Syrian Olympic Committee

National Olympic Committee

Syrian Olympic Committee

Country/Region	Syria
Code	SYR
Created	1948
Recognized	1948
Continental Association	OCA
Headquarters	Damascus, Syria
Website	syroc.sy ^{[dead link]}

The Syrian Olympic Committee (Arabic: اللجنة الأولمبية السورية) is the National Olympic Committee in Syria for the Olympic Games movement. It is a non-profit organization led by the Syrian Arab Republic that selects players and teams to represent the nation, and raises funds to send to Olympic events organized by the International Olympic Committee (IOC).^[1]

History

The Syrian Olympic Committee was established in 1948^[2] and in the same year he was admitted to International Olympic Committee.^[3]^[4]

Mowaffak Joumaa served as President of the Syrian Olympic Committee and the General Sports Federation from 2010 to 2020, then he became an honorary president, and was succeeded by Feras Mouala who served as Secretary General from 2010 to 2019.^[5]

A parallel unrecognized committee, named the Syrian National Olympic Committee, was created in 2016 during the Syrian civil war by the Syrian opposition claiming the legitimacy of Syria's representation at the Olympics.^[6]

List of presidents

The following is a list of presidents of the Syrian Olympic Committee and the General Sports Federation since 1982.

President	Term
Samih Moudallal	1982–1995
Nouri Barakat	1995–2002
Kamal Taha	2003–2005
Fayssal Al Bassri	2005–2009
Farouk Bouzo	2009 (Acting)
Mowaffak Joumaa	2010–2020
Feras Mouala	2020–present

IOC Members

References

^ "معلومات عن اللجنة الأولمبي". viaf.org. Archived from the original on 15 July 2020.
^ "SYRIAN NATIONAL OLYMPIC COMMITTEE (SYR)". ocasia.org. Retrieved 2017-09-28.
^ "Syria". olympic.org. Retrieved 2017-09-28.
^ تاريخ اللجنة الأولمبية. syroc.sy. (in Arabic)
^ أعضاء مجلس الإدارة. syroc.sy. (in Arabic)
^ "Syrian Olympic Committee". 4 May 2020.

External links

Official Website at the Wayback Machine (archived 2023-12-01)

Olympic Council of Asia (OCA)

Asian Games

Zone 1
(West Asia)

Zone 2
(Central Asia)

Zone 3
(South Asia)

Zone 4
(East Asia)

Zone 5
(Southeast Asia)

v t e Sports governing bodies in Syria (SYR)
Summer Olympic Sports	Aquatics Diving Swimming Synchronized Swimming Water Polo Archery Athletics Badminton Basketball Boxing Canoeing Cycling Equestrian Fencing Field Hockey Football Golf Gymnastics Handball Judo Modern Pentathlon Rugby 7's Rowing Sailing Shooting Table Tennis Taekwondo Tennis Triathlon Volleyball inc. Beach Volleyball Weightlifting Wrestling
Winter Olympic Sports	Biathlon Bobsleigh Curling Skating (Figure, Speed & Short Track) Ice Hockey Luge Skeleton Skiing (Alpine, Cross Country, Nordic Combined, Freestyle & Jumping) Snowboarding
Other IOC Recognised Sports	Air sports Auto racing Bandy Baseball Billiard Sports Boules Bowling Bridge Chess Cricket Dance sport Floorball Karate Korfball Lifesaving Motorcycle racing Mountaineering and Climbing Netball Orienteering Pelota Vasca Polo Powerboating Racquetball Roller sports Rugby Softball Sport climbing Squash Sumo Surfing Tug of war Underwater sports Water Ski Wushu
Paralympics and Disabled Sports
Others Sports	Rugby League Rugby Union Esports
Syrian Olympic Committee / Syrian Olympic Committee (Syrian National Coalition)