National Olympic Committee of Iraq

National Olympic Committee of Iraq

National Olympic Committee of Iraq logo
National Olympic Committee
Country	Iraq
Code	IRQ
Created	1948
Recognized	1948
Continental Association	OCA
Website	http://www.iraqiolympic.org
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The National Olympic Committee of Iraq (NOCI) (Arabic: اللجنة الاولمبية الوطنية العراقية‎) is the National Olympic Committee (NOC) for Iraq. It was established in 1948 and recognized by the International Olympic Committee that same year. It was officially dissolved in May 2003 by L. Paul Bremer under Coalition Provisional Authority Order Number 2.^[1]

It's current Director General is Tiras Odisho an ethnic Assyrian Christian, a Karate expert and coach, based in Sweden.

The committee organizes the Iraqi participation in the Olympic Games, choose the participants and run the training program. It has 16 Olympic national federations members and 7 by the IOC national federations members.

References

1. ^ Coalition Provisional Authority Order Number 2: Dissoulution of Entities

See also

• Iraq at the Olympics

External links

• National Olympic Committee of Iraq

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