[5][6] The United Nations-led administration in Kosovo previously established a working group to engage with the IOC to allow athletes to participate in the Olympic Games.

Due to its status, Kosovar athletes were not allowed to compete under the flag of Kosovo, until the recognition in 2014.

Therefore, during the 2012 Summer Olympics, Kosovar judoka and world champion, Majlinda Kelmendi had to compete for Albania instead.

[10] Kosovo participated for the first time in the Rio de Janeiro games of the 2016 Summer Olympics.

Judoka Majlinda Kelmendi became the first Kosovar athlete to win a medal of any colour when she won gold in the women's 52kg weight division at the Games.

[15] The committee was represented for the first time at the Winter Olympics at PyeongChang 2018 by skier Albin Tahiri.

Kiana Kryeziu became the first woman in the history of Kosovo to compete at the Winter Olympics, in the women's slalom.

[18] In 2022 Albin Tahiri achieved the best result for Kosovo at the Winter Olympics in alpine skiing in the men's combined event, with a 15th-place finish.