Belarus Olympic Committee
Country/Region | Belarus |
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Code | BLR |
Created | 1991 |
Recognized | 1993 |
Continental Association | EOC |
Headquarters | Minsk, Belarus |
President | HE Mr Viktor Lukashenko |
Secretary General | Mr |
Website | www.noc.by |
The National Olympic Committee of the Republic of Belarus (Belarusian: Нацыянальны алімпійскі камітэт Рэспублікі Беларусь, Russian: Национальный олимпийский комитет Республики Беларусь) is one of many national Olympic committees that make up the International Olympic Committee. Created in 1991, the NOC RB (Belarusian: НОК РБ), is charged with selecting athletes to represent Belarus in the Summer and Winter Olympic Games, enforcing anti-doping laws and promoting sporting activity inside Belarus. The current president of the NOC RB is Victor Lukashenko, the son of the current President of Belarus.
History[]
The NOC RB was established on March 22, 1991, in response to the dissolution of the Soviet Union. Until that event, Belarus and the other fourteen Soviet Socialist Republics' Olympic activity were controlled by the Olympic Committee of the USSR, which did not disband until 1992. During that same year, Belarus competed in the 1992 Summer and Winter Olympics as part of the Unified Team. Granted temporary membership in 1992, the NOC RB was not granted full membership until the 101st International Olympic Committee Session in the year 1993. Also in 1993, Vladimir Ryzhenkov, who was at the time the Belarus Minister for Sport and Tourism, was elected to the post of President of the NOC RB. Ryzhenkov held the position until his death in 1996, but was replaced in 1997 with Alexander Lukashenko. In Lukashenko's first speech as NOC RB president, he stated there were no other examples of a head of state serving as a NOC Chairman or President at the same time. From 2005 to 2015 George Katulin served as a secretary general of NOC RB.
In December 2020, the International Olympic Committee sanctioned members of the NOC RB, including Alexander Lukashenko and Viktor Lukashenko, for political discrimination against Belarusian athletes.[1]
Executive Board[]
Designation | Name |
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President | HE Viktor Lukashenko |
1st Vice-President | Viktor Lukashenko |
Vice-President | |
Secretary General | |
Member | Dzmitry Baskau |
Syarhey Rumas | |
Ivan Tikhon | |
Liubov Charkashyna | |
Yuri Shevtsov | |
Member federations[]
The Belarusian National Federations are the organizations that coordinate all aspects of their individual sports. They are responsible for training, competition and development of their sports. There are currently 36 Olympic Summer and 8 Winter Sport Federations in Belarus.
National Federation | Summer or Winter | Headquarters |
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Winter | Minsk | |
Summer | Minsk | |
Belarus Athletic Federation | Summer | Minsk |
Summer | Minsk | |
Summer | Minsk | |
Belarusian Basketball Federation | Summer | Minsk |
Winter | Minsk | |
Summer | Minsk | |
Summer | Minsk | |
Winter | Minsk | |
Summer | Minsk | |
Summer | Minsk | |
Summer | Minsk | |
Summer | Minsk | |
Summer | Minsk | |
Football Federation of Belarus | Summer | Minsk |
Winter | Minsk | |
Summer | Minsk | |
Summer | Minsk | |
Belarusian Handball Federation | Summer | Minsk |
Belarusian Ice Hockey Association | Winter | Minsk |
Summer | Minsk | |
Summer | Minsk | |
Summer | Minsk | |
Summer | Minsk | |
Summer | Minsk | |
Belarusian Rugby Federation | Summer | Minsk |
Belarus Sailing Union | Summer | Minsk |
Summer | Minsk | |
Summer | Minsk | |
Summer | Minsk | |
Winter | Minsk | |
Winter | Minsk | |
Winter | Minsk | |
Summer | Minsk | |
Summer | Minsk | |
Summer | Minsk | |
Summer | Minsk | |
Summer | Minsk | |
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Summer | Minsk | |
Summer | Minsk |
See also[]
References[]
- ^ "IOC EB takes provisional measures against NOC of Belarus". International Olympic Committee. 2021-07-15. Retrieved 2021-08-04.
External links[]
- National Olympic Committees
- Belarus at the Olympics
- Sports governing bodies in Belarus
- 1991 establishments in Belarus
- Belarusian entities subject to the U.S. Department of the Treasury sanctions