The Egyptian Olympic Committee is the National Olympic Committee for Egypt, founded in 1910 and headquartered in Cairo, one of the oldest National Olympic Committees in Africa and the Middle East. It selects and fields Egypt's Olympic team and oversees the country's Olympic sport federations, with particular Egyptian Olympic strength historically in wrestling, weightlifting, fencing and modern squash.
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Body Type (category)National Olympic Committee 1 Egyptian Olympic Committee
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How much older is the Egyptian Olympic Committee than Egypt's first Olympic appearance?
The committee came first: founded in 1910, two years before Egypt's first Olympic entry in 1912.
The Egyptian Olympic Committee was founded on June 13, 1910, in Alexandria by Angelo Bolanaki. Egypt's first Olympic participation came two years later, at the 1912 Stockholm Olympic Games, with one athlete in fencing, Ahmed Hassanein.
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is a non-profit organization serving as the National Olympic Committee of Egypt
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1910 in the Khedivate of Egypt
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Cairo, Egypt
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in Alexandria by Angelo Bolanaki
Governs: Olympic Sports, lead sentence, states the committee role in the Olympic movement
The Egyptian Olympic Committee (Arabic: اللجنة الأولمبية المصرية, abbreviated as EOC) is a non-profit organization serving as the National Olympic Committee of Egypt and a part of the International Olympic Committee.
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Wikidata Q1045410, class allow-list match (w-wdresolver-0926)View the Source Wikipedia: National Olympic Committee
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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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