Egyptian Olympic Committee

The Egyptian Olympic Committee (Arabic: اللجنة الأولمبية المصرية‎, abbreviated as EOC) is a non-profit organization serving as the National Olympic Committee of Egypt and a part of the International Olympic Committee.

Egyptian Olympic Committee
Country/Region Egypt
CodeEGY
Created1910 in Khedivate of Egypt
Recognized1910
Continental
Association		ANOCA
HeadquartersCairo, Egypt
PresidentHesham Mohamed Tawfeq Hatab
Secretary GeneralAlaa Gabr
Websitewww.egyptianolympic.org

History

The Egyptian Olympic Committee was founded during the Khedivate of Egypt on June 13, 1910 in Alexandria by Angelo Bolanaki, first egyptian athlete who participated in international sport competitions outside country. Egypt’ first ever Olympic participation came in the 1912 Stockholm Olympic Games with one athlete in fencing. Egypt was the 14th country to join the IOC.[1]

List of presidents

The following is a list of presidents of the Egyptian Olympic Committee since its creation in 1910.

PresidentTerm
Prince Omar Toussoun 1910–1934
Prince Muhammad Abdel Moneim 1934–1938
Prince Ismail Dawood 1938–1946
Muhammed Taher Pasha 1946–1954
Abdel Rahman Amin 1954–1960
Hussein el-Shafei 1960–1962
Muhammad Talaat Khayri 1962–1967
Safei El Din Abou El Ezz 1967–1971
Mostafa Kamal Tolba 1971–1972
Abdel Moneim Wahby 1972–1974
Mohamed Ahmed Mohamed 1974–1978
Abdel Azim Ashry 1978–1985
Abdel Karim Darwish 1985–1990
Mounir Saleh Sabet 1990–1993
Gamal El Din Moukhtar 1993–1996
Mounir Saleh Sabet 1996–2009
Mahmoud Ahmad Ali 2009–2013
Khaled Zein Eldin 2013–2015
Hesham Mohamed Tawfeq Hatab 2015–present

IOC Members
MemberTerm
Angelo Bolanaki 1910–1932
Muhammed Taher Pasha 1934–1968
Ahmed El Demerdash Touny 1960–1997
Rania Elwani 2004–2012
Mounir Sabet 1998–2017

Executive committee
  • President: Hesham Mohamed Tawfeq Hatab
  • Vice President: Alaa Mashref
  • Secretary General: Aladin Gabr
  • IOC Member: Mounir Sabet
  • Members: Mohamed Abdel Aziz Ghonim, Sharif Al Arian

Member federations

The Egyptian National Federations are the organizations that coordinate all aspects of their individual sports. They are responsible for training, competition and development of their sports. There are currently 29 Olympic Summer Sport Federations in Egypt.

National FederationSummer or WinterHeadquarters
Egyptian Archery FederationSummerNasr City, Cairo
Egyptian Athletic FederationSummerNasr City, Cairo
Egyptian Badminton FederationSummerNasr City, Cairo
Egyptian Basketball FederationSummerNasr City, Cairo
Egyptian Boxing FederationSummerCairo
Egyptian Canoe-Kayak FederationSummerCairo
Egyptian Cycling FederationSummerNasr City, Cairo
Egyptian Equestrian FederationSummerNasr City, Cairo
Egyptian Fencing FederationSummerNasr City, Cairo
Egyptian Football AssociationSummerCairo
Egyptian Golf FederationSummerNew Maadi, Cairo
Egyptian Gymnastics FederationSummerNasr City, Cairo
Egyptian Handball FederationSummerNasr City, Cairo
Egyptian Hockey FederationSummerNasr City, Cairo
Egyptian Judo, Aïkido and Sumo FederationSummerNasr City, Cairo
Egypt Karate FederationSummerCairo
Egyptian Modern Pentathlon FederationSummerNasr City, Cairo
Egyptian Rowing FederationSummerNasr City, Cairo
Egyptian Sailing and Water - Ski FederationSummerEl Manial, Cairo
Egyptian Shooting FederationSummerNasr City, Cairo
Egyptian Swimming FederationSummerNasr City, Cairo
Egyptian Table Tennis FederationSummerCairo
Egyptian Taekwondo FederationSummerNasr City, Cairo
Egyptian Tennis FederationSummerCairo
Egyptian Triathlon FederationSummerNasr City, Cairo
Egyptian Volleyball FederationSummerNasr City, Cairo
Egyptian Weightlifting FederationSummerCairo
Egyptian Wrestling FederationSummerNasr City, Cairo

Controversy

At the 2016 Summer Olympics, Egyptian judoka Islam El Shahaby refused to shake the hand of Israeli judoka Or Sasson, who had defeated El Shahaby.[2] In August 2016, the Disciplinary Committee of the International Olympic Committee issued a "severe reprimand" to El Shehaby for behavior violating "the rules of fair play and against the spirit of friendship embodied in the Olympic Values", and requested that the Egyptian Olympic Committee in the future make certain that all Egyptian athletes are properly educated as to the Olympic Values before they participate in the Olympic Games.[3]

See also

References
  1. History of Egyptian Olympic Committee on official site
  2. Webster, Andrew (2016-08-13). "Teddy Riner wins Rio judo gold - but Israeli judoka all class in wake of Egypt handshake snub". Retrieved 2016-08-13.
  3. Egyptian judoka sent home over handshake refusal with Israeli - Reuters, 15.08.2016
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