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South Africa At The 1952 Summer Olympics
The Union of South Africa competed at the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki, Finland. 64 competitors, 60 men and 4 women, took part in 59 events in 13 sports. Medalists Gold * Esther Brand — Athletics, Women's High Jump * Joan Harrison — Swimming, Women's 100m Backstroke Silver * Daphne Hasenjager — Athletics, Women's 100 metres * Theunis van Schalkwyk — Boxing, Men's Light Middleweight * George Estman, Robert Fowler, Thomas Shardelow, and Alfred Swift — Cycling, Men's 4.000m Team Pursuit * Raymond Robinson and Thomas Shardelow — Cycling, Men's 2.000m Tandem Bronze * Willie Toweel — Boxing, Men's Flyweight * Leonard Leisching — Boxing, Men's Featherweight * Andries Nieman — Boxing, Men's Heavyweight * Raymond Robinson — Cycling, Men's 1.000m Time Trial Athletics Boxing Cycling Road Competition Men's Individual Road Race (190.4 km) * George Estman — did not finish (→ no ranking) * Alfred ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
South African Sports Confederation And Olympic Committee
The South African Sports Confederation and Olympic Committee (SASCOC) ( af, Suid-Afrikaanse Sportkonfederasie en Olimpiese Komitee) is the National Olympic Committee (NOC) and National Paralympic Committee (NPC) for South Africa, and the responsible body for South Africa at the Commonwealth Games. It is also responsible for high-performance sport in the country and coordinates the relationship with various list of international sports federations, international sports federations. At the Annual General Meeting held on 9 December 2013, SASCOC decided to de-register as a non-profit company. This has created a great deal of confusion as its status as the official Sports Confederation (in terms of the Sport and Recreation Act, number 110 of 1998, as amended) and its affiliation to the IOC, ANOCA and the Commonwealth are not transferable. There too is an Association that is attempting to trade as SASCOC. However this association is not a registered non-profit organisation and in t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |