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United States Olympic & Paralympic Committee (USOPC)

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The United States Olympic & Paralympic Committee (USOPC) is the National Olympic Committee and National Paralympic Committee for the United States, tracing its origins to the American Olympic Committee formed in 1894 and reorganized under its current dual Olympic-Paralympic mandate in 2019, headquartered in Colorado Springs, Colorado. It coordinates and funds the US National Governing Bodies for individual Olympic and Paralympic sports, selects and fields the American teams for the Summer and Winter Games, and derives most of its budget from private sponsorship and broadcast revenue sharing rather than direct government funding, a financing model distinct from most other nations' Olympic committees.

Facts
Body Type
Federally chartered nonprofit corporation 1
Founded
1894 1
Headquarters
Colorado Springs, Colorado, United States 1
Founders
James Edward Sullivan, William Milligan Sloane 1
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Source Wikipedia, International Olympic Committee
Source United States Olympic & Paralympic Committee, Wikipedia
Source United States Olympic & Paralympic Committee, Wikipedia
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1. United States Olympic & Paralympic Committee, Wikipedia
  • Infobox, Created
    Created: December 6, 1894; 131 years ago (1894-12-06)
  • Infobox, Headquarters
    Headquarters: Colorado Springs, Colorado, U.S.
  • Lead section
    It is a federally chartered nonprofit corporation
  • History, origins
    the two American IOC members, James Edward Sullivan and William Milligan Sloane, formed a committee
  • Associated With: Olympic Games, Opening paragraph
    The USOPC is responsible for supporting, entering and overseeing U.S. teams for the Olympic Games, Paralympic Games
  • Associated With: Paralympic Games, Opening paragraph
    The USOPC is responsible for supporting, entering and overseeing U.S. teams for the Olympic Games, Paralympic Games
  • Associated With: International Paralympic Committee (IPC), Lead paragraph
    is the National Olympic Committee (NOC) and the National Paralympic Committee (NPC) for the United States
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