Comitetul Olimpic și Sportiv Român

The Comitetul Olimpic și Sportiv Român (short: COSR) is the national Olympic committee in Romania .

history

It was founded in 1914 under the name "Comitetul Olimpic Român". In 1924 Romania took part in the Olympic Games for the first time in Paris . Since then, Romania has participated in all games except the 1932 and 1948 Summer Games and the 1960 Winter Games . Romania also took part in the 1984 Summer Games in Los Angeles , despite the boycott of most of the communist states in Eastern Europe and the Soviet Union. In 2004 the name was changed to "Comitetul Olimpic și Sportiv Român".

Chairperson

Postage stamp from George-Valentin Bibescu with the logo of the committee

The previous chairmen:

• Prince Carol I (1914-1920)
• George-Valentin Bibescu (1920–1923)
• Prince Carol I (1923–1930)
• King Carol II (1930–1940)
• Ion Gheorghe Maurer (1947–1951)
• Mihail Macavei (1951-1953)
• Alexandru Șiperco (1953–1959)
• Manole Bodnăraș (1959–1960)
• Aurel Duma (1960–1966)
• Anghel Alexe (1966–1974)
• Marin Dragnea (1974-1984)
• Haralambie Alexa (1984–1987)
• Gheorghe Gomoiu (1987-1989)
• Constantin Oprița (1989)
• Lia Manoliu (1990-1998)
• Ion Țiriac (1998-2004)
• Octavian Morariu (2004-2014)
• Alin Petrache (2014-2016)
• Mihai Covaliu (since 2016)

Web links

• Comitetul Olimpic și Sportiv Român

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Centenarul Olimpismului Românesc, celebrat cu nearly la Ateneul Român. Băsescu: “Sportivi şi antrenori au ajuns eroi” , Adevărul September 12, 2014