Croatian Olympic Committee

Croatian Olympic Committee

Country/Region	Croatia
Code	CRO
Created	1991
Recognized	1993
Continental Association	EOC
Headquarters	Zagreb, Croatia
President	Zlatko Mateša
Secretary General	Josip Čop
Website	www.hoo.hr

The Croatian Olympic Committee (Croatian: Hrvatski olimpijski odbor (HOO)) is the non-profit organization representing Croatian athletes in the International Olympic Committee. The COC organizes Croatia's representatives at the Summer and Winter Olympic Games. It also organizes the Croatian contingent at smaller events such as the Mediterranean Games.

Members of the committee are 44 sports federations, which elect the Executive Council composed of the president and 15 members.

In 2006, the COC organized the first Croatian World Games in Zadar. These games gather various groups of diaspora Croats against contingents from Croatia and Bosnia and Herzegovina.

History[]

The Croatian Olympic Committee was founded on 10 September 1991 in Zagreb. IOC was temporally recognised Committee on 17 January 1992, which was entered way to Croatian athletes in the international olympic family. They are participate first time in Winter Olympics in Albertville and Summer Olympic Games in Barcelona. Full recognised by the IOC was on 24 September 1993.

Zlatko Mateša

Presidents[]

Croatians in the International Olympic Committee[]

Executive committee[]

The 2016-2020 committee of the HOO is represented by:

• President: Zlatko Mateša
• Vice Presidents: Damir Martin, Željko Jerkov, ,
• Members: , , , , , , , , , ,

Member federations[]

The Croatian 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 37 Olympic Summer and 7 Winter Sport Federations in Croatia.

See also[]

• Croatia at the Olympics

External links[]

• Official website (in Croatian)