The Syrian Olympic Committee ( ar, اللجنة الأولمبية السورية) is the

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in Syria for the

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movement. It is a

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organization led by the

Syrian Arab Republic Syria ( ar, سُورِيَا or سُورِيَة, translit=Sūriyā), officially the Syrian Arab Republic ( ar, الجمهورية العربية السورية, al-Jumhūrīyah al-ʻArabīyah as-Sūrīyah), is a Western Asian country loc ...

that selects players and teams to represent the nation, and raises funds to send to Olympic events organized by the

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(IOC).

History

The Syrian Olympic Committee was established in 1948 and in the same year he was admitted to

. Mowaffak Joumaa served as President of the Syrian Olympic Committee and the General Sports Federation from 2010 to 2020, then he became an honorary president, and was succeeded by Feras Mouala who served as Secretary General from 2010 to 2019. A parallel unrecognized committee, named the Syrian National Olympic Committee, was created in 2016 during the Syrian civil war by the

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claiming the legitimacy of Syria's representation at the Olympics.

List of presidents

The following is a list of presidents of the Syrian Olympic Committee and the General Sports Federation since 1995.

References

External links

Official website
National Olympic Committees Syria at the Olympics

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1948 establishments in Syria {{Olympic-org-stub

History

List of presidents

See also

References

External links