The Ethiopian Olympic Committee is the National Olympic Committee for Ethiopia, founded in 1948 and headquartered in Addis Ababa, responsible for selecting and fielding Ethiopia's Olympic team from a country that, alongside neighboring Kenya, has become one of the dominant nations in world middle- and long-distance running. It oversees Ethiopia's Olympic sport federations, most prominently athletics, continuing a legacy that began with Abebe Bikila's barefoot marathon victory at the 1960 Rome Olympics.
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Body Type (category)National Olympic Committee 1 FAQs
Which continental body is the Ethiopian Olympic Committee part of?
It belongs to the Association of National Olympic Committees of Africa.
The Ethiopian Olympic Committee is listed among the African National Olympic Committees on the website of the Association of National Olympic Committees of Africa, known as ANOCA. ANOCA describes itself as an international organization bringing together the fifty-four African National Olympic Committees.
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Source Wikipedia: National Olympic Committee
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Source Ethiopian Olympic Committee (Wikipedia)Lead paragraph of the cited Wikipedia articleQuote, Lead paragraph of the cited Wikipedia article
The Ethiopian Olympic Committee (Amharic: የኢትዮጵያ ኦሊምፒክ ኮሚቴ; IOC code: ETH) is the National Olympic Committee representing Ethiopia.
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1. Ethiopian Olympic Committee (Wikipedia)
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is the National Olympic Committee representing Ethiopia
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It was created in 1948
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Addis Ababa
Governs: Olympic Sports, lead sentence, states the committee role in the Olympic movement
The Ethiopian Olympic Committee (Amharic: የኢትዮጵያ ኦሊምፒክ ኮሚቴ; IOC code: ETH) is the National Olympic Committee representing Ethiopia.
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Subject to the controls of the International Olympic Committee, NOCs are responsible for organizing their athletes' participation in the Olympic Games.
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