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Norway At The 2014 Summer Youth Olympics
Norway competed at the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics, in Nanjing, China from 16 August to 28 August 2014. Beach volleyball Norway qualified a team by being the highest ranked nation not yet qualified. Boxing Norway qualified one boxer based on its performance at the AIBA Youth World Boxing Championships, 2014 AIBA Youth World Championships ;Boys Canoeing Norway qualified one boat based on its performance at the 2013 World Junior Canoe Sprint and Slalom Championships. ;Girls Diving Norway qualified two quotas based on its performance at the Nanjing 2014 Diving Qualifying Event. Golf Norway qualified one team of two athletes based on the 8 June 2014 International Golf Federation, IGF Combined World Amateur Golf Rankings. ;Individual ;Team Gymnastics Artistic Gymnastics Norway qualified one athlete based on its performance at the 2014 European Women's Artistic Gymnastics Championships, 2014 European WAG Championships. ;Girls Handball Norway qualified a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Norwegian Olympic And Paralympic Committee And Confederation Of Sports
The Norwegian Olympic and Paralympic Committee and Confederation of Sports ( no, Norges idrettsforbund og olympiske og paralympiske komité; NIF) is the umbrella organization for sport in Norway. It is the largest volunteering organization in Norway, with more than 2 million members and 12,000 sports clubs in 19 region confederations and 54 national federations. The current president is Berit Kjøll. History The organisation was founded in 1861 as ''Centralforeningen for Udbredelse af Legemsøvelser og Vaabenbrug'', and has later changed its name several times. The current name dates from 2007. Former presidents The presidents before 1940: Centralforeningen 1861–1910 *1861-1864 Otto Richard Kierulf *1864-1867 Nils Christian Irgens *1867-1869 Otto Richard Kierulf *1869-1878 Lars Broch *1878-1881 Lars Christian Dahll *1881-1885 Edvard Eriksen (sports official), Edvard Eriksen *1885-1887 Olaf Wilhelm Petersen *1887-1892 Anders Løwlie *1892-1902 Carl Sylow *1902-1904 Thorva ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
