Eesti Olümpia Committee

The Eesti Olümpiakomitee ( Estonian for Estonian Olympic Committee ) is the National Olympic Committee of the Republic of Estonia .

history

On November 30, 1919, a year and a half after Estonia's independence was proclaimed , the Estonian Sports Congress ( Eesti Spordi Congress ) decided to set up the Estonian Sports Federation ( Eesti Spordi Liit ) and the Estonian Olympic Committee, and to take part in the 1920 Olympic Games in Antwerp . The Estonian Olympic Committee (EOK) was officially established on December 8, 1923. The then Foreign Minister Friedrich Karl Akel became the first chairman .

In 1924 the EOK was accepted into the International Olympic Committee (IOC). A total of 44 Estonian athletes took part in the 1924 Olympic Games in Paris . The wrestler Eduard Pütsep won the first gold medal for Estonia there. In 1928, Estonian athletes took part in the winter competitions in St. Moritz for the first time. In 1934 Johan Laidoner was elected chairman of the Estonian Olympic Committee.

With the Soviet occupation of Estonia on June 21, 1940, the Estonian Olympic Committee was banned and dissolved. It went up in the Olympic Committee of the USSR founded in 1951. In Estonia the occupation authorities founded the "Committee for Physical Culture and Sport" (Estonian Kehakultuuri- ja Spordikomitee ), in which all Estonian sports organizations were brought into line. This also de facto ended Estonia's membership in the International Olympic Committee. Since the western states did not recognize the Soviet occupation under international law, the EOK was never officially removed from the IOC's list of members.

Shortly before Estonia regained its independence, the Estonian Olympic Committee was re-established on January 14, 1989. First president after the Second World War was Arnold Green . With the proclamation of Estonian sovereignty in August 1991, the EOK resumed its work in the International Olympic Committee. In 2001 the Central Association of Estonian Sports ( Eesti Spordi Keskliit ) and the EOK were merged under the name Eesti Olümpiakomitee .

EOK today

The EOK is now the National Olympic Committee of Estonia and the central umbrella organization of Estonian sport. The EOK has 64 sports associations and 12 sports associations. Its headquarters are in Tallinn .

Affiliated to the EOK are the Estonian Olympic Academy ( Eesti Olümpiaakadeemia ), the Estonian Foundation for Sports Information ( Eesti Sporditeabe Sihtasutus ), the Foundation for Sports Medicine ( Spordimeditsiini Sihtasutus ) and the Eesti Antidoping Foundation .

Former Estonian Prime Minister Mart Siimann is currently the President of the Estonian Olympic Committee . Vice-presidents of the EOK Executive Committee are Andres Lipstok and Jüri Tamm . Toomas Tõnise is the general secretary.

Olympic successes

Between 1920 and 1940, Estonia won a total of six gold, six silver and nine bronze medals at the Olympic Games. At all Olympic Games together, athletes from Estonia have so far won 25 gold, 19 silver and 27 bronze medals.

See also

• List of Olympic medalists from Estonia

Chair and President of the Estonian Olympic Committee

• Friedrich Karl Akel (1924–1931), EOK chairman
• Johan Laidoner (1931–1934), EOK co-chair
• Johan Laidoner (1934 - de facto 1940), EOK chairman
• Arnold Green (1989–1997), EOK President
• Tiit Nuudi (1997-2001), EOK President
• Mart Siimann (since 2001), EOK President

Estonian members of the International Olympic Committee

• Friedrich Karl Akel (1928–1932)
• Joakim Puhk (1936-1942)

Web links

• Official website (Estonian)
• List of all Estonian medalists (1912-2006) (Estonian)
• Estonian gold medal winners' resumes (Estonian)
• Estonian Olympic Academy (Estonian and English)

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