The Uganda Olympic Committee (IOC code: UGA) is the
National Olympic Committee representing
Uganda
}), is a landlocked country in East Africa. The country is bordered to the east by Kenya, to the north by South Sudan, to the west by the Democratic Republic of the Congo, to the south-west by Rwanda, and to the south by Tanzania. The sou ...
. It was created in 1950 and officially recognised by the
International Olympic Committee
The International Olympic Committee (IOC; french: link=no, Comité international olympique, ''CIO'') is a non-governmental sports organisation based in Lausanne, Switzerland. It is constituted in the form of an association under the Swiss ...
in 1956.
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Presidents of Committee
* 1950–1958 – Richard Posnett
Sir Richard Neil Posnett (19 July 1919 – 11 May 2009) was a British colonial administrator who served as Governor of Belize (from 1972 to 1976) and Governor of Bermuda (from 1981 to 1983). He was also briefly Commissioner of Anguilla (in 19 ...
* 1971–2009 – Francis Nyangweso
* 2009–2012 – Roger Hans Ddungu[
* 2013–present – William Frederick Blick][
]
See also
*Uganda at the Olympics
Uganda first participated at the Olympic Games in 1956, and has sent athletes to compete in every Summer Olympic Games since then, except for the boycotted 1976 Summer Olympics. Uganda has never competed at the Winter Olympic Games.
Ugandan athle ...
*Uganda at the Commonwealth Games
Uganda has competed in fifteen Commonwealth Games, from 1954.
Medallists
List of medallists
Overall medal tally
With 39 medals, Uganda ranked eighteenth as of 2008 in the All-time medal tally of Commonwealth Games, all-time tally of medals. ...
References
Uganda
}), is a landlocked country in East Africa. The country is bordered to the east by Kenya, to the north by South Sudan, to the west by the Democratic Republic of the Congo, to the south-west by Rwanda, and to the south by Tanzania. The sou ...
Uganda
}), is a landlocked country in East Africa. The country is bordered to the east by Kenya, to the north by South Sudan, to the west by the Democratic Republic of the Congo, to the south-west by Rwanda, and to the south by Tanzania. The sou ...
Sports governing bodies in Uganda
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