Russian Olympic Committee

Russian Olympic Committee

Russian Olympic Committee logo
Country/Region	Russia
Code	RUS
Created	1911
Recognized	1911/1989, then 1993
Continental Association	EOC
Headquarters	Luzhniki Naberezhnoi, Moscow
President	Alexander Zhukov
Secretary General	Anastasia Davydova
Website	www.roc.ru

Headquarters of the OKR in Moscow

Russian Olympic Committee (ROC), (Russian: Олимпийский комитет России, Olympiyskiy Komitet Rossii, OKR, Full name: All-Russian united social union 'Olympic Committee of Russia', Общероссийский союз общественных объединений «Олимпийский комитет России») is the National Olympic Committee representing Russia.

It is working towards the inclusion of the traditional Russian national sport, bandy, in the Winter Olympics.

History

Russian Olympic Committee

Russia's Prime Minister Vladimir Putin speaks on the 100th anniversary of the Olympic Committee of Russia.

Russian Olympic Committee (Российский Олимпийский комитет) was born on 1911 but was dissolved during October Revolution and replaced by National Olympic Committee of USSR (НОК СССР).

National Olympic Committee of USSR

National Olympic Committee of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (Национальный Олимпийский комитет Союза Советских Социалистических Республик – НОК СССР) was the successor for the Imperial Russian Olympic Committee, which was existed since 1951 to 1991.

Olympic Committee of Russia

In 1991 the committee was reestablished as Olympic Committee of Russia (Олимпийский комитет России).

Presidents

Soviet Olympic Committee

Name	Years Term
Konstantin Andrianov	1951–1977
Sergei Pavlov	1977–1983
Marat Gramov	1983–1990
Vitali Smirnov	1990–1992

Russian Olympic Committee

Presidents	Term years
Vyacheslav Sreznevsky	1911–1918
Vitali Smirnov	1992–2001
Leonid Tyagachev	2001–2010
Alexander Zhukov	2010–

See also

• Russia at the Olympics
• Russian Paralympic Committee
• Sochi 2014 Olympic and Paralympic Organizing Committee

External links

• Official website