Australian Olympic Committee

The Australian Olympic Committee ( AOC) is the National Olympic Committee in Australia, representing the Olympic movement there. It is a non-profit organization that selects teams, provides grants and Australian participants to the Olympic Games, which are held by the International Olympic Committee, appoint.

Organization

The committee is the umbrella organization for 40 national sports federations, which are responsible for sports from the Olympic program for the summer and winter games. Each Australian state or territory each also have a State Olympic Council works to promote Olympic values and Olympic teams of Australia promotes.

Since 2005, John Coates, President of the AOC, while the Australian Governor-General Michael Jeffery main patron and John Howard, the Prime Minister of Australia, Patron of the organization. Coates and the AOC Executive Kevan Gosper and Phil Coles members are also members of the IOC also. The AOC executive branch consists of John Coates (President), Ron Harvey (Vice President ), Peter Montgomery (Vice President), Craig Phillips ( Secretary ), Lynne Beates, Helen Brownlee, Ian Chesterman, Douglas Donaghue, Nicholas Green, Michael Wenden, Russell Witers, Tom King and Jacqui Cooper.

A commission consisting of eight elected athletes the summer and two of the Winter Games, advises the AOC executive in all matters relating to the Olympic movement from the perspective of the participants.