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Sports in the Republic of Macedonia have a very important place. Sport activity has been determined with a legal regulation, which contributes to a planned development and individual work of the sport associations from the Republic of Macedonia.

In the Republic of Macedonia there are 34 sport associations with more than 1,500 active clubs and 150,000 active members. There are more than 1,000 highly educated professionals from the sport area taking care of the expert work. All are involved in the educational process and the sport clubs and associations.

The sport associations result in a rational system of competitions, according to the criteria and regulations of the international sport associations, and individuals, teams and representations participate at international competitions in Europe and the world.

The Macedonian Olympic Committee takes care of the participation of the athletes of the Republic of Macedonia at the winter and summer Olympics, and it has participated with its teams at the Olympics held in 1991.

The Macedonian athletes have many successful appearances at the international sport scene. Proof of this is the numerous medals from the Olympic Games, European, World and Balkan competitions. Darko Panchev was Europe's soccer MVP in 1991. Other notable Macedonian soccer players include Toni Savevski, Boban Babunski, Goce Sedloski, Gjordji Hristov, Toni Micevski, Artim Shakiri, Ilija Najdovski. The wrestler Shaban Trstena was a gold medallist at the 1984 Olympics in Los Angeles and also won the silver medal at Seoul Olympics in 1988. Mogamed Ibragimov won the silver medal at the 1998 World Championship and is a three-time European champion (1995, 1996 and 1999). Mogamed Ibragimov also brought the first Olympic medal for Macedonia since its independence. On October 1, 2000 he defeated the two time Olympic Bronze medalist, Amirreza Khadem Azghadi (Iran) to take home the bronze medal at the 2000 Olympics in Sydney.

The first-ever participation of athletes from Macedonia at the summer Olympic games is related to the Australian ground precisely, i.e. to Melbourne 1956. Since then until Sydney, only the Tokyo Games in 1964 were "missed". It means that participation in the Olympics was carried out 10 times, taking into consideration, however, that until the Republic of Macedonia has gained its independence in 1991, its athletes competed within the Olympic Team of former Yugoslavia. The balance of trophies is as follows: 11 medals, of which 2 gold, 5 silver and 5 bronze decorations.

Sports in the Republic of Macedonia have a very important place. Sport activity has been determined with a legal regulation, which contributes to a planned development and individual work of the sport associations from the Republic of Macedonia.

In the Republic of Macedonia there are 34 sport associations with more than 1,500 active clubs and 150,000 active members. There are more than 1,000 highly educated professionals from the sport area taking care of the expert work. All are involved in the educational process and the sport clubs and associations.

The sport associations result in a rational system of competitions, according to the criteria and regulations of the international sport associations, and individuals, teams and representations participate at international competitions in Europe and the world.

The Macedonian Olympic Committee takes care of the participation of the athletes of the Republic of Macedonia at the winter and summer Olympics, and it has participated with its teams at the Olympics held in 1991.

The Macedonian athletes have many successful appearances at the international sport scene. Proof of this is the numerous medals from the Olympic Games, European, World and Balkan competitions. Darko Panchev was Europe's soccer MVP in 1991. Other notable Macedonian soccer players include Toni Savevski, Boban Babunski, Goce Sedloski, Gjordji Hristov, Toni Micevski, Artim Shakiri, Ilija Najdovski. The wrestler Shaban Trstena was a gold medallist at the 1984 Olympics in Los Angeles and also won the silver medal at Seoul Olympics in 1988. Mogamed Ibragimov won the silver medal at the 1998 World Championship and is a three-time European champion (1995, 1996 and 1999). Mogamed Ibragimov also brought the first Olympic medal for Macedonia since its independence. On October 1, 2000 he defeated the two time Olympic Bronze medalist, Amirreza Khadem Azghadi (Iran) to take home the bronze medal at the 2000 Olympics in Sydney.

The first-ever participation of athletes from Macedonia at the summer Olympic games is related to the Australian ground precisely, i.e. to Melbourne 1956. Since then until Sydney, only the Tokyo Games in 1964 were "missed". It means that participation in the Olympics was carried out 10 times, taking into consideration, however, that until the Republic of Macedonia has gained its independence in 1991, its athletes competed within the Olympic Team of former Yugoslavia. The balance of trophies is as follows: 11 medals, of which 2 gold, 5 silver and 5 bronze decorations.