Yemen’s Country Profile
Official country name: Republic of Yemen
Area: 203,850 sq miles (527,970 sq km)
Population: 22.2 million (2007 est.)
Median age: 16.7
Ethnic Groups: Mostly Arabs, along with some South Asians and Europeans (exact figures are not available)
GDP and GDP per capita: $20 billion and $723 (2006 estimates)
Languages: Arabic
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Yemen’s Olympic History
First time represented at Summer Olympics: 1992
Gold medals won: 0
Silver: 0
Bronze: 0
Athletes at the Beijing Olympics: 5
Number of Sports competing in at Beijing Olympics: 4
Medals at 2008 Beijing Olympics: 0
Yemen’s Olympic Playbook
Yemen’s playbook is sadly short. Yemen competed for the first time as a unified country at the Barcelona Olympics in 1992. It’s never sent more than a handful of athletes, none with a realistic chance of competing seriously.
Yemen’s Athletes at the 2008 Beijing Olympics
Gymnastics
Nashwan Al-Harazi
Judo
Ali Khousrof
Swimming
Abdulsalam Al Gadabi
Track & Field/Athletics
Mohammed Al-yafaee
Waseelah Saad
