Slovenský olympijský a športový výbor

Slovenský olympijský a športový výbor
Founded	December 19, 1992
Place of foundation	Bratislava
president	Anton Siekel
Board	Jozef Liba (General Secretary)
societies	43 Olympic sports federations
Association headquarters	Kukučínova ulica 26, 838 08 Bratislava
Homepage	olympic.sk

The Slovenský olympijský a športový výbor (SOŠV) is the National Olympic Committee in Slovakia with its seat in Bratislava . A total of 43 professional associations for Olympic sports, including 34 summer and nine winter sports, are members of the SOŠV.

history

On December 19, 1992, the National Olympic Committee was founded in Bratislava, its first president was Vladimír Černušák . The official recognition by the IOC took place in September 1993. The SOŠV is one of the two successors of the Czechoslovak Committee, from which the National Olympic Committee of the Czech Republic emerged . In 1939 the first Slovak Olympic Committee was founded, which was dissolved again in 1947. 1994 saw the first participation in the Olympic Winter Games in Lillehammer . Two years later, Slovakia also took part in the Summer Olympic Games for the first time in Atlanta . In 2015 Slovakia participated in the first European Games in Baku .

President

• 1992–1999: Vladimír Černušák
• 1999–2016: František Chmelár
• since 2016: Anton Siekel

See also

• Olympic history of Slovakia

Web links

• Official website

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} Secretariat. In: olympic.sk. Slovenský olympijský a športový výbor, accessed April 1, 2020 (Slovak). 
2. ↑ ^{a b} Letné športy. In: olympic.sk. Slovenský olympijský a športový výbor, accessed April 1, 2020 (Slovak). 
3. ↑ ^{a b} Zimné športy. In: olympic.sk. Slovenský olympijský a športový výbor, accessed April 1, 2020 (Slovak). 
4. ↑ Basic Information. In: olympic.sk. Slovenský olympijský a športový výbor, accessed on April 1, 2020 (English).