Korean Sport & Olympic Committee
The Korean Sport & Olympic Committee (Korean: 대한체육회, Abbr.: KOC) is the National Olympic Committee of Republic of Korea (competing as Korea) for the Olympic Games movement and inbound sports issue. It is a non-profit organization that selects players and teams to represent the nation, and raises funds to send them to Olympic events organized by the International Olympic Committee (IOC). It was part of Korea Sports Council which was established in 1920, but two organizations were merged in 2009.[1] Korean Olympic Committee merged with the Korea Council of Sport for All since March 2016 and renamed as Korean Sport & Olympic Committee since late November 2016 but the emblem of the Committee and the name in Korean are remaining the same as previous.
Korean Sport & Olympic Committee logo | |
Country/Region | |
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Code | KOR |
Created | 1920 (as Korean Sports Council, 조선체육회) 1954 (as KOC, 대한올림픽위원회) 2016 (as KOC, 대한체육회) |
Recognized | 1948 |
Headquarters | 424, Olympic-ro Songpa-gu, Seoul South Korea |
President | Lee Kee-heung |
Secretary General | Choongryul Jeon |
Website | www.sports.or.kr |
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List of presidents
President | Term |
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Ye Un-hyeng | 1947 |
Jung Hwan-bum | 1948 |
Sin Ik-hee | 1948-1949 |
Sin Hung-woo | 1949-1951 |
Jo Ok-Byeng | 1951-1952 |
Lee Ki-boong | 1952-1960 |
Kim Dong-ha | 1961-1962 |
Lee Ju-Il | 1962 |
Lee Hyo | 1962-1964 |
Lee Sang-beck | 1964-1966 |
Chang Ki-young | 1966-1968 |
Min Gwan-sik | 1968-1970 |
Kim Yong-woo | 1971 |
Kim Taek-soo | 1974-1976 |
Park Chong-kyu | 1979-1980 |
Jo Sang-ho | 1980-1982 |
Jung Ju-young | 1982-1984 |
No Tae-woo | 1984-1985 |
Kim Jong-ha | 1985-1989 |
Kim Jong-yeol | 1989-1993 |
Kim Un-yong | 1993-2002 |
Lee Yun-taek | 2002-2005 |
Kim Jung-gil | 2005-2008 |
Lee Yun-taek | 2008-2009 |
Park Yong-sung | 2009-2013 |
Kim Jung-haeng | 2013-2016 |
Lee Kee-heung | 2016-present |
IOC Members
Member | Term |
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Lee Ki-boong | 1955-1960 |
Lee Sang-baek | 1964-1960 |
Chang Ki-young | 1967-1977 |
Kim Taek-soo | 1977-1983 |
Park Chong-kyu | 1984-1985 |
Kim Un-yong | 1986-2005 |
Lee Kun-hee | 1996-2017 |
Park Yong-sung | 2002-2007 |
Moon Dae-sung | 2008-2016 |
Ryu Seung-min | 2016-present |
Lee Kee-heung | 2019-present |
Korean Sports Hall of Fame
Source:[2]
Athlete | Sport | Gender | Year |
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Sohn Kee-chung | Male | 2011 | |
Kim Seong-jip | Male | 2011 | |
Suh Yun-bok | Male | 2014 | |
Min Kwan-sik | Administration | Male | 2014 |
Chang Chang-sun | Male | 2014 | |
Yang Jung-mo | Male | 2015 | |
Park Shin-ja | Female | 2015 | |
Kim Un-yong | Administration | Male | 2015 |
Yuna Kim | Female | 2016 | |
Cha Bum-kun | Male | 2017 | |
Kim Il | Male | 2018 | |
Kim Jin-ho | Female | 2018 | |
Um Hong-gil | Mountaineering | Male | 2019 |
2020 unified Korea team and 2032 co-host bid with North Korea
On November 2, 2018, officials from both North and South Korea announced that their countries would participate at the 2020 Summer Olympics, held in Tokyo, Japan, as a unified team.[3][4] The officials from both Koreas also announced that the letters they would send to the IOC regarding their bids for hosting the 2032 Summer Olympics would also consist of co-host bids so that the Olympic activities would take place in both nations if their bids were accepted as well.[3][4][5]
See also
- Korean Sports Council
- Team Korea
- South Korea at the Olympics
- South Korea at the Asian Games
- Sport in South Korea
- Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism
- NEST Foundation
- Boxing Association of Korea
- Olympic Committee of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea
References
- 체육회, KOC와 완전 통합 최종 의결 Yonhap News, 2009-06-24.
- 스포츠영웅. hero.Sports.or.kr (in Korean). KOC. Retrieved 8 November 2019.
- https://edition.cnn.com/2018/11/02/sport/north-south-korea-tokyo-2020-olympics-spt-intl/index.html
- https://www.thedenverchannel.com/news/national/north-south-korea-set-to-combine-for-tokyo-2020-co-host-2032-olympics
- https://www.reuters.com/article/us-olympics-2032-koreas/olympics-north-south-korea-to-send-letter-to-ioc-on-joint-2032-bid-idUSKCN1N70PT