The Montenegrin Olympic Committee ( Montenegrin: Црногорски олимпијски комитет / Crnogorski olimpijski komitet) is the

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representing

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. It is responsible for promoting the Olympic ideals and for ensuring that Montenegro is represented with athletes at the

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and other multi-sport events. The committee's president, , is Dušan Simonović. Members of the committee are 20 sports federations, which elect the Executive Council composed of the president and sixteen members. The MOC organizes the 2019 Games of the Small States of Europe in

Budva Budva ( cnr, Будва, or ) is a Montenegrin town on the Adriatic Sea. It has 19,218 inhabitants, and it is the centre of Budva Municipality. The coastal area around Budva, called the Budva riviera, is the center of Montenegrin tourism, kno ...

History

The Montenegrin Olympic Committee was founded in 2006 after Montenegrin independence referendum and recognized by the IOC in 2007.

List of presidents

Executive committee

*President: Dušan Sinomović *Vice presidents: Boro Mračević,

Bojana Popović Bojana Popović née Petrović, (born 20 November 1979) is a handball coach and a retired Montenegrin handballer. She is considered by many to be the best female handball player of the past decade, despite not being given any official recogniti ...

*Members: Dimitrije Rašović, Jovica Rečević,

Dragan Samardžić Dragan (, sr-Cyrl, Драган) is a popular Serbo-Croatian masculine given name derived from the common Slavic element '' drag'' meaning "dear, beloved". The feminine form is Dragana. People named Dragan include: Politicians and office holde ...

, Božidar Vuksanović, Dejan Bajić, Veselin Barović, Momir Đurđevac,

Branko Jovanović Branko Jovanović (Serbian: Бранко Јовановић; Belgrade, Principality of Serbia, 14 December 1868 – Belgrade, Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes, 29 April 1921) was a general of the Royal Serbian Army and the Royal Yugoslav Arm ...

, Dragan Kopitović, Rajko Kosić, Džemal Ljušković, Vanja Mugoša, Cvetko Pajković, Radmila Petrović

Member federations

The Montenegrin National Federations are the organizations that coordinate all aspects of their individual sports. They are responsible for training, competition and development of their sports. There are currently 19 Olympic Summer and one Winter Sport Federations in Montenegro.

Awards

Since 1999, at the end of each calendar year proclaimed the most successful athletes. Initially declared Young Male Athlete, Young Female Athlete, Men's Team and Woman's Team, awards for the Sportsman of the Year were introduced in 2011. The competition includes results from current

Olympic sports Olympic sports are contested in the Summer Olympic Games and Winter Olympic Games. The 2020 Summer Olympics included 33 sports; the 2022 Winter Olympics included seven sports. Each Olympic sport is represented by an Sports governing body, inter ...

External links

* {{EOC

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Montenegro at the Olympics

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