Angolan Olympic Committee

Angolan Olympic Committee

Country/Region	Angola
Code	ANG
Created	17 February 1979 (1979-02-17)
Recognized	1980
Continental Association	ANOCA
Headquarters	Luanda, Angola
President	Gustavo Dias Vaz da Conceição
Secretary General	António Pedro Garcia Monteiro
Website	www.comiteolimpicoangolano.com/pt

Angolan Olympic Committee (Portuguese: Comité Olímpico Angolano) (IOC code: ANG) is the National Olympic Committee representing Angola. It was created on 17 February 1979 and recognized by the International Olympic Committee in February 1980.

History

The committee was founded on 17 February 1979[1] and was recognised provisionally by the Executive Board of the IOC at Nagoya, Japan in October 1979.[2] This recognition was confirmed at the 82nd Session of the IOC at Lake Placid in February 1980.

Presidents

President	Term
Augusto Lopes Texeira	1979-1980
Augusto Germano de Araujo	1981-1992
Rogerio Torres Cerveira Nunes da Silva	1993-2004
Gustavo Dias Vaz da Conceição	2004–present

See also

• Angola at the Olympics

References

1. "Angola and Olympism" (PDF). Olympic Review (210). International Olympic Committee: 289. April 1985. Retrieved 11 January 2013.
2. "Around the National Olympic Committees" (PDF). Olympic Review (145). International Olympic Committee: 669. November 1979. Retrieved 11 January 2013.

External links

• Official website