 2019. Retrieved 21 June 2019.