Korean Olympic Committee

The Korean Olympic Committee (abbreviated KOC) is the National Olympic Committee of South Korea. It was founded in 1946 and organized the Olympic movement in South Korea. It cares about the participation in the Olympic Games and the organization of sporting events. The current President of the KOC is Park Yong -sung. His seat has the KOC in the Olympic Center in Seoul Olympic Park.

History

The Korean Olympic Committee was founded in 1946. In the 41st General Assembly of the International Olympic Committee in 1947, the KOC was officially recognized by the IOC and therefore incorporated in the Olympic movement. The first Olympic Winter Games, where South Korea took part, was the Olympic Winter Games in 1948 in St. Moritz. The first summer games in which South Korean participants participated, were the Summer Olympic Games in London in 1948. Since then, took the KOC at all Olympic Games in part, with the exception of the Olympic Winter Games in Oslo in 1952 and the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow. Despite the Korean War, it took part in Helsinki at the Summer Olympics in 1952.

The KOC took the 1986 Asian Games and the Summer Olympic Games in 1988, both of which were organized by the Seoul Olympic Organizing Committee, to Seoul. The alignment of these major events increased the popularity of a variety of sports in South Korea as well as the international reputation of the Korean Olympic Committee. The reputation is also based on the sporting achievements of the Korean team at the Olympic Games from 1984 to 1988, she reached seven times the top 10 of the national rankings. The KOC also directed the 1997 Winter Universiade, 1999 Winter Asian Games and 2006 the General Assembly of the ANOC from.

Sponsors

The KOC has national sponsorship agreements with the National Federation of Fisheries, Fuerza Sports, Green Hwajae Insurance, Global Tour and Choseon Pharm & Trading. In addition, the KOC participates in the income of the TOP program of the IOC.

List of Presidents of the KOC

The President of the KOC in chronological order:

  • Ye Un - hyeng 15 Juni1947 to September 1947
  • Jung Hwan - bum, from February 1948 to September 1948
  • Sin Ik- hee, from September 1948 to October 1949
  • Sin Hung- woo, from October 1949 to June 1951
  • Ok Jo - Byeng, from June 1951 to September 1952
  • Lee Ki- Boong, from September 1952 to April 1960
  • Kim Dong -ha, from July 1961 to January 1962
  • Lee Ju - Il, from March 1962 to December 1962
  • Lee Hyo, from December 1962 to January 1964
  • Lee Sang- beck 10 January 1964 to April 1966
  • Chang Ki -young 15 June 1966 to February 1968
  • Min Gwan -sik, March 1, 1968 to January 19, 1970
  • Kim Yong -woo, July 5, 1971 to November 20, 1971
  • Kim Taek -soo, February 13, 1974 to February 8, 1976
  • Park Chong -kyu 15 February 1979 to July 1980
  • Jo Sang -ho 14 July 1980-July 1982
  • Jung Ju -young 12 July 1982 to October 1984
  • No Tae -woo, 2nd October 1984 to April 1985
  • Kim Jong -ha 26. April 1985 to February 1989
  • Kim Jong- yeol, February 18 1989 to February 1993
  • Kim Un -yong, February 24th 1993 to March 12th 2002
  • Lee Yun- taek, May 29, 2002 to February 23, 2005
  • Kim Jung -gil 24 February, 2005 to April 28, 2008
  • Lee Yun- taek, May 26, 2008 to February 19, 2009
  • Park Yong -sung, since February 19, 2009
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