Bahrain Olympic Committee ( ar, اللجنة الأولمبية البحرينية, IOC code: BRN) is the
National Olympic Committee
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representing
Bahrain
Bahrain ( ; ; ar, البحرين, al-Bahrayn, locally ), officially the Kingdom of Bahrain, ' is an island country in Western Asia. It is situated on the Persian Gulf, and comprises a small archipelago made up of 50 natural islands and an ...
as a member of the International Olympic Committee. It was formed in 1978 and received official recognition in 1979.
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accessed 18 June 2011 It is responsible for organizing Bahrain's participation in the
Olympic Games
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.
History
Foundation
The idea to establish the committee was finally fulfilled on 19 May 1979 as it became the official organization supervising sport activities in Bahrain and under the Supreme Council for Youth and Sports, which was founded in 1975, presided by the then Crown Prince King Hamad.
And following the constituent meeting on 19 May 1979, in the presence of representatives of nine sports associations – athletics, swimming, football, basketball, volleyball, handball, weightlifting, table tennis and shooting, the main system of the committee was formed and submitted to the Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs, which was then the supervising organization of the national clubs and the sports associations.
On 23 May 1979, just four days after the constituent meeting, the then Minister of Labour and Social Affairs officially announced the foundation of the Bahrain Olympic Committee and declared the first board of directors presided by Shaikh
Isa bin Rashid Al Khalifa.
International competition
After being accepted as a National Olympic Committee member of the International Olympic Committee in July 1979, the Bahrain Olympic Committee started establishing a series of relations with Arab and continental nations. Late on, the Bahrain Olympic Committee joined the Arab Sports Games Federation and became a founding member of the Olympic Council of Asia, which was founded in November, 1982, as well as playing a major part in establishing the National Olympic Committee Union in August 1982. The Ninth Asian Games in New Delhi, in December 1982, marked Bahrain's maiden appearance on the continental level.
The 1984 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XXIII Olympiad, saw Bahrain compete for the first time on this level. Since then, Bahrain has been keen to participate in the Olympics and Asian Games, as well as on the Arab revel, with its maiden contributions being at the Sixth Arab Games in Rabat, in Morocco in September 1985. Bahrain reached high competitive standard, starting from the 2002 Asian Games in Busan, in South Korea, through to Doha Asian Games in 2006, the 2010 edition Games in Guangzhou, in China. In the 2004 and 2008 Olympics in Athens and Beijing, Bahrain took its first-ever Olympic gold medal in the men's 1,500m through Rashid Ramzi, which was subsequently withdrawn after the Bahrain athlete failed to pass doping tests.
Medals
* 17th
Asian Games
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(
Incheon
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,
South Korea
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):
Bahrain
Bahrain ( ; ; ar, البحرين, al-Bahrayn, locally ), officially the Kingdom of Bahrain, ' is an island country in Western Asia. It is situated on the Persian Gulf, and comprises a small archipelago made up of 50 natural islands and an ...
won 18 medals in total, 8 gold, 6 silver and 4 bronze.
Bahrainis claim biggest gold medal haul in Incheon
''Boc.bh''
From 1984 to 2015, in eight Olympic Games (only summer games, never winter), the BOC has entered 59 athletes (46 men, 13 women) in 7 sports (athletics, cycling, fencing, modern pentathlon, sailing, shooting, swimming.[ p.58]
The BOC also recruits promising athletes from foreign countries by them giving a Bahrain citizenship, and have them run under the Bahrain flag. Such was the case of Maryam Yusuf Jamal
Maryam Yusuf Jamal ( ar, مريم يوسف جمال; om, Maryam Yuusuf Jamaal) (born Zenebech Tola) (born 16 September 1984) is an Ethiopian-born Bahraini middle-distance runner. She is the first Bahraini athlete to win an Olympic medal, a gold ...
who was the first Bahraini athlete to win an Olympic medal, a bronze in the 1500m women's race, in the London 2012 Summer Olympics
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, and Yusuf Saad Kamel
Yusuf Saad Kamel ( ar, يوسف سعد كامل), born Gregory Konchellah (born 29 March 1983) is a male former middle-distance runner who competed in the 800 metres and 1500 metres. Born in Narok, Kenya – the son of former two-time 800 metres W ...
