San Marino at the Olympics
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San Marino
San Marino
San Marino, officially the Republic of San Marino , is a state situated on the Italian Peninsula on the eastern side of the Apennine Mountains. It is an enclave surrounded by Italy. Its size is just over with an estimated population of over 30,000. Its capital is the City of San Marino...

, following its début at the 1960 Summer Olympics
1960 Summer Olympics
The 1960 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XVII Olympiad, was an international multi-sport event held from August 25 to September 11, 1960 in Rome, Italy...

, has competed in 12 Summer Olympics and 7 Winter Olympics. The country has never won a medal.

Among its most successful athletes are Francesco Amici
Francesco Amici
Francesco Amici is an Sammarinese sport shooter who specializes in the trap.At the 2004 Olympic Games he finished in joint ninth place in the trap qualification, missing a place among the top six, who progressed to the final round....

 and Emanuela Felici, who both competed in shooting at the 2004 Summer Olympics
Shooting at the 2004 Summer Olympics
In shooting at the 2004 Summer Olympics, 390 competitors from 106 nations contested 17 events . The competition took place at the Markopoulo Olympic Shooting Centre, located in the east of the Greek region of Attica....

and "missed out on places in the finals by the narrowest of margins".

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