Angolan Olympic Committee ( pt, Comité Olímpico Angolano) (IOC code: ANG) is the
National Olympic Committee
A National Olympic Committee (NOC) is a national constituent of the worldwide Olympic movement. Subject to the controls of the International Olympic Committee, NOCs are responsible for organizing their people's participation in the Olympic Games ...
representing
Angola. It was created on 17 February 1979 and recognized by the
International Olympic Committee in February 1980.
History
The committee was founded on 17 February 1979 and was recognised provisionally by the Executive Board of the IOC at
Nagoya,
Japan
Japan ( ja, 日本, or , and formally , ''Nihonkoku'') is an island country in East Asia. It is situated in the northwest Pacific Ocean, and is bordered on the west by the Sea of Japan, while extending from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north ...
in October 1979.
This recognition was confirmed at the
82nd Session of the IOC at
Lake Placid in February 1980.
Presidents
See also
*
Angola at the Olympics
Angola has competed in nine Summer Olympic Games. They have not yet won an Olympic medal and never complete the Winter Olympic Games until its debut. The best positions of the nation, 7th in 1996 and 8th in 2016, were both achieved by Angola wome ...
References
External links
Official website
Angola
1979 establishments in Angola
Olympic
Olympic or Olympics may refer to
Sports
Competitions
* Olympic Games, international multi-sport event held since 1896
** Summer Olympic Games
** Winter Olympic Games
* Ancient Olympic Games, ancient multi-sport event held in Olympia, Greece b ...
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