, Shitaye Eshete
Shitaye Eshete Habtegebrel (born 21 May 1990) is an Ethiopian-born long-distance runner who competes internationally for Bahrain.
Debut
She first began competing for the oil-rich Gulf state in 2009, making her debut at the Asian Cross Countr ...
, Rashid Ramzi
Rashid Ramzi ( ar, رشيد رمزي) (born July 17, 1980) is a Moroccan-Bahraini track and field athlete competing internationally for Bahrain in the 800 metres and 1500 metres. Ramzi was investigated by the IAAF after the 2008 Summer Olympics ...
. At the 2008 Summer Olympics
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, Rashid Ramzi won the first ever medal for Bahrain at the Olympics
Bahrain has competed in 10 Summer Olympic Games. They have never competed in the Winter Olympic Games.
All the Bahraini Olympic medals were won by naturalized African long-distance runners. The country's first podium was a bronze in the women's 1 ...
– winning the 1500m gold medal
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Since the eighteenth century, gold medals have bee ...
, but his test came back positive for the banned blood-boosting substance CERA, his result did not stand, and he was excluded from the sport for two years after.
Description
The Bahrain Olympic Committee is responsible for organizing Bahrain's participation in the Olympic Games
The modern Olympic Games or Olympics (french: link=no, Jeux olympiques) are the leading international sporting events featuring summer and winter sports competitions in which thousands of athletes from around the world participate in a var ...
. The Committee was founded in 1979 and re-registered according to the law No. (21) of the year 1989, issued on 26 June 1990 under No. (3) on the organization of clubs and associations in the field of youth and sports at the General Organization for Youth and Sports and has legal personality from the date of its registration publication in the Official Gazette.
The Bahrain Olympic Committee is an independent civil body with legal personality and is a member by the International Olympic Committee (IOC). It has all the rights and obligations set forth in the Olympic Charter.
Committees Associated With The BOC: Marketing Committee, Technical Committee, Women and Sport Committee, Sport and the Environment Committee.
Board of directors
*President of the Board: Khalid bin Hamad Al Khalifa
*Vice-President: Isa bin Ali Al Khalifa
*General Secretary: Faris Mustafa Al Kooheji
*Board Members: Hayat bint A.aziz Al Khalifa
*Board Members: Hessa bint Khalid Al Khalifa
*Board Members: Hamad bin Rashid Al Khalifa
*Board Members: Noman Rashid Al Hassan
*Board Members: Abdulla Abdulraheem Abdulsalam
*Board Members: Ali Isa Eshaqi
*Board Members: Ali Abdulaziz Janahi
*Board Members: Faisal Khalid Kanoo
*Board Members: Hatem Abbas Dadabai
*Board Members: Mohammed Jassim Ghareeb
See also
*Bahrain at the Olympics
Bahrain has competed in 10 Summer Olympic Games. They have never competed in the Winter Olympic Games.
All the Bahraini Olympic medals were won by naturalized African long-distance runners. The country's first podium was a bronze in the women's 1 ...
*Nasser bin Hamad Al Khalifa
Sheikh Nasser bin Hamad Al Khalifa ( ar, ناصر بن حمد آل خليفة; born 8 May 1987) is a member of the Bahraini royal family, Commander of Bahrain's Royal Guard, deputy chairman of the Higher Committee for Energy and Natural Resourc ...
References
External links
Official website
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Bahrain
Bahrain ( ; ; ar, البحرين, al-Bahrayn, locally ), officially the Kingdom of Bahrain, ' is an island country in Western Asia. It is situated on the Persian Gulf, and comprises a small archipelago made up of 50 natural islands and an ...
Sports governing bodies in Bahrain
Bahrain at the Olympics
1978 establishments in Bahrain
Sports organizations established in 1978