Canadian Olympic Committee

Comité olympique canadien Canadian Olympic Committee
Founded	1904
Members	470
Homepage	www.olympic.ca

The Canadian Olympic Committee (English) or Comité olympique canadien (French), abbreviation: COC, is the name of the Canadian sports association that represents the country's athletes at the International Olympic Committee (IOC) and the Pan American Games . The association was founded in 1904 and admitted to the IOC in 1907. The COC also represents a selection of Canadian cities submitting their applications for the Olympic or Pan American Games. The COC currently represents 470 athletes and is divided into the three areas of Executive Committee , Board of Directors and General membership . The COC is based in Toronto . The current President of the COC is Michael Chambers.

See also

• List of Olympic medalists from Canada
• Canadian Olympic Hall of Fame
• Sports in Canada

literature

• Howard F. Stidwill: The history of the Canadian Olympic Association. , Thesis (MPE), University of Ottawa, 1981, ISBN 978-0-315-05399-1

Web links

• Canadian Olympic Committee website
• Presentation of the COC on the Olympic website

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Annual report of the COC 2007  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (pdf)