The National Olympic Committee of Ukraine is the National Olympic Committee for Ukraine, founded in 1990 as the Soviet Union began to dissolve and gaining full International Olympic Committee recognition in 1993, headquartered in Kyiv. It selects and fields Ukraine's Olympic team and oversees the country's Olympic sport federations, continuing to organize Ukrainian Olympic participation, including at the 2022 Beijing and 2024 Paris Games, through the country's ongoing war following Russia's 2022 invasion.
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Body TypeNon-profit public organization and National Olympic Committee 1 Headquarters FoundersRepresentatives of the republican sports federations recognized by their respective International Federations 1 Connections
Associated With
Source Wikipedia, International Olympic Committee
Source National Olympic Committee of Ukraine - Wikipedia
In the Other Atlases
- Also in Geography Atlas: Ukraine, located there.
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1. National Olympic Committee of Ukraine - Wikipedia
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The National Olympic Committee of Ukraine (Ukrainian: Нацiональний олiмпiйський комiтет України, romanized: Natsionalnyi olimpiiskyi komitet Ukrainy; IOC Code: UKR) is a non-profit all-Ukrainian public organization responsible for development, reinforcement, and protection of the Olympic movement.
History section
On 22 December 1990 the First General Assembly of founders took the decision to create the National Olympic Committee of Ukraine and the date mentioned above is the official date of its foundation.
Infobox, Headquarters field
Kyiv, Ukraine
List of founders section
Representatives of the republican sports federations recognized by their respective International Federations
Associated With: Olympic Games, Opening paragraph
The committee has an exclusive right to represent Ukraine in the Olympic Games
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