Gendarmerie Team Returns from Spain with 101 Medals

The Gendarmerie teams took part with 16 athletes in the 11th European Police and Fire Games, held in Vigo, Spain, between October 9 and 18, 2026. Representatives from 40 countries from various regions competed in the games, and Turkish athletes achieved great success.

The Gendarmerie teams competed in 10 disciplines: shooting, swimming, aquathlon, athletics, orienteering, arm wrestling, wrestling, judo, kickboxing and boxing. The team won medals in all of these disciplines, finishing the tournament with 101 medals in total: 60 gold, 27 silver and 14 bronze.

By discipline, the swimming team was the most successful, winning 29 medals. The athletics team won 27, the orienteering team 17 and the shooting team 16. The kickboxing and wrestling teams each won 6 medals.

These results show that the institution's work in the field of sports has found recognition at the international level.