Český olympijský výbor

Český olympijský výbor
Founded	May 18, 1899
Place of foundation	Prague
president	Jiří Kejval
Board	Petr Graclík (General Secretary)
Association headquarters	Benešovská 1925/6, 101 00 Prague 10
Homepage	olympic.cz

The Český olympijský výbor (ČOV) is the National Olympic Committee in the Czech Republic with its seat in Prague .

history

On May 18, 1899, the committee was founded at the instigation of Jiří Stanislav Guth-Jarkovský and recognized by the IOC . While Czech athletes competed at the Olympic Games first under the Bohemian flag and then from 1920 to 1992 under the Czechoslovak flag, after the founding of the Czech Republic on January 1, 1993, the first Olympic participation took place at the Winter Olympic Games in Lillehammer . In 1996 it made its debut at the Summer Games in Atlanta . In Czechoslovak times the committee was called Československý olympijský výbor .

President

• 1899–1929: Jiří Stanislav Guth-Jarkovský
• 1929–1951: Josef Gruss
• 1951–1956: Vilém Mucha
• 1956–1958: Václav Pleskot
• 1958–1967: František Vodsloň
• 1967–1970: Emanuel Bosák
• 1970–1972: Richard Nejezchleb
• 1972–1988: Antonín Himl
• 1988–1989: Jindřich Poledník
• 1990–1996: Věra Čáslavská
• 1996–2012: Milan Jirásek
• since 2012: Jiří Kejval

See also

• Olympic history of Bohemia
• Olympic history of the Czech Republic
• Olympic history of Czechoslovakia

Web links

Commons : Český olympijský výbor  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Official website

Individual evidence

1. ^ About the Czech Olympic Committee. In: olympic.cz. Český olympijský výbor, accessed on August 31, 2019 (cz). 
2. ↑ Matěj Tomíček: Kejval obhájil a zůstal předsedou Českého olympijského výboru. In: idnes.cz. October 26, 2016, accessed on August 31, 2019 (cz).