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Angolan Olympic Committee

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Country/Region
  
Angola

Recognized
  
1980

Headquarters
  
Luanda

Code
  
ANG

Continental Association
  
ANOCA

Created
  
17 February 1979 (1979-02-17)

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.

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History

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

Former Presidents

  • Augusto Lopes Texeira (1980–1982)
  • Augusto Germano de Araujo (1982–1992)
  • Rogerio Torres Cerveira Nunes da Silva (1993–2004)

    • References

    Angolan Olympic Committee Wikipedia
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