Latvijas Olimpiskā Komiteja

Latvijas Olimpiskā Komiteja
Founded	April 23, 1922
Place of foundation	Riga
president	Aldons Vrubļevskis
Board	Žoržs Tikmers (General Secretary)
societies	39 sports associations
Association headquarters	Elisabethstrasse ( Elizabetes iela ) 49, Rīga LV-1010
Homepage	olimpiade.lv

The Latvijas Olimpiskā Komiteja (LOK) is the National Olympic Committee in Latvia with its seat in Riga .

history

On April 23, 1922, the committee in Riga was founded and then took in 1924 on the occasion of the Olympic Winter Games in Chamonix for the first time at the Olympic Games in part. This was followed by four participations in summer games and two more in winter games before Latvia lost its independence to the Soviet Union under the Hitler-Stalin pact . From then on, Latvian athletes took part in the Olympic Games under the Soviet flag. On November 19, 1988, the LOC was reactivated by representatives of all Latvian sports organizations, and Vilnis Baltiņš was elected President. After the Soviet Union collapsed and Latvia regained its independence, the IOC re-recognized the LOC on September 18, 1991 .

President

The incumbent president of the LOC, Aldons Vrubļevskis.

• 1922–1933: Jānis Dikmanis
• 1933–1934: Roberts Plūme
• 1934–1938: Marģers Skujenieks
• 1938–1940: Alfreds Bērziņš
• 1940–1988: LOK disbanded after the occupation by the Soviet Union
• 1988-2004: Vilnis Baltiņš
• since 2004: Aldons Vrubļevskis

See also

• Olympic history of Latvia

Web links

• Official website

Individual evidence

1. ↑ LOK sastāvs. In: olimpiade.lv. Latvijas Olimpiskā Komiteja, accessed March 21, 2020 (Latvian). 
2. ↑ Latvijas Olimpiskās komitejas vēsture. In: olimpiade.lv. Latvijas Olimpiskā Komiteja, accessed March 21, 2020 (Latvian).