The National Olympic Committee of Thailand is the National Olympic Committee for Thailand, founded in 1948 and headquartered in Bangkok, responsible for selecting and fielding Thailand's Olympic team. It oversees the country's Olympic sport federations and has organized Thailand's hosting of the Asian Games on multiple occasions, with particular Thai Olympic and world strength in weightlifting, boxing and badminton.
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Body TypeNational Olympic Committee 1 HeadquartersAmpawan House, Bangkok, Thailand 1 Body Type
Body Type (category)National Olympic Committee 1 FAQs
How did the National Olympic Committee of Thailand come into being?
It grew out of a 1946 sports society for expatriates and was formally founded on 20 June 1948.
Its forerunner was the International Relations Committee for Sports, set up in 1946 as a society for expatriates living in Thailand to take part in sport. The committee then decided to create an official Olympic organization, and the National Olympic Committee of Thailand was formally founded on 20 June 1948. The International Olympic Committee recognized it at its meeting in Copenhagen on 15 May 1950.
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Source National Olympic Committee of Thailand (Wikipedia)Lead sentence 1Quote, Lead sentence 1
The National Olympic Committee of Thailand under the Royal Patronage of His Majesty the King (Thai: คณะกรรมการโอลิมปิคแห่งประเทศไทย ในพระบรมราชูปถัมภ์) is the national Olympic committee in Thailand for the Olympic Games movement, based in Ampawan House, Bangkok, Thailand.
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is the national Olympic committee in Thailand
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the NOCT was officially formed on 20 June 1948
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Ampawan House, Bangkok
Associated With: Olympic Games, Opening paragraph
selects teams and raises funds to send Thailand competitors to Olympic events organised by the International Olympic Committee (IOC)
Associated With: Asian Games, Opening paragraph
Asian Games events organised by the Olympic Council of Asia (OCA)
Governs: Olympic Sports, lead sentence, states the committee role in the Olympic movement
The National Olympic Committee of Thailand under the Royal Patronage of His Majesty the King (Thai: คณะกรรมการโอลิมปิคแห่งประเทศไทย ในพระบรมราชูปถัมภ์) is the national Olympic committee in Thailand for the Olympic Games movement, based in Ampawan House, Bangkok, Thailand.
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