Myanmar Olympic Committee
Appearance
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Code | MYA |
Created | 26 November 1946[1] |
Recognized | 9 July 1947 |
Continental Association | OCA |
President | Min Thein Zan (Minister for the Ministry of Sports and Youth Affairs) |
Secretary General | Myo Hlaing (Deputy Minister) |
Myanmar Olympic Committee (Burmese: မြန်မာနိုင်ငံအိုလံပစ်ကော်မတီ, IOC code: MYA) is the National Olympic Committee representing Myanmar (also called Burma). It was founded in 1946 by Zaw Weik.[2]
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Duty
[edit]- To perform the sports affairs according to the policies of Myanmar National Sports Committee.
- To inform the aims of Olympic Games.
- To prepare for the national teams which will compete in the Olympic Games, Asian Games and South East Asian Games.
- To interconnect between the Myanmar Sports Associations and International Olympic Committee.
- To open Sports Courses and send students to the international courses with the help of the IOC.
- Contact with the Olympic Games, Asian Games, Southeast Asian Games and Regional Sports Festivals Federations to host in Myanmar
- To perform the duties given by the Myanmar National Sports Committee.[3]
References
[edit]- ^ "Myanmar Olympic Committee". Department of Sports and Physical Education (in Burmese).
- ^ "MyanmarYANMAR Olympic Hopefuls Chasing Time". Myanmore. 12 August 2016. Retrieved 21 December 2019.
- ^ "မြန်မာနိုင်ငံအိုလံပစ်ကော်မတီ".
External links
[edit]- Myanmar Olympic Committee at the Wayback Machine (archived 2018-02-28)