Angolan Olympic Committee

Angolan Olympic Committee
Country/Region  Angola
Code ANG
Created 17 February 1979 (1979-02-17)
Recognized 1980
Continental
Association		 ANOCA
Headquarters Luanda, Angola
President Gustavo Dias Vaz da Conceição
Secretary General António Pedro Garcia Monteiro
Website www.comiteolimpicoangolano.com/pt

Angolan Olympic Committee (Portuguese: Comité Olímpico Angolano) (IOC code: ANG) is the National Olympic Committee representing Angola. It was created on 17 February 1979 and recognized by the International Olympic Committee in February 1980.

History

The committee was founded on 17 February 1979[1] and was recognised provisionally by the Executive Board of the IOC at Nagoya, Japan in October 1979.[2] This recognition was confirmed at the 82nd Session of the IOC at Lake Placid in February 1980.

Presidents

PresidentTerm
Augusto Lopes Texeira 1979-1980
Augusto Germano de Araujo 1981-1992
Rogerio Torres Cerveira Nunes da Silva 1993-2004
Gustavo Dias Vaz da Conceição 2004–present

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Angola and Olympism" (pdf). Olympic Review. International Olympic Committee (210): 289. April 1985. Retrieved 11 January 2013.
  2. ↑ "Around the National Olympic Committees" (pdf). Olympic Review. International Olympic Committee (145): 669. November 1979. Retrieved 11 January 2013.


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