Swiss Olympic is the National Olympic Committee and umbrella sports confederation for Switzerland, formed in its current merged structure in 1997 from the country's separate Olympic committee and national sports federation, tracing Olympic roots to 1912, and headquartered in Ittigen near Bern. It selects and fields the Swiss Olympic team and oversees the country's Olympic sport federations, with particular Swiss strength across skiing, ice hockey, tennis and cycling, and hosts the International Olympic Committee's own permanent headquarters in nearby Lausanne.
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Body TypeNational Olympic Committee 1 HeadquartersIttigen, near Bern, Switzerland 1 Body Type
Body Type (category)National Olympic Committee 1 FAQs
Is Swiss Olympic only an Olympic committee?
It is also the umbrella organisation for organised Swiss sport.
No. Swiss Olympic is the National Olympic Committee, but it is also the umbrella organisation for organised Swiss sport under private law, so it represents Swiss sport as a whole and not only the Olympic team.
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Source Wikipedia, International Olympic Committee
Source Wikipedia: National Olympic Committee
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Source Swiss Olympic Association (Wikipedia)
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1. Swiss Olympic Association (Wikipedia)
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is the National Olympic Committee and the umbrella organisation for organised Swiss sport under private law
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Since 1 January 1997, the Olympic movement of Switzerland has been backed by the Swiss Olympic Association.
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Swiss Olympic has its headquarters in the House of Sports in Ittigen near Bern.
Governs: Olympic Sports, lead sentence, states the committee role in the Olympic movement
The Swiss Olympic Association (IOC Code: SUI) is the National Olympic Committee and the umbrella organisation for organised Swiss sport under private law.
View the SourceWikipedia: National Olympic Committee
Associated With: Olympic Games, Lead paragraphQuote, Associated With: Olympic Games, Lead paragraph
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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