The Philippine Olympic Committee is the National Olympic Committee for the Philippines, founded in 1911 and headquartered in Manila, one of the oldest National Olympic Committees in Asia. It selects and fields the Philippine Olympic team and oversees the country's Olympic sport federations, with particular national enthusiasm for basketball and boxing, and its first Olympic gold medal won in weightlifting by Hidilyn Diaz at the 2020 Tokyo Games.
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Body TypeNational Olympic Committee 1 HeadquartersPhilSports Complex, Pasig, Metro Manila 1 Body Type
Body Type (category)National Olympic Committee 1 FAQs
Why was the Philippine Olympic Committee once called the Philippine Amateur Athletic Federation?
It began as the Philippine Amateur Athletic Federation in 1911 and took its present name in 1975.
The body now known as the Philippine Olympic Committee began as the Philippine Amateur Athletic Federation, or PAAF, which was established in January 1911. The International Olympic Committee recognized the PAAF as the Philippines' National Olympic Committee in 1929. In 1975 the PAAF was renamed the Philippine Olympic Committee after the Department of Youth and Sports Development was established.
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is the National Olympic Committee of the Philippines
History, paragraph 1
the establishment of the Philippine Amateur Athletic Federation (PAAF) in January 1911
Infobox, headquarters
PhilSports Complex,, Pasig, Metro Manila
Associated With: Olympic Games, Opening paragraph
sole authority for representation of the Philippines in the Olympic Games, the Asian Games
Associated With: Asian Games, Opening paragraph
sole authority for representation of the Philippines in the Olympic Games, the Asian Games
Governs: Olympic Sports, lead sentence, states the committee role in the Olympic movement
The Philippine Olympic Committee Inc. (POC) is the National Olympic Committee of the Philippines.
